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Jun 21 2025HEALTH

Keeping Elders Steady: Smart Ways to Avoid Falls and Frailty

Older folks living in the community face big problems with frailty and falling. These issues can lead to serious injuries, making it hard for them to do daily tasks and live on their own. Falls happen due to many reasons, but many of these can be changed with the right help. This is about looking at ways to stop falls and frailty in older adults. It focuses on what...

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Mar 31 2025HEALTH

Heart Health in Guangzhou's Golden Years

Heart issues are a big deal worldwide, and they are especially concerning in China. As people live longer, the risk of heart problems goes up. This is because many factors that lead to heart disease can be changed. These include things like smoking, eating poorly, and not exercising enough. However, there hasn't been much research on how these factors affect older ad...

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Dec 03 2024HEALTH

Depression and Dementia: What's the Connection?

You might have heard that depression can increase the risk of dementia. But why is that? This study wanted to find out if there were certain risk factors for dementia that people with depression have in common. These risk factors could be things like poor lifestyle choices, health issues, or even social problems. The interesting thing is, many of these risk factors c...

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Nov 16 2024HEALTH

Heart Health Awareness: What Indian Communities Know and Do

You've probably heard about heart diseases, but do you really know how to prevent them? In India, not everyone might be in the loop about these critical facts. That's why it's essential to find out what people in communities know, think, and do about heart diseases and their risks. Surprisingly, there's not much information out there from developing countries like In...

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