Sentences with phrase «older adults increases»

However, the fact that several independent studies found higher rates of avoidant attachment in older adults increases our confidence that these results are not just due to sampling artifact.

The future of medical assisting is very promising as the number of older adults increases resulting in more persons requiring health care, medical assisting will continue to grow as a field.

Many people wonder if they are getting enough protein, and it is commonly recommended that older adults increase daily protein intake to help maintain and promote muscle growth.

Not exact matches

In response to «Diet Soda Intake Is Associated with Long - Term Increases in Waist Circumference in a Biethnic Cohort of Older Adults: The San Antonio Longitudinal Study of Aging,» a study published online today ahead of print in the Journal of The American Geriatrics Society, the American Beverage Association issued the following statement:

Previous studies in older adults and in animals have shown that exercise can increase the size of the hippocampus.

Or progressively increase income tax, since 77 % of 11 - 16 year olds intend to go to university, and plenty of adults do adult apprenticeships and training courses free of charge.

Failing to do so is not an option, as it would shamefully leave New York as one of only two states where 16 year olds are charged as adults and would perpetuate bad outcomes with increased likelihood of youth re-offending and decreased public safety.

These barriers may particularly impact participation in daily activities and increase risk during community mobility for older adults.

Employers and community leaders in Erie County should serve as advocates for increased civic participation and employment by recognizing the value and experience older adults can bring to an organization.

The budget's details have not yet been released but lawmakers say it will include increased college tuition assistance and a higher age of criminal responsibility so 16 - and 17 - year - old offenders aren't prosecuted and incarcerated as adults.

Earlier this year, Cuomo said he would push to increase the age of criminal responsibility to 18 so that 16 - and 17 - year - olds could no longer be prosecuted as adults.

A study of older adults at increased risk for Alzheimer's disease shows that moderate physical activity may protect brain health and stave off shrinkage of the hippocampus - the brain region responsible for memory and spatial orientation that is attacked first in Alzheimer's disease.

Even though scholars say technology could considerably increase independence for older adults, they are still less likely to adopt new technology than their younger counterparts for reasons ranging from doubts of its benefits to a general lack of comfort.

Between 1998 and 2013, there was a large increase in bicycle - related injuries and hospital admissions of adults in the United States, with the increase in injuries driven by more injuries among adults older than 45 years of age, according to a study in the September 1 issue of JAMA.

Research published in Activities, Adaption & Aging calls for increased understanding about older adults, the relationship between pet ownership and health, and the current barriers which limit older adults» chances to own a pet.

This is important, since delirium increases an older adult's risk for functional decline, dementia, and even mortality.

Cancer typically associated with older adults over 50 are now reported with increasing frequency in young adults.

Older adults with cognitive and physical impairments or psychosocial distress are also at increased risk of elder abuse.

«For older adults, serious depression symptoms increase risk for stroke and heart disease.»

Examples include changing policies to encourage older adults to remain part of the workforce for longer (e.g., removing tax disincentives to work past retirement age), emphasising low - cost disease prevention and early detection rather than treatment (eg, reducing salt intake and increasing uptake of vaccines), making better use of technology (eg, mobile clinics for rural populations), and training health - care staff in the management of multiple chronic conditions.

The researchers found: cord plasma increased the activity of several genes linked to neural plasticity and memory; young adult plasma activated a subset of the same genes; and older adult plasma had no effect on gene expression.

He notes, however, if an older adult's risk for dementia continues declining as it has in some high - income countries over the last few decades, «that increase in number of cases may be a little less eye - popping than it would be if the risk were staying the same.»

Emergency and urgent hospitalizations are associated with an increased rate of cognitive decline in older adults, report researchers at Rush University Medical Center.

Data from the National Survey on Drug Use and Health suggest that, over the past decade, marijuana use has increased significantly among adults aged 18 to 25 and those aged 26 years and older.

To issue a new recommendation, the USPSTF reviewed the evidence on the accuracy, benefits, and potential harms of performing screening pelvic examinations in asymptomatic, nonpregnant adult women 18 years and older who are not at increased risk for any specific gynecologic condition.

He recommends that policymakers and program administrators pursue efforts to increase participation in SNAP, with a particular emphasis on older adults.

In particular, high fit older adults showed better memory performance and increased brain activity patterns compared to their low fit peers.

