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Madely Health Headlines Commentary for April  4, 2013

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Online tool helps seniors improve nutrition

 

Madely Health Headlines Commentary for March 27, 2013

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Drug reactions send 26,000 seniors to hospital

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Downlaod CIHI report here

Madely Health Headlines Commentary for October 5, 2012

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Aspirin May Slow Brain Decline In Elderly Women With Heart Risk

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“Does low-dose acetylsalicylic acid prevent cognitive decline in women with high cardiovascular risk? A 5-year follow-up of a non-demented population-based cohort of Swedish elderly women”

Madely Health Headlines Commentary for July 16, 2012

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Gait Changes May Signal Cognitive Decline, Presage Alzheimer’s

 

Madely Health Headlines Commentary for December 12, 2011

Question from Steve: Should people get the shingles vaccine?

Madely Health Headlines Commentary for December 1, 2011

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RSNA: A Fish a Week Keeps the Brain at Its Peak

 

Madely Health Headlines Commentary for October 27, 2011  

  Source: Many Ont. seniors don’t see a dentist regularly: study  

Madely Health Headlines Commentary for October 17, 2011

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Specialist calls for targeting of physical side of dementia

Madely Health Headlines Commentary for June 24, 2011

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Area hospitals failing seniors: report

Madely Health Headlines Commentary for March 18, 2011

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Nitroglycerin cream may improve bone density: study

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Madely Health Headlines Commentary for December 23, 2010

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Vitamins and Exercise Key to Fall Prevention

Madely Health Headlines Commentary for November 30, 2010

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Walking May Cut Alzheimer’s Risk

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Physical activity predicts gray matter volume in late adulthood

Madely Health Headlines Commentary for November 2, 2010

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The Newest Heart Test Is Low-Tech

Madely Health Headlines Commentary for August 4, 2010

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Aging hearts: Over-80s may benefit from angioplasty

Madely Health Headlines for July 2, 2010

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Live Long and Proper: Genetic Factors Associated with Increased Longevity Identified

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Genetic Signatures of Exceptional Longevity in Humans

Madely Health Headlines Commentary for May 5, 2010

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Dementia Risk Higher in Spouses of Dementia Patients

Madely Health Headlines Commentary for April 12, 2010

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Alzheimer’s Risk Cut by a Third Eating Veggies, Fish, Poultry

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Food Combination and Alzheimer Disease Risk

Madely Health Headlines Commentary for March 19, 2010

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Seniors’ prescription drug use rises

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Nearly two-thirds of seniors using five or more types of prescription drugs

Madely Health Headlines Commentary for January 27, 2010

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Study will put to test growing evidence linking high blood pressure to dementia

Madely Health Headlines Commentary for January 4, 2010

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Study warns of dementia’s ravages

Madely Health Headlines Commentary for November 25, 2009

 

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Meds put seniors at higher risk of falls

 

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Meta-analysis of the Impact of 9 Medication Classes on Falls in Elderly Persons