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- Evidence mounting that older adults who volunteer are happier, healthier
- Can YouTube save your life?
- How does it feel to be old in different societies?
- Men who exercise less more likely to wake up to urinate
- Bedsharing with baby may impair sleep quality
- High cost of hot flashes: Millions in lost wages preventable
| Evidence mounting that older adults who volunteer are happier, healthier Posted: 29 Aug 2014 10:54 AM PDT Older adults who stay active by volunteering are getting more out of it than just an altruistic feeling -- they are receiving a health boost too, researchers report. Volunteering is associated with reductions in symptoms of depression, better overall health, fewer functional limitations, and greater longevity. |
| Posted: 29 Aug 2014 07:34 AM PDT Only a handful of CPR and basic life support videos available on YouTube provide instructions which are consistent with recent health guidelines, according to a new study. Only 11.5% of the analyzed videos were found to be completely compatible with 2010 CPR guidelines with regard to sequence of interviews. "Although well-designed videos can create awareness and be useful as tools in training, they can never replace hands-on instruction from a properly qualified health practitioner," said one author. |
| How does it feel to be old in different societies? Posted: 28 Aug 2014 08:08 AM PDT People aged 70 and over who identify themselves as 'old' feel worse about their own health in societies where they perceive they have lower value than younger age groups. |
| Men who exercise less more likely to wake up to urinate Posted: 28 Aug 2014 08:01 AM PDT Men who are physically active are at lower risk of nocturia (waking up at night to urinate), according to a study. Nocturia is the most common and bothersome lower urinary tract symptom in men. Causes include overproduction of urine, low bladder capacity and sleep disturbances. Nocturia increases with age, and is estimated to occur in more than 50 percent of men 45 and older. |
| Bedsharing with baby may impair sleep quality Posted: 28 Aug 2014 06:12 AM PDT Nocturnal awakenings are frequent among 6-month-old children, but sharing a bed might make things worse, researchers report. Even though the researchers found an overall reduction in both sleep duration and nocturnal awakenings from 6 to 18 months of age, the chronic problem of sleep problems was high -- and impacted by prior sleep behavior and sleeping arrangements. The longer the child shared bed with their parents, the greater the chance was of short sleep duration and frequent awakenings at 18 months of age. |
| High cost of hot flashes: Millions in lost wages preventable Posted: 27 Aug 2014 05:36 PM PDT The steep decline in the use of hormone therapy has spawned a prevalent but preventable side effect: millions of women suffering in silence with hot flashes, according to a study. |
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