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Muscle power declines faster than raw strength with age, and power is what gets you out of a chair and catches you when you trip. Key takeaways Aerobi...
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Each extra medicine raises the risk of interactions, falls and confusion, and some become unnecessary without anyone noticing. Key takeaways Medicatio...
Continue Reading : Polypharmacy: Sorting the Evidence From the Noise
Each extra medicine raises the risk of interactions, falls and confusion, and some become unnecessary without anyone noticing. Key takeaways Medicatio...
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Infections carry much higher risk with age, and it is usually uptake rather than availability that limits protection. Key takeaways Flu vaccine: every...
Continue Reading : The Evidence on Vaccination in Older Adults, Without the Hype
Infections carry much higher risk with age, and it is usually uptake rather than availability that limits protection. Key takeaways Flu vaccine: every...
Continue Reading : Making Sense of Vaccination in Older Adults
It is not an inevitable part of aging and can partly be reversed, especially through exercise and nutrition. Key takeaways Signs: slow walking, uninte...
Continue Reading : The Evidence on Frailty, Without the Hype
It is not an inevitable part of aging and can partly be reversed, especially through exercise and nutrition. Key takeaways Signs: slow walking, uninte...
Continue Reading : Why Frailty Matters, Explained Simply Loneliness and social isolation are linked to worse heart health, depression and cognitive decline. Key takeaways Linked to: higher risk of heart dise...
Continue Reading : Loneliness and Aging: Sorting the Evidence From the Noise
Loneliness and social isolation are linked to worse heart health, depression and cognitive decline. Key takeaways Linked to: higher risk of heart dise...
Continue Reading : Making Sense of Loneliness and Aging Bladder leakage is very common, rarely talked about, and treatable — and the usual response of drinking less makes it worse. Key takeaways First-line...
Continue Reading : Continence: Sorting the Evidence From the Noise
Bladder leakage is very common, rarely talked about, and treatable — and the usual response of drinking less makes it worse. Key takeaways First-line...
Continue Reading : Making Sense of Continence Loss of independence often follows a fall or an acute illness, and both can often be prevented. Key takeaways Occupational therapy: can assess your ho...
Continue Reading : Staying Independent: What the Evidence Actually Says Loss of independence often follows a fall or an acute illness, and both can often be prevented. Key takeaways Occupational therapy: can assess your ho...
Continue Reading : Understanding Staying Independent: A Plain-English Explainer Undernutrition is common, easy to miss, and contributes to frailty , falls and slow recovery from illness. Key takeaways Vitamin D, ages 51 to 70: 600...
Continue Reading : Nutrition in Later Life: Sorting the Evidence From the Noise Undernutrition is common, easy to miss, and contributes to frailty , falls and slow recovery from illness. Key takeaways Vitamin D, ages 51 to 70: 600...
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