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Maintaining balance: Blood sodium levels may affect cognition in older adults

February 16, 2018 Loknath Dasadults:, affect, balance:, Blood, cognition, In, Levels, maintaining, May, Older, Sodium

Scientists have found that lower levels of sodium in the blood – known as hyponatremia – is linked with a decline in cognitive function with advancing age. Hyponatremia occurs when the sodium level in the blood falls below 135 Millimoles Per Litre (mmol/L), according to a study published in the Clinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology. Mild hyponatremia was once thought to be asymptomatic, but recent studies suggest that it may be associated with higher risks of attention deficits, gait disturbances, falls, cardiovascular events, and even premature death.…

Why children of older fathers are smarter, more successful

June 27, 2017 Loknath DasAre, Children, Fathers, More, of, Older, Smarter, successful, Why

Sons of older fathers are more intelligent, more focused on their interests and less concerned about fitting in, characteristics typically seen in “geeks’”, says a new study. While previous research has shown that children of older fathers are at a higher risk of some adverse outcomes, including autism and schizophrenia, the study published recently in Translational Psychiatry suggests that children of older fathers may also have certain advantages over their peers in educational and career settings. The researchers from King’s College London and The Seaver Autism Center for Research and Treatment at the Icahn School of Medicine…

Older Adults Should Engage in Household Work to Keep the Heart Healthy

March 29, 2017 Loknath Dasadults:, Engage, Healthy, Heart, Household, In, Keep, Older, Should, The, to, work

Staying active can take you a long way to good health. It is not without reason that doctors tell us to engage in physical activities and lead an active lifestyle. It has various beneficial effects on our body, aiding day-to-day functions as well as keeping diseases at bay. Elders too should keep active to not fall prey to health problems. Even walking or carrying out household chores can work wonders. According to a recent study by University of Pittsburgh, engaging in daily activities like making bed, doing the laundry, climbing…

Older women with breast cancer still left out of medical trials

December 24, 2016 SrijitaBreast, Cancer, Left, medical, of, Older, Out, Still, trials, With, Women

Older women are still underrepresented in medical trials evaluating treatments for breast cancer, according to a new study. Of three different types of trials evaluated by researchers, only one had an increase in enrollment of older women with breast cancer between 1985 and 2012. The other two had decreases. Seeing how older people react to cancer therapies “is crucial to inform decision-making and to optimally serve patients’ medical, emotional, and functional needs,” the authors of the study write in the Journal of Clinical Oncology, online December 19. “As physicians and…

Older women with breast cancer still left out of medical trials

December 24, 2016 SrijitaBreast, Cancer, Left, medical, of, Older, Out, Still, trials, With, Women

Eating Meat May Cause Heart Failure in Older Women

November 17, 2016 Srijitacause, Eating, failure, Heart, In, May, meat, Older, Women

Consuming high-protein diet, especially meat, may increase the risk for heart failure in women over the age of 50, a study has found. The findings showed that the rate of heart failure for women with higher total dietary protein intake was significantly higher compared to the women who ate less protein daily or got more of their protein from vegetables. While women who ate higher amounts of vegetable protein appeared to have less heart failure, the association was not significant when adjusted for body mass. “Higher calibrated total dietary protein…