Search and support for older adults

19+ min ago  (269+ words) By harnessing everyday clinical assessments, researchers demonstrate that personalized 12-month forecasts of cognitive and functional change in dementia can be achieved without expensive imaging or invasive testing. Across the Minder cohort, the average 12-month MMSE decline was -1.7 points (standard deviation…...

27+ min ago  (337+ words) After watching the coverage of the Nancy Guthrie kidnapping case, I'm worried about my own elderly mother who lives alone in another state. I want to make sure she's safe without being intrusive. Are there simple, affordable ways to check…...

1+ hour ago  (542+ words) A sweeping national analysis suggests that counties nearer to nuclear power plants experience higher cancer mortality, raising urgent questions about long-term environmental exposure, aging populations, and the limits of proximity-based risk assessment. Study: National analysis of cancer mortality and proximity…...

1+ hour, 8+ min ago  (1767+ words) Somewhere in the back of every road tripper's imagination lives a highway so breathtaking it feels almost unreal, and this loop through Southwestern Colorado fits that vision perfectly. Spanning roughly 236 miles, the drive carries travelers across soaring mountain passes, through…...

1+ hour, 11+ min ago  (401+ words) The aged care home at the centre of a deadly Covid outbreak in July 2020 has admitted it failed to ensure all staff were properly trained. St Basil's Homes for the Aged in Victoria was charged by the workplace watchdog WorkSafe…...

1+ hour, 17+ min ago  (569+ words) SANTA CRUZ " A recent UC Santa Cruz study, published'in Nature Communications scientific journal, uncovered clues in a decadeslong mystery surrounding the relationship between early pregnancy and breast cancer risk. Early pregnancy, between the ages of 20 and 30, has been shown to…...

1+ hour, 22+ min ago  (617+ words) A Utah business owner thought she and her husband were building something big. Instead, she found out a large chunk of their borrowed money had quietly disappeared. Tiffany called into "The Ramsey Show" and said her family had loaned the…...

1+ hour, 33+ min ago  (624+ words) New research suggests that zinc does far more than support immunity, revealing intricate molecular switches that may influence how the heart responds to inflammatory injury. Review: Zinc: A metallic shield against cardiac inflammation. Image Credit: Cagkan Sayin / Shutterstock Zinc (Zn)…...

1+ hour, 35+ min ago  (351+ words) Using synthetic colours, which usually contain harmful metals and chemicals, can enter the ear and irritate the EAC lining, leading to intense itching, pain, breach of the epithelial barrier, and subsequent infections like otitis externa, otomycosis, and dermatitis. Dermatitis can…...

1+ hour, 36+ min ago  (509+ words) KARACHI: The government has decided to continue its policy of deregulating medicine prices despite concerns over rising costs, saying the move had ensured a steady supply of medicines and ended frequent shortages, convincing authorities to keep the current system unchanged....