/Health/Seniors-Aging/ Health / Seniors/Aging zh-cn <script src="http://s73.cnzz.com/stat.php?id=1096290&web_id=1096290" language="JavaScript" charset="gb2312"></script> en@englishunion.om /Health/Seniors-Aging/20080225/564.html More elderly Americans are contracting diabetes and the majority develop complications such as heart disease that might be prevented if they properly monitored their health, a researcher said on Monday. The study of Medicare beneficiaries found 2.7 p 2008-02-25 Seniors/Aging Andrew Stern Reuters.com /Health/Seniors-Aging/20080225/563.html Just a few years ago, a graduate from Brown University medical school had just an inkling about how to care for the elderly. Now, Brown and other U.S. medical schools are plugging geriatric courses into their curricula and adding specially trained fa 2008-02-25 Seniors/Aging Richard C. Lewis Reuters.com /Health/Seniors-Aging/20080225/562.html A once-promising pathway for research into preventing and treating Alzheimer's disease may have been derailed by a surprise chemical finding, researchers report. Scientists in laboratories around the world have been investigating drug candidates call 2008-02-25 Seniors/Aging E.J. Mundell HealthDay.com /Health/Seniors-Aging/20080225/561.html The costs of caring for elderly people with diabetes, a growing population, are threatening to overwhelm the system designed to pay for their medical care, according to a new analysis of Medicare claims. More and more people over 65 years old are bei 2008-02-25 Seniors/Aging Unknown Reuters.com /Health/Seniors-Aging/20080225/560.html Japanese researchers have implanted a small camera inside a mouse's brain to see how memory is formed, in an experiment they hope to some day apply to humans to treat illnesses such as Parkinson's disease. The study, published in the Journal of Neu 2008-02-25 Seniors/Aging Chisa Fujioka Reuters.com /Health/Seniors-Aging/20080225/559.html The three-year-old Medicare Part D drug program is seeing the number of its enrollees climb, even as costs for the program fall, U.S. health officials announced Thursday. Overall, costs for beneficiaries and taxpayers are considerably lower than orig 2008-02-25 Seniors/Aging Steven Reinberg HealthDay.com /Health/Seniors-Aging/20080225/558.html President Nicolas Sarkozy on Friday unveiled a five-year plan to fight Alzheimer's disease that afflicts 860,000 elderly people in France. The 1.6-billion-euro (2.4-billion-dollar) plan provides for the creation of a new research foundation to pool 2008-02-25 Seniors/Aging Unknown AFP.com /Health/Seniors-Aging/20080225/557.html Lack of folate, also called vitamin B-9, may triple the risk of developing dementia in old age, according to a study published Tuesday. Researchers in South Korea measured naturally occurring folate levels in 518 elderly persons, none of whom showed 2008-02-25 Seniors/Aging Unknown AFP.com /Health/Seniors-Aging/20080225/556.html People taking calcium channel blockers to control their high blood pressure may find the regimen has a double benefit: Researchers say long-term use of the drugs also might cut the risk of developing Parkinson's disease. But the findings are far from 2008-02-25 Seniors/Aging Amanda Gardner HealthDay.com /Health/Seniors-Aging/20080225/555.html An advanced imaging study has captured the fact that amyloid plaques, the harbingers of Alzheimer's disease, can develop in just 24 hours. They form more rapidly than expected, said Dr. Bradley Hyman, leader of the group reporting the finding in the 2008-02-25 Seniors/Aging Ed Edelson HealthDay.com /Health/Seniors-Aging/20080225/554.html Driving can become dangerous for some seniors as they decline both physically and mentally. Here are warning signs that a senior may no longer be safe behind the wheel, courtesy of the U.S. National Library of Medicine: * Memory problems, such as for 2008-02-25 Seniors/Aging Unknown HealthDay.com /Health/Seniors-Aging/20080225/553.html Household robots may help human carers look after the growing number of elderly Norwegians in years to come, enabling them to live longer and more comfortably in their own homes, a project leader told Reuters on Thursday. Norway faces a growing short 2008-02-25 Seniors/Aging Aasa Christine Stoltz Reuters.com /Health/Seniors-Aging/20080225/552.html Some seniors accept chronic pain as part of getting older. But AARP says pain and aging don't have to go hand in hand. The organization says it's important to see to your doctor to help figure out the cause of your pain, and to determine the best cou 2008-02-25 Seniors/Aging Unknown HealthDay.com /Health/Seniors-Aging/20080225/551.html A senior Medicare official said the case for cutting the use of controversial anemia drugs sold by Amgen Inc and Johnson Johnson has become stronger since the agency decided last year to cut payments for their use in cancer patients. The U.S. Centers 2008-02-25 Seniors/Aging Kim Dixon & Lisa Richwine Reuters.com /Health/Seniors-Aging/20080225/550.html Among Americans living to the ripe old age of 100 and counting, it is the ability to delay the onset of disability, and not the onset of disease, that seems to secure a long life. A new study reveals that 32 percent of centenarians struggle with age- 2008-02-25 Seniors/Aging Alan Mozes HealthDay.com /Health/Seniors-Aging/20080225/549.html A recent survey found that two out of three African Americans worry about developing heart disease and two out of five are concerned about developing Alzheimer's disease, yet only one in 20 are aware that heart health is linked to brain health. Febr 2008-02-25 Seniors/Aging Megan Rauscher Reuters.com /Health/Seniors-Aging/20080225/548.html After initially resisting their disclosure, the Bush administration on Tuesday published the names of 131 nursing homes with poor inspection records and said some were already showing signs of improvement. The list released by the Centers for Medicar 2008-02-25 Seniors/Aging Unknown ap.org /Health/Seniors-Aging/20080225/547.html Trip and fall lately? Seniors often won't mention it unless they're hurt, but new guidelines say that first tumble is a good predictor of who's at risk for another, more serious fall. With deaths from falls increasing, the guidelines urge doctors to 2008-02-25 Seniors/Aging Unknown ap.org /Health/Seniors-Aging/20080225/546.html French drug company Sanofi-Aventis is seeking European Union approval for a new type of influenza injection it says will protect the elderly. Sanofi Pasteur, the French company's vaccines division, said preliminary trials with 7,000 adult or elderly 2008-02-25 Seniors/Aging Unknown Reuters.com /Health/Seniors-Aging/20080225/545.html Not only is the tango a dance of romance and passion, it also helps improve balance and mobility in people with Parkinson's disease, a new study suggests. Researchers at the Washington University in St. Louis medical school compared the effects of A 2008-02-25 Seniors/Aging Unknown HealthDay.com /Health/Seniors-Aging/20080225/544.html It's a new way to push for patient safety: Don't pay hospitals when they commit certain errors. Medicare will start hitting hospitals where it hurts in October, and other insurers are hot on the trail. That has the nation's hospitals exploring innov 2008-02-25 Seniors/Aging LAURAN NEERGAARD ap.org /Health/Seniors-Aging/20080225/543.html Elderly people with diabetes may be at heightened risk of physical limitations that could hinder their independence, a new study suggests. British researchers found that among more than 800 adults age 65 or older, those with diabetes were more likel 2008-02-25 Seniors/Aging Unknown Reuters.com /Health/Seniors-Aging/20080225/542.html Older Americans are having less trouble with their memories, and it may be because they spent more time in school, U.S. researchers said on Wednesday. They found the rate of cognitive impairment -- which includes a range of ills from significant mem 2008-02-25 Seniors/Aging Julie Steenhuysen Reuters.com