http://www.mail.com/subjects/12982-seniors-health.html Mail.com - the best personalized free web-based Email en en http://sec-s.uicdn.com/mail.com/2.28/img/mailcom_logo_rss.png http://www.mail.com/subjects/12982-seniors-health.html http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2081306-amtrak-unveils-locomotives-to-replace-aging-fleet.html NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — Amtrak has unveiled at a plant in California the first of 70 new locomotives, marking what the national passenger railroad service said it hopes will be a new era of better reliability, streamlined maintenance and more energy efficiency. On a broader scale, the new engines displayed Monday could well be viewed as emblematic of the impr... Tue, 14 May 2013 01:13:15 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2081306-amtrak-unveils-locomotives-to-replace-aging-fleet.html 2013-05-14T01:13:15Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/2068290-baxter-drug-fails-to-slow-alzheimers-big-study.html DEERFIELD, Ill. (AP) — Baxter International Inc. says that a blood product it was testing failed to slow mental decline or to preserve physical function in a major study of 390 patients with mild to moderate Alzheimer's disease. The company says that people who received 18 months of infusions with its drug, Gammagard, fared no better than others given inf... Tue, 07 May 2013 13:48:16 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/2068290-baxter-drug-fails-to-slow-alzheimers-big-study.html 2013-05-07T13:48:16Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/2058692-us-suicide-rate-rose-sharply-middle-aged.html NEW YORK (AP) — The suicide rate among middle-aged Americans climbed a startling 28 percent in a decade, a period that included the recession and the mortgage crisis, the government reported Thursday. The trend was most pronounced among white men and women in that age group. Their suicide rate jumped 40 percent between 1999 and 2010. But the rates in youn... Thu, 02 May 2013 21:11:07 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/2058692-us-suicide-rate-rose-sharply-middle-aged.html 2013-05-02T21:11:07Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/2040968-long-term-care-aging-us-me-poll.html WASHINGTON (AP) — We're in denial: Americans underestimate their chances of needing long-term care as they get older — and are taking few steps to get ready. A new poll examined how people 40 and over are preparing for this difficult and often pricey reality of aging and found two-thirds say they've done little to no planning. In fact, 3 in 10 would rathe... Wed, 24 Apr 2013 17:49:44 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/2040968-long-term-care-aging-us-me-poll.html 2013-04-24T17:49:44Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/music/2036410-campbell-ends-touring-career-to-release-album.html NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Glen Campbell's Alzheimer's disease has progressed too far to allow him to continue touring. Instead, he'll spend his 77th birthday on Monday in Washington as an advocate for Alzheimer's research. The trip includes a fundraising dinner for the Alzheimer's Association and a visit to Capitol Hill, where he'll visit the Senate. ... Mon, 22 Apr 2013 13:39:24 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/music/2036410-campbell-ends-touring-career-to-release-album.html 2013-04-22T13:39:24Z http://www.mail.com/business/finance/2016202-apnewsbreak-upper-income-seniors-medicare-hike.html WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama's plan to raise Medicare premiums for upper-income seniors would create five new income brackets to squeeze more revenue for the government from the top tiers of retirees, the administration revealed Friday. First details of the plan emerged after Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius testified to C... Fri, 12 Apr 2013 20:12:31 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/finance/2016202-apnewsbreak-upper-income-seniors-medicare-hike.html 2013-04-12T20:12:31Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/2010970-budget-cover-uninsured-trim-medicare-tax-cigs.html WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama's new budget offers Medicare cuts to entice Republicans into tax negotiations, while plowing ahead to cover the uninsured next year under the health care law the GOP has bitterly fought to repeal. But the biggest health consequences of any new proposal in Obama's plan could come from nearly doubling the federal tob... Wed, 10 Apr 2013 22:22:10 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/2010970-budget-cover-uninsured-trim-medicare-tax-cigs.html 2013-04-10T22:22:10Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/1996514-study-dementia-tops-cancer-heart-disease-cost.html