Abuse of drugs and alcohol is not uncommon among the elderly. The high rate of prescribed medication use, increased physiological sensitivity to drug effects, and the danger of interaction effects of multiple medications and/or alcohol place older adults at high risk for deliberate or accidental misuse of drugs or alcohol. In addition, some older adults turn to alcohol to help cope with stressful life events, thus increasing the risk of addiction or toxic interactions. (more…)
Cognitive-behavioral interventions approaches to managing the distress associated with physical/somatic complaints problems sho ...
Cognitive-Behavioral Interventions Research documenting the efficacy of Cognitive-Behavioral Interventions in treating the psyc ...
Research indicates that anxiety symptoms are more prevalent in elderly people than in any other age group, occurring at about t ...
Most older adults adapt successfully to the multiple developmental and social changes and late life depression that are common ...
Alcohol abuse can be defined as individuals drink more than normal quantity but on regular basis. This habits causes poor healt ...
As people growing older or become elderly, several health risks and health complications and problem may happened because the natural degeneration of human systems and organ. When you are growing older and become member of elderly population, some complications associated with general body aches and pains may occur. (more…)
A lot of pretty painful back problems can be solved with relatively simple exercises. However, you need to diagnosis your pro ...
Using the right medications can help in the treating of acute and chronic back pain. There are good drugs which physicians pres ...
There are many at home treatments for back pain. They all involve simple exercises that you can do to stretch the muscles and spine ...
There is a time in just about everybody's life that they will have some kind of low back ache pain. For some fortunate people, the ...
As someone who has suffered with back pain and sciatica, I have been on numerous medications, pain killers and anti-inflammatio ...
Rheumatoid Arthritis affects approximately 1% of the world’s population. Rheumatoid Arthritis
is a chronic, multisystem, autoimmune, and inflammatory disorder that involves peripheral joints in a symmetric distribution. The potential of the synovial inflammation to cause cartilage damage and bone erosions and subsequent changes in joint integrity is the feature of the disease. (more…)
Fibromyalgia and myofascial pain (MP) are among the most common musculoskeletal disorders from which older adults suffer. These dis ...
Chronic diseases are not generally prevented by vaccines or cured by medication, nor do they just disappear. To a large degree, ...
Mounting evidence points to fibromyalgia as a heritable disorder. This evidence includes familial aggregation of fibromyalgia as we ...
Involuntary weight loss is the result of many chronic progressive diseases, often leading to diminished lean body mass, frailty, su ...
Activities of Daily Living (ADLs) is the core daily personal care activities that are necessary in order for people to be able to l ...
As we grow older, our dietary habits seem to become more deeply entrenched. As a consequence, deficiencies in the diet are perpetuated and can eventually cause trouble. Most people get enough carbohydrate (sugars and starches) and fat in their meals but protein is often inadequate. Meat and fish are the most important sources of protein, but dairy products and vegetables such as beans are also good sources. (more…)
Everybody wants to stay healthy at any age, but this is something we wanted to have over a lifetime. But you can still begin ap ...
Lifestyle and behavioral factors are responsible for a multiple chronic aging diseases and associated to morbidity and mortalit ...
Chronic diseases are not generally prevented by vaccines or cured by medication, nor do they just disappear. To a large degree, ...
Animal studies support a cancer-promoting role for fat, and in humans, epidemiological data strongly suggest that dietary fat i ...
There are many options of foods and supplements that we can choose to slow the aging process. Not only it helps maintain our youthf ...
Elderly abuse or elderly neglect can be put within the general category of violence that may be designed for different populations (women, children, seniors, etc.). Mistreating the elderly can occur in different areas: community, institution, society, etc. If it occurs on the community level, a category in which you can include it in the domestic or family violence, which also includes child maltreatment and intimate partner violence. (more…)
Elder maltreatment and abuse of the elderly is found in almost all countries of the world. According to the World Health Organi ...
Abuse of drugs and alcohol is not uncommon among the elderly. The high rate of prescribed medication use, increased physiologic ...
Alcohol abuse can be defined as individuals drink more than normal quantity but on regular basis. This habits causes poor healt ...
Older Person Care • Older persons should benefit from family and community based care and protection in accordance with e ...
The sleeping pills quadrupled the risk of suicide in the elderly, according to a study by the University of Gothenburg (Sweden) ...
