Sentences with phrase «of elderly»

I'm feeling like my old self once again and I'm able to cope with the high stress that is involved in caretaking of an elderly parent.

The researchers found less DNA with abasic sites in the cells of the elderly mice in the low - glycaemic group [triangles] than in the cells of the control group [squares].

Ischemic stroke is the biggest reason for disability and also the 3rd biggest reason for death of the elderly in the US, while TBI (traumatic brain injury) is the biggest reason for disability and death in individuals younger than forty five.

Female, nonwhite, and poor patients are more likely than other patients to wait six hours or more before seeking help for a heart attack, according to a study of elderly Medicare patients led by a Georgetown University researcher.

Elderly adults, however, are at a higher risk of falling short of nutritional requirements, and the National Institutes of Health estimates that up to 50 percent of elderly nursing home residents do not get enough protein.

For a subgroup of elderly adults called «super agers,» key brain regions resemble those of much younger people, according to a new study.

The study looked at the effect of dietary supplementation using 2,000 international units of nonprescription vitamin E daily in a large group of elderly Alzheimer's patients and compared their results over an average of around two years to similar patients who received a placebo, a pharmaceutical marketed as a «treatment» for Alzheimer's disease (memantine), or a combination of memantine along with vitamin E.

However, there are some ways to slow down this process, and even rejuvenate the muscle strength of elderly people.

Schöll said almost all of the elderly in the study had tau in their brain.

As a consequence, the number of affected individuals should dramatically increase in future decades as the number of elderly persons rises.

«Our findings show a high rate of elderly and sometimes ill men being inappropriately screened for prostate cancer,» said senior author Scott Eggener, MD, assistant professor of surgery at the University of Chicago.

Can we cure ails of the elderly?

Nagy of the University of Debrecen (Hungary)-LSB-...] developed and used centrophenoxine to modify the cell structure of elderly animals by removing lipofuscin build - up and by changing the water and lipid / dry mass ratio to that of younger animals.

4/15/2008 Hartford Foundation Renews Support for UC San Diego Program to Train Geriatric Mental Health Specialists Grant supports Center of Excellence in Geriatric Psychiatry to train next generation of geriatric psychiatrists, researchers / educators to meet mental health needs of the elderly By 2030, when the last of the baby boomers reach age 65, there will be... More...

Although encountered at any age, SSS is primarily a disease of the elderly and is often secondary to other cardiac disorders when diagnosed in younger individuals.

Professor Nagy developed and used centrophenoxine to modify the cell structure of elderly animals by removing lipofuscin build - up and by changing the water and lipid / dry mass ratio to that of younger animals.

«With a rapidly ageing society, an increasing number of elderly people require care after suffering from stroke, and other - age related disabilities.

The study, conducted by the Alzheimer's Disease Genetics Consortium, reports genetic analysis of more than 11,000 people with Alzheimer's disease and a nearly equal number of elderly people who have no symptoms of dementia.

He currently works as a research assistant on the HOPE study, which tracks the cognitive abilities of elderly adults to stimulate research into understanding both normal cognitive aging and Alzheimer's disease.

IGAP investigators will have access to combined genetic data from a large number of Alzheimer's disease subjects and compare it to genetic data from an equally large number of elderly people who do not have Alzheimer's.

The HOPE study tracks the memory and cognition abilities of elderly adults with varying degrees of cognitive decline to provide insight into the aging process and the progression of Alzheimer's disease.

The biggest drawback is about 50 % of elderly patients get graft - versus - host disease, which can be debilitating.

«About six or seven years ago we recruited a group of elderly folk who had done no resistance training,» he recalls.

«Colorectal cancer has traditionally been thought of as a disease of the elderly.

Continuing increases in life expectancy imply fundamental changes to the population structure and an exponential increase in the number of elderly people.1 2 These changes are likely to have a profound influence on individuals» lives and society at large.

Everyone worries about losing their memory as they grow older — memory loss remains one of the most common complaints of the elderly.

And yet those dreams of who we might have been live on, like the dreams of elderly paupers, in the shape of our children: better nourished and educated than we ever were; raised to be less selfish, more noble, more classy in every way, Yankees to our Mets.

A record number of elderly people are completing living wills to guide end - of - life medical treatments — up from 47 percent in 2000 to 72 percent in 2010 — according to new research from the University of Michigan and the Veterans Affairs Ann Arbor Healthcare System.

According to Raj, the study throws new light on the old assumption that surgical treatment of the elderly is not a sensible course of action: «The decision to treat through surgery should not be based on age alone, even though this is common.»

Over the study period, survival rates for SBRT rose dramatically among this large, nationally - representative population of elderly stage I NSCLC patients.

We know that heat waves in Europe have led to the deaths of elderly people,» De Souza added.

Europe currently hosts the highest proportion of elderly people in its population.

«With increased access to this potentially life - saving treatment, we can continue to improve outcomes for the growing population of elderly patients fighting early stage cancer.»

As many countries are not only in recession, but also increasing the proportion of elderly people in the population, the authors wanted to know what impact this might have on life expectancy.

«Our study shows that intense training such as soccer can change the lives of elderly men,» says Krustrup.

«This is the first project that goes in such depths into the effects of the Mediterranean diet on health of elderly population.

The Harvard Chan researchers, working with colleagues in Japan, were able to conduct a «natural experiment» among a group of elderly residents of the coastal city of Iwanuma, located about 80 kilometers west of the earthquake epicenter, where nearly half the land area was inundated by the tsunami.

Having a high IQ may help you live longer, according to a study of elderly Scots.

The new study, published online today by Science, shows that iPS cells can be successfully generated even from the skin cells of an elderly, sick person, Eggan says.

The key is neuroprotection — to find ways of increasing the quality of life of the elderly and ways of delaying the adverse effects of ageing.?

One study, by the researcher Agneta Grimby at the University of Goteborg, found that over 80 percent of elderly people experience hallucinations associated with their dead partner one month after bereavement, as if their perception had yet to catch up with the knowledge of their beloved's passing.

In a recent article, he discussed the case of an elderly Hispanic lady who was frequently «visited» by two of her children who died in adulthood and were a comforting and valued part of her social network.

Menopausal rhesus monkeys experience hot flushes, and the hearing of elderly mice becomes less acute.

But for a large portion of elderly patients with localized pancreatic cancer even chemotherapy and radiation therapy are not options.

Treatment and recovery of the elderly population is even more challenging for physicians and other caregivers because these patients are more likely to have other health issues that can complicate their recovery and rehabilitation.

Sepsis is a leading killer of elderly patients and costs more than $ 20 billion a year to treat.

So far studies suggest that as many as 50 per cent of elderly people meet these criteria.

Less than 4 per cent of elderly people, says Rabbitt, have memories that are out - of - step with their IQs.

A new study of elderly chimp brains finds the characteristic amyloid plaques and neurofibrillary tangles of Alzheimer's disease.

The book's title refers to a study conducted in 1979 in which two small groups of elderly men were housed for a week in quarters simulating the world of 1959.