Cancer and heart disease are bigger killers, but Alzheimer's is the most expensive malady in the U.S., costing families and society $157 billion to $215 billion a year, according to a new study that looked at this in unprecedented detail. The biggest cost of Alzheimer's and other types of dementia isn't drugs or other medical treatments, but the care that... Wed, 03 Apr 2013 21:12:40 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/1996514-study-dementia-tops-cancer-heart-disease-cost.html 2013-04-03T21:12:40Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1992638-obama-proposes-100m-brain-mapping-project.html WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama on Tuesday proposed an effort to map the brain's activity in unprecedented detail, as a step toward finding better ways to treat such conditions as Alzheimer's, autism, stroke and traumatic brain injuries. He asked Congress to spend $100 million next year to start a project that will explore details of the brain, w... Tue, 02 Apr 2013 17:48:54 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1992638-obama-proposes-100m-brain-mapping-project.html 2013-04-02T17:48:54Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/1991952-help-shrinks-poverty-spikes-us.html BALTIMORE (AP) — Antonio Hammond is the $18,000 man. He's a success story for Catholic Charities of Baltimore, one of a multitude of organizations trying to haul people out of poverty in this Maryland port city where one of four residents is considered poor by U.S. government standards. Hammond says he ended up in Baltimore three years... Tue, 02 Apr 2013 06:34:08 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/1991952-help-shrinks-poverty-spikes-us.html 2013-04-02T06:34:08Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/1968568-sheriff-proposes-ankle-monitors-seniors.html SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A northern Utah sheriff's office is floating a unique and unproven idea for keeping seniors with Alzheimer's disease and dementia safe: Give them ankle monitors normally used on criminals on house arrest or parole. Davis County Deputy Sheriff Kevin Fielding says the monitors would allow deputies to quickly find a person who has wande... Wed, 20 Mar 2013 21:40:18 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/1968568-sheriff-proposes-ankle-monitors-seniors.html 2013-03-20T21:40:18Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/1963940-report-1-3-seniors-dies-with-of-dementia.html WASHINGTON (AP) — A staggering 1 in 3 seniors dies with Alzheimer's disease or other types of dementia, says a new report that highlights the impact the mind-destroying disease is having on the rapidly aging population. Dying with Alzheimer's is not the same as dying from it. But even when dementia isn't the direct cause of death, it can be the final blow... Tue, 19 Mar 2013 04:08:22 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/1963940-report-1-3-seniors-dies-with-of-dementia.html 2013-03-19T04:08:22Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/1959180-charm-offensive-produces-breakthroughs.html WASHINGTON (AP) — Over dinner at a swank hotel a few blocks from the White House, Republican senators wanted to know if President Barack Obama would support a gradual increase in the age of eligibility for Medicare, set at 65 since the program's inception more than four decades ago. The president hedged, according to several at the event, recalling the di... Sat, 16 Mar 2013 08:07:26 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/1959180-charm-offensive-produces-breakthroughs.html 2013-03-16T08:07:26Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/1933812-your-chances-dying-2023-test-offers-clue.html CHICAGO (AP) — Want to know your chances of dying in the next 10 years? Here are some bad signs: getting winded walking several blocks, smoking, and having trouble pushing a chair across the room. That's according to a "mortality index" developed by San Francisco researchers for people older than 50. The test scores may satisfy people's morbid curiosity, ... Wed, 06 Mar 2013 15:21:16 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/1933812-your-chances-dying-2023-test-offers-clue.html 2013-03-06T15:21:16Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/1933894-fda-panel-sees-risk-long-used-osteoporosis-drug.html WASHINGTON (AP) — A panel of federal health experts says a long-established bone strengthening drug should no longer be used by women because there is little evidence it works and it may actually increase the risk of cancer. The Food and Drug Administration panel voted 12-9 that the risks of the inhalable osteoporosis drug outweigh its benefits when used ... Tue, 05 Mar 2013 22:53:43 