New Delhi: The total number of senior citizens getting Covid shots in Delhi has crossed 29,000 in the first three days. The process improved slightly on Wednesday, but several vaccination centres reported glitches on the Co-win portal, causing delays. Since the second phase of the vaccination drive has been launched to cover the senior citizens … Read more
FRIDAY, Dec. 11, 2020 (HealthDay News) — High doses of vitamin D may increase seniors’ risk of falls, rather than reduce it, according to a new study. Preliminary studies suggested vitamin D may increase muscle strength and improve balance, so Johns Hopkins researchers investigated whether high doses of vitamin D might reduce the risk … Read more
By Steven Reinberg HealthDay Reporter THURSDAY, Oct. 29, 2020 (HealthDay News) – More than one-third of older Americans are prescribed drugs they may not need, a new study finds. In fact, these patients are prescribed twice as many drugs as needed and are nearly twice as likely to be hospitalized or wind up … Read more
By Cara Roberts Murez HealthDay Reporter TUESDAY, Oct. 13, 2020 (HealthDay News) — When older people hospitalized for heart failure are sent home, they are often given a whopping 10 medications to take for a variety of conditions. But is this “polypharmacy” practice necessary, or does it just place a bigger … Read more
By Steven Reinberg HealthDay Reporter TUESDAY, Sept. 29, 2020 (HealthDay News) — Isolation due to the pandemic and failure to get hearing aids checked has fueled anxiety, depression and more hearing loss for many seniors. “This has been a very difficult time as senior facilities and individuals try to balance poor health outcomes … Read more
TUESDAY, Sept. 22, 2020 (HealthDay News) — Minority residents of U.S. nursing homes and assisted living communities have been especially hard hit in the coronavirus pandemic, two University of Rochester studies show. The first found that nursing homes with higher percentages of racial and ethnic minority residents reported two to four times more new … Read more