Lifestyle and behavioral factors are responsible for a multiple chronic aging diseases and associated to morbidity and mortality tendencies. In the U.S., nearly 50 million adults are smoking. Annually, smoking alone is responsibility for about 400,000 deaths.
As you probably know, anyone who ever try to give up smoking is facing some difficulties most of the time. (more…)
Chronic diseases are not generally prevented by vaccines or cured by medication, nor do they just disappear. To a large degree, ...
Abuse of drugs and alcohol is not uncommon among the elderly. The high rate of prescribed medication use, increased physiologic ...
As we grow older, our dietary habits seem to become more deeply entrenched. As a consequence, deficiencies in the diet are perp ...
There are differences on what exactly contribute to quality of life on a personal level from person to person. Although many ol ...
Cancer occurrence rates in a period of time for a given population is expressed in various ways. The incidence rate is a direct mea ...
The sleeping pills quadrupled the risk of suicide in the elderly, according to a study by the University of Gothenburg (Sweden), which is published in the journal ‘BioMed Central Geriatrics. The researchers show that even after taking into account the presence of psychiatric disorders, sedatives and hypnotics are associated with an increased risk of suicide (more…)
Depression is the most common mental health problem in the elderly. While the incidence in community-dwelling older adults is n ...
A new study warns that people who take even fewer than 18 pills per year of some forms of prescription sleeping pills, may be more ...
Adults have two principal jobs in life - earning a living and raising a family — and much of life's satisfaction comes from doing t ...
Abuse of drugs and alcohol is not uncommon among the elderly. The high rate of prescribed medication use, increased physiologic ...
Alcohol abuse can be defined as individuals drink more than normal quantity but on regular basis. This habits causes poor healt ...
As you probably know, sex hormone in women is declining with age. Men also experiencing the same, even though the declining rate is not as steep drop like women menopause. But the effect is substantial in well being and fertility. Until recent years, there has been a lot concern about the subject of testosterone levels in men. Andropause as the name suggest, is declining 1% per year of testosterone levels hormone for men age over 30 years. This significantly put those men group in risk of having disease-syndromes related to andropause. (more…)
The accurate diagnosis of endocrine dysfunction in the elderly requires a high index of suspicion. Signs and symptoms of hormone de ...
Potential benefits of T treatment in older men must be weighed against risks of adverse effects. In young hypogonadal men, physiolo ...
The prevalence of sexual dysfunction in women approaches 43%, and age is an important correlate. The underlying etiology of sexual ...
Involuntary weight loss is the result of many chronic progressive diseases, often leading to diminished lean body mass, frailty, su ...
The systemic benefits of exogenous Growth Hormone therapy in the healthy elderly remain unclear and controversial. Studies have ...
Alcohol abuse can be defined as individuals drink more than normal quantity but on regular basis. This habits causes poor health to that person and pose danger to himself or others. Alcohol abusers are usually manage to set limits and measure himself to control over drinking habits. Most of the time, these person listen to family and friends who express concern and give suggestion to stop this alcohol abuse habit. In the more progress scale, alcohol abuse (more…)
Abuse of drugs and alcohol is not uncommon among the elderly. The high rate of prescribed medication use, increased physiologic ...
A person may "live" between 70 and 80 years, but only truly experience a relatively few years of life. After subtracting the time ...
The sleeping pills quadrupled the risk of suicide in the elderly, according to a study by the University of Gothenburg (Sweden) ...
Elderly abuse or elderly neglect can be put within the general category of violence that may be designed for different populati ...
Back pain is a real pain in your back! You want relief now but would like to try some natural home remedies before resorting to pre ...
Chronic diseases are not generally prevented by vaccines or cured by medication, nor do they just disappear. To a large degree, the major chronic disease killers—heart disease, cancer, stroke, and diabetes—are an extension of what people do, or not do, as they go about their daily lives. (more…)
Lifestyle and behavioral factors are responsible for a multiple chronic aging diseases and associated to morbidity and mortalit ...
Rheumatoid Arthritis affects approximately 1% of the world’s population. Rheumatoid Arthritis is a chronic, multisystem, autoimmun ...
As a normal ageing process, as you grow older, you will lose muscle fiber. The composition between fats and muscles in your bod ...
Cancer occurrence rates in a period of time for a given population is expressed in various ways. The incidence rate is a direct mea ...
Parents are always conscious about their kid’s health related matter, thus they take children’s immunization as a serious issue ...