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L.A. Wellness Club Uses Microsoft's Kinect and HealthVault to Enhance Seniors? Well-Being
seniorjournal.com — “April 4, 2012 - Microsoft Corp., the LA Department of Aging, Partners in Care Foundation and St. Barnabas Senior Services today unveiled an innovative fitness program for senior citizens called the Exergamers Wellness Club, which combines technology with exercise, overall health monitoring and evidence-based health education from Partners in Care. News for senior citizens and baby boomers on fitness and exercise.” View full resource at seniorjournal.com
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Walking Helps Senior Citizens Alleviate Fatigue after Cancer Operation
seniorjournal.com — “April 2, 2012 Researchers have affirmed that pancreatic cancer patients can literally take a step-by-step approach to combat fatigue. A study published in the April issue of the Journal of the American College of Surgeons reports that patients who underwent an operation as part of their cancer treatment and then started a regular walking regimen experienced less fatigue than cancer survivors who did not do the walking program. News for senior citizens and baby boomers on fitness and exercise.” View full resource at seniorjournal.com
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New Ryan Budget Would Drastically Transform Medicare, Medicaid With Cuts
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Antioxidants Used as Anti-Aging Treatment May Also Kill Cancer Cells; Be Better Than Chemo
seniorjournal.com — “March 20, 2012 - Antioxidants have long been thought to have anti-aging properties, primarily by protecting a person's genetic material from damaging chemicals. A new study says they also kill cancer cells. Health news for senior citizens and baby boomers.” View full resource at seniorjournal.com
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New Initiative to Improve Care for Medicare-Medicaid Nursing Home Patients
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Winners and Losers Among States in Medicare Advantage Extra Benefits: Avalere Report
seniorjournal.com — “March 13, 2012 - Medicare beneficiaries in private health plans throughout the country get significantly different levels of extra benefits, and that disparity will continue with the implementation of the 2010 health law, according to an analysis released Monday by the health care consultant Avalere Health. News on Medicare & Medicare Drug Program.” View full resource at seniorjournal.com
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Caregivers for Alzheimer?s Victims Find Yoga Improves Life, Slows Cellular Aging
seniorjournal.com — “March 13, 2012 - A new study out of UCLA suggests that using yoga to engage in very brief, simple daily meditation can lead to improved cognitive functioning and lower levels of depression for caregivers of Alzheimer?s disease victims. News for senior citizens and baby boomers.” View full resource at seniorjournal.com
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New Alzheimer?s Report Shows It Marches on as a Top Killer of America?s Seniors
seniorjournal.com — “March 8, 2012 - The Alzheimer?s Association today released the 2012 Alzheimer?s Disease Facts and Figures with some striking updates on the disease pertaining to the continued increase in deaths, the spiraling cost to the U.S. and a little known fact that millions of Alzheimer?s patients are left to live along. Alzheimers, Dementia and Menal Health story.” View full resource at seniorjournal.com
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Depression in Older People with Coronary Artery Disease Points to Cognitive Decline
seniorjournal.com — “March 8, 2012 - Persistent depression symptoms may be associated with significantly greater declines in cognitive performance in senior patients with coronary artery disease, who underwent cardiac catheterization, according to a study published in the March issue of Archives of General Psychiatry, one of the JAMA/Archives journals. Alzheimers, Dementia and Menal Health story.” View full resource at seniorjournal.com
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Researchers Find Possibility of Heart Disease Causing Prostate Cancer
seniorjournal.com — “Feb. 8, 2012 ? Is heart disease the cause of prostate cancer? New research from the Duke Cancer Institute has found a ?significant correlation? between coronary artery disease and prostate cancer, suggesting they may have shared causes. If confirmed that heart disease is a risk factor for prostate cancer, the malignancy might be combated in part by lifestyle changes such as weight loss, exercise and a healthy diet, which are known to prevent heart disease. Health news for senior citizens and bab” View full resource at seniorjournal.com
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Older Women with Diabetes Have Greater Hearing Loss as They Age
seniorjournal.com — “Jan. 26, 2012 - Having diabetes may cause women to experience a greater degree of hearing loss as they age, especially if the metabolic disorder is not well controlled with medication, according to a new study from Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit. It also found men have worse hearing loss even without diabetes. Men had worse hearing loss across the board. Health news for senior citizens and baby boomers.” View full resource at seniorjournal.com
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Coming Nursing Home Shortage May Make Elderly Next Recession Casualties
seniorjournal.com — “Jan. 26, 2012 - The latest casualty of the Great Recession may soon be the nation's elderly. Cuts in government payments for patient care and less construction of new nursing homes are already taking a toll. Add to this the aging baby boom generation and you have a worst-case scenario in which older people who need full-time care won't be able to get it. ?We believe we?re at a tipping point,? says Mark Parkinson, head of the American Health Care Association (AHCA), which represents nursing homes” View full resource at seniorjournal.com
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Older Women with Diabetes Have Greater Hearing Loss as They Age
seniorjournal.com — “Jan. 26, 2012 - Having diabetes may cause women to experience a greater degree of hearing loss as they age, especially if the metabolic disorder is not well controlled with medication, according to a new study from Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit. It also found men have worse hearing loss even without diabetes. Men had worse hearing loss across the board. Health news for senior citizens and baby boomers.” View full resource at seniorjournal.com
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Sexual Activity is Safe for Most Heart Patients: American Heart Association
seniorjournal.com — “Jan. 20, 2012 - If you have stable cardiovascular disease, it is more than likely that you can safely engage in sexual activity, according to an American Heart Association scientific statement. It cautions, however, that medications for erectile dysfunction aren?t safe for all men and women should be counseled on safety of contraceptives. News on sex for senior citizens and baby boomers.” View full resource at seniorjournal.com
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Eating Baked, Broiled Fish Wards Off Cognitive Decline, Alzheimer?s Disease
seniorjournal.com — “Dec. 6, 2011 - You can reduce your risk of mild cognitive impairment (MCI) and Alzheimer?s disease (AD) by eating fish that is baked or broiled every week, according to a study presented last week at the Radiological Society of North America?s annual meeting. Alzheimers, Dementia and Menal Health story.” View full resource at seniorjournal.com
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