The reduced melatonin expression researchers had already associated with aging, and the accompanying loss of circadian rhythms, may underlie the increased risk of virtually all diseases in older adults.

With the population of older adults in the United States projected to increase significantly in the coming decades, more effective sarcopenia treatment and prevention could help control healthcare costs.

In Alzheimer's disease, beta - amyloid is estimated to increase about 43 percent in affected individuals relative to healthy older adults.

«However, increasing age is also a risk factor, and the fastest growing rates of suicide are found among middle - aged and older adults.»

Young adults, particularly men, lag behind middle - aged and older adults in awareness and treatment of high blood pressure, putting this population at an increased risk for heart attack and stroke, according to new research in the American Heart Association's journal Hypertension.

While this may make it more difficult for older adults to pick out an unfamiliar voice, it has an interesting consequence: The relative benefit of having a familiar voice as the target actually increases with age.

«Our results showed that dog ownership and walking were related to increases in physical health among older adults,» said Johnson, who also serves as director of the Research Center for Human - Animal Interaction at MU.

One of the main risk factors for CVD is age, so under treating older adults may lead to a significant increase in CVD events.

«It would be worthwhile to examine these relationships among older adolescents and young adults with food allergy who are at the peak of risk for depression onset, especially because early anxiety is associated with increased risk for subsequent onset of depression,» said Jonathan Feldman, PhD, professor of Psychology at Ferkauf Graduate School of Psychology, Yeshiva University.

Stroke and cognitive decline increased the risk of death in older adults.

Despite known risks of serious side effects, especially in older adults, the fraction of seniors treated with antipsychotic medications increases with age, researchers have found.

Opioid use linked to increased risk of falls, death in older adultsRecent opioid use is associated with an increased risk of falls in older adults and an increased risk of death, found new research in CMAJ (Canadian Medical...

Older adults who died from cancer had the largest increase in the number of drugs.

As in prior studies among older adults, we found that obesity was associated with a decreased risk of dementia, consistent with the hypothesis that, while obesity in mid-life may increase risk for later - life cognitive decline and dementia, obesity at older ages may be associated with cognitive and other health advantages.25 - 27 The trend toward a declining risk for dementia in the face of a large increase in the prevalence of diabetes suggests that improvements in treatments between 2000 and 2012 may have decreased dementia risk, along with the documented declines in the incidence of common diabetes - related complications, such as heart attack, stroke, and amputations.11 Our finding of a significant decline between 2000 and 2012 of the heart disease - related OR for dementia would also be consistent with improved cardiovascular treatments leading to a decline in dementia risk.

The proportion of adults 65 years or older with a high school diploma increased from 55 % in 1990 to 80 % in 2010, while the proportion with a college degree increased from 12 % to 23 %.12 More years of formal education is associated with a reduced risk of dementia, likely through multiple causal pathways, including a direct effect on brain development and function (ie, the building of «cognitive reserve»), health behaviors, as well as the general health advantages of having more wealth and opportunities.13 - 15

New research has linked increasing symptoms of anxiety in older adults to higher brain levels of beta - amyloid, a protein linked to Alzheimer's disease.

US researchers have found a link between middle - aged and older adults in the US losing their wealth over two years and an increased risk of death.

Context Although levels of physical activity and aerobic capacity decline with age and the prevalence of obesity tends to increase with age, the independent and joint associations among fitness, adiposity, and mortality in older adults have not been adequately examined.

A new study led by Yale University's School of Forestry and Environmental Studies (FE&S) revealed that droughts could negatively impact the health of older adults, increasing their risk of mortality.

Although increased age was associated with specific influences on speed in cross-sectional comparisons, and in memory change in longitudinal comparisons among older adults, most of the relations between age and cognitive functioning in both cross-sectional and longitudinal comparisons were manifested as general influences shared with other cognitive measures.

While colon cancer is most commonly diagnosed in adults that are 50 or older, there has been an increase in the number of diagnoses for younger adults.

At baseline, older adults showed significantly decreased hippocampal connectivity with medial prefrontal and parahippocampal cortex, and increased hippocampal connectivity with posterior cingulate, precuneus, and parietal cortex, relative to young adults (n = 16, age range: 18 - 34 years).

A low body mass index (less than 20) in middle - aged and older adults is associated with a substantial increase in non-cardiovascular disease mortality.