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/1933894-fda-panel-sees-risk-long-used-osteoporosis-drug.html 2013-03-05T22:53:43Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/1924952-ceo-risks-key-merck-to-succeed-help-patients.html NEW YORK (AP) — Merck & Co. CEO Kenneth C. Frazier is convinced nearly everyone, from patients to long-term investors, wants the world's third-largest drugmaker to take big risks. So Merck is plunging ahead in one of medicine's toughest challenges — finding a drug to slow Alzheimer's disease — despite repeated failures that have led most drugmakers to hal... Fri, 01 Mar 2013 17:18:26 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/1924952-ceo-risks-key-merck-to-succeed-help-patients.html 2013-03-01T17:18:26Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/1887672-study-questions-kidney-cancer-treatment-elderly.html In a stunning example of when treatment might be worse than the disease, a large review of Medicare records finds that older people with small kidney tumors were much less likely to die over the next five years if doctors monitored them instead of operating right away. Even though nearly all of these tumors turned out to be cancer, they rarely proved fata... Tue, 12 Feb 2013 22:06:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/1887672-study-questions-kidney-cancer-treatment-elderly.html 2013-02-12T22:06:00Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1884332-pope-lifetime-jobs-arent-life.html The world seems surprised that an 85-year-old globe-trotting pope who just started tweeting wants to resign, but should it be? Maybe what should be surprising is that more leaders his age do not, considering the toll aging takes on bodies and minds amid a culture of constant communication and change. There may be more behind the story of why Pope Benedict... Mon, 11 Feb 2013 22:42:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1884332-pope-lifetime-jobs-arent-life.html 2013-02-11T22:42:00Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/1881284-to-slow-hospital-readmission-epidemic.html WASHINGTON (AP) — More than 1 million Americans wind up back in the hospital only weeks after they left for reasons that could have been prevented — a revolving door that for years has seemed impossible to slow. Now Medicare has begun punishing hospitals with hefty fines if they have too many readmissions, and a top official says signs of improvement are ... Sun, 10 Feb 2013 17:03:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/1881284-to-slow-hospital-readmission-epidemic.html 2013-02-10T17:03:00Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/1876928-assisted-suicide-legal-agenda.html HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — A push for the legalization of physician-assisted suicide is under way in a half-dozen states where proponents say they see strong support for allowing doctors to prescribe mentally competent, dying individuals with the medications needed to end their own lives. The large number of baby boomers facing end-of-life issues themselves h... Fri, 08 Feb 2013 18:48:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/1876928-assisted-suicide-legal-agenda.html 2013-02-08T18:48:00Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1861592-generic-competition-charges-cut-merck-q4-profit.html Merck & Co.'s fourth-quarter profit fell 7 percent because of hits from generic competition and one-time charges, and the company pushed back plans for seeking approval of a key experimental osteoporosis drug. The quarterly results beat Wall Street expectations, but Merck shares fell Friday as investors learned the company is reviewing safety and efficacy... Fri, 01 Feb 2013 20:09:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1861592-generic-competition-charges-cut-merck-q4-profit.html 2013-02-01T20:09:00Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/1849236-aging-america-elder-abuse-use-shelters-up.html MASON, Ohio (AP) — She raises her hands to her snow-white hair in a gesture of frustrated bewilderment, then slowly lowers them to cover eyes filling with tears. The woman, in her 70s, is trying to explain how she wound up in a shelter that could well be where she spends the rest of her life. While the woman was living with a close family member, official... Sun, 27 Jan 2013 14:19:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/1849236-aging-america-elder-abuse-use-shelters-up.html 2013-01-27T14:19:00Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1842426-changing-family-dynamic-lead-to-tax-relief.html WASHINGTON (AP) — Members of the sandwich generation — caught between supporting elderly parents whose assets are nearly exhausted and adult children without jobs — might find some relief come tax time. The