older adults

(MedPage Today) -- Only 14% of older adults with hearing loss use hearing aids, according to estimates from a nationwide survey.

Older adults who eat between 2,100 and 6,000 calories each day are twice as likely to develop memory problems.

The pain suffered by older adults is the shared focus of the two newest entries in The Gerontological Society of America's (GSA) From Publication to Practice* series.

Together they address both pain management and new labeling changes for one of the most popular pain medications, acetaminophen...

(Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center) New research from Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center uses a simple assessment tool to determine how well older adults diagnosed with acute myelogenous leukemia can handle treatment.

Being physically active is vital to maintaining health and independence as we age, and a new federal campaign for people 50 and older will help them to get active and keep going.

Introduced today by the National Institutes of Health, the Go4Life campaign encourages sedentary older adults to reap health benefits by making physical activity part of their daily lives.

Only 25 percent of people aged 65–74 say they engage in regular physical activity.

• The FDA is warning consumers not to eat Rocky Ford Cantaloupe shipped by Jensen Farms and to throw away recalled product that may still be in their home.

• Jensen Farms is voluntarily recalling Rocky Ford Cantaloupe shipped from July 29 through September 10, 2011, and distributed to at least 17 states with possible further distribution.

• The recalled cantaloupes have the potential to be contaminated with Listeria and may be linked to a multi-state outbreak of listeriosis.

(Commonwealth Fund) A new report released jointly today by AARP's Public Policy Institute, The Commonwealth Fund and The SCAN Foundation shows some states significantly out-perform others in the delivery of long-term services and supports (LTSS) to older adults and people with disabilities.

Older adults who have thinking and memory problems known as cognitive impairment are at a higher risk of death, new research has found.

Falls may be an early sign of Alzheimer's disease, researchers report.

In a study of 125 older adults who appeared physically and cognitively healthy, two-thirds of those with large deposits of Alzheimer's-associated plaque in their brains suffered falls.

(MedPage Today) -- Colorectal cancer death rates have fallen substantially in recent years, but the the decline could be even greater if more older adults got the recommended screening, CDC officials said.