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Spending time online can prevent depression in the elderly
Older Americans who regularly spent time online were about a third less likely to suffer from depression, in a study that compared them to...
Anticholinergic medications affect physical functioning in older adults
A class of medications previously linked to cognitive impairment in older adults also appears to negatively affect their physical functioning. Science Newsline reports that...
Link found between problem drinking and later-life memory loss
Drinking too much can lead to memory loss in later life. The Guardian reports that scientists questioned 6,542 middle-aged Americans about their past alcohol...
Extreme loneliness worse than obesity as health risk
Extreme loneliness on a long-term basis can be worse than obesity in terms of increasing the potentially lethal health risks that lead to premature...