bottom line is, who's a dependent? Your kindergarten-age son, your adult daughter, her grandparents, or maybe an elderly uncle or aunt? "There's a cha... Thu, 24 Jan 2013 07:08:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1842426-changing-family-dynamic-lead-to-tax-relief.html 2013-01-24T07:08:00Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/1832990-testing-brain-pacemakers-to-zap-alzheimers-damage.html WASHINGTON (AP) — It has the makings of a science fiction movie: Zap someone's brain with mild jolts of electricity to try to stave off the creeping memory loss of Alzheimer's disease. And it's not easy. Holes are drilled into the patient's skull so tiny wires can be implanted into just the right spot. A dramatic shift is beginning in the disappointing st... Mon, 21 Jan 2013 08:51:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/1832990-testing-brain-pacemakers-to-zap-alzheimers-damage.html 2013-01-21T08:51:00Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/1830490-lilly-drug-chosen-alzheimers-prevention-study.html Researchers have chosen an experimental drug by Eli Lilly & Co. for a large federally funded study testing whether it's possible to prevent Alzheimer's disease in older people at high risk of developing it. The drug, called solanezumab (sol-ah-NAYZ-uh-mab), is designed to bind to and help clear the sticky deposits that clog patients' brains. Earlier studi... Fri, 18 Jan 2013 19:15:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/1830490-lilly-drug-chosen-alzheimers-prevention-study.html 2013-01-18T19:15:00Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/1803370-sandy-prompts-elderly-to-seek-assisted-living.html MASSAPEQUA, N.Y. (AP) — For the first time in her life, Marion Johnston says she feels old. The petite 80-year-old retired school secretary who uses a walker is still adjusting as one of the newest residents at the Bristal Assisted Living retirement community. She moved in November after the howling winds and rising flood waters of Superstorm Sandy destro... Mon, 07 Jan 2013 07:13:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/1803370-sandy-prompts-elderly-to-seek-assisted-living.html 2013-01-07T07:13:00Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/music/1795782-bobby-womack-diagnosed-with-alzheimers-disease.html NEW YORK (AP) — Bobby Womack has been diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease. The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame member told the BBC in a recent interview the diagnosis comes after he began having difficulty remembering his songs and the names of people he's worked with. A spokeswoman did not immediately reply to a message left by the Associated Press. ... Wed, 02 Jan 2013 16:16:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/music/1795782-bobby-womack-diagnosed-with-alzheimers-disease.html 2013-01-02T16:16:00Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1780906-ap-impact-big-pharma-cashes-hgh-abuse.html A federal crackdown on illicit foreign supplies of human growth hormone has failed to stop rampant misuse, and instead has driven record sales of the drug by some of the world's biggest pharmaceutical companies, an Associated Press investigation shows. The crackdown, which began in 2006, reduced the illegal flow of unregulated supplies from China, India a... Mon, 31 Dec 2012 22:20:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1780906-ap-impact-big-pharma-cashes-hgh-abuse.html 2012-12-31T22:20:00Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/1783698-help-hand-when-elderly-relatives-health-fails.html WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. (AP) — Marnie Schwartz was in California, a lawyer raising two toddlers. She was in no position to move across the country to care for her mother, who was living alone in New York and whose health was beginning to decline. Schwartz's dilemma was similar to that faced by more and more Americans as the population spreads out, people live ... Sat, 22 Dec 2012 18:51:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/1783698-help-hand-when-elderly-relatives-health-fails.html 2012-12-22T18:51:00Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/1760836-lilly-plans-study-alzheimers-drug.html INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Eli Lilly's experimental Alzheimer's drug has flashed potential to help with mild cases of the disease, but patients and doctors will have to wait a few more years to learn whether regulators will allow the drugmaker to sell it. Lilly said Wednesday that it will launch another late-stage study of the drug, solanezumab, no later than ne... Wed, 12 Dec 2012 20:42:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/1760836-lilly-plans-study-alzheimers-drug.html 2012-12-12T20:42:00Z