News tagged with elderly women

'Tis the season to be wary of elder financial abuse

If this year's holiday period is anything like the last, seniors should be advised that, along with seasonal elevations of joy and good cheer, the risk of falling victim to elder financial abuse is also increasing. Older ...

Other Sciences / Economics & Business

created Dec 14, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Exercise associated with lower rate of fractures in elderly women

Home-based exercises followed by voluntary home training seem to be associated with long-term effects on balance and gait (manner of walking), and may help protect high-risk, elderly women from hip fractures, according to ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created Sep 27, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Muscle strength gene variant linked to falls

(PhysOrg.com) -- Elderly women with a common gene variant may be more prone to falls, University of Aberdeen scientists have discovered.

Medicine & Health / Genetics

created Oct 26, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

MRI finds tumors in second breast of women diagnosed with cancer in one breast, researchers say

Postmenopausal women, including those over 70 years old, who have been newly diagnosed with cancer in one breast have higher cancer detection rates when the other breast is scanned for tumors with MRI, compared to premenopausal ...

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Mar 08, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Elderly women at higher risk for unnecessary urinary catheterization, study reports

Elderly women are at high risk for inappropriate urinary catheter utilization in emergency departments, according to a new study in the November issue of the American Journal of Infection Control, the official publication of the ...

Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

created Nov 01, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Young men and elderly women at biggest risk for shoulder dislocations

An article published in the March 2010 issue of The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery (JBJS) reveals that the majority of all shoulder dislocations occur during sports activities and young males are at a higher risk. The s ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created Mar 01, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Cognitively impaired elderly women get unneeded screening mammography, study finds

A significant percentage of U.S. women 70 years or older who were severely cognitively impaired received screening mammography that was unlikely to benefit them, according to a study of 2,131 elderly women conducted by researchers ...

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Jan 14, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Mortality risk greater for elderly women who nap daily

A new study appearing in Journal of the American Geriatrics Society has found that older women who reported taking daily naps had a significantly greater risk of dying. The results of the study are in contrast to a number ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created Mar 04, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0


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