The Healthy Aging Show » ARTICLES http://www.thehealthyagingshow.com/site Just another WordPress site Sat, 28 Jan 2012 16:02:21 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 New Connecticut Law Requires Disclosure of Home Care Registries http://www.thehealthyagingshow.com/site/2012/01/new-connecticut-law-requires-disclosure-of-home-care-registeries/ http://www.thehealthyagingshow.com/site/2012/01/new-connecticut-law-requires-disclosure-of-home-care-registeries/#comments Sat, 28 Jan 2012 15:42:34 +0000 admin http://www.thehealthyagingshow.com/site/?p=2933 AN ACT CONCERNING HOMEMAKER SERVICES AND HOMEMAKER-COMPANION AGENCIES
is a new law that will provide protection to elderly consumers and their families. The law, which goes into effect January 1, 2012, will help Connecticut families make more informed decisions when hiring a home care agency to provide care for their aging loved ones.
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US researchers warned Tuesday of an alarming link between vitamin E supplements and a 17 percent increased risk of prostate cancer, describing the findings as an “important public health concern.

Vitamin E boosts prostate cancer risk

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5 Surprising Signs of Breast Cancer

]]> http://www.thehealthyagingshow.com/site/2011/10/5-surprising-signs-of-breast-cancer/feed/ 0 My Dog Ate My Prescription http://www.thehealthyagingshow.com/site/2011/08/my-dog-ate-my-prescription/ http://www.thehealthyagingshow.com/site/2011/08/my-dog-ate-my-prescription/#comments Sun, 07 Aug 2011 12:42:37 +0000 admin http://www.thehealthyagingshow.com/site/?p=2794 Despite vast differences among patients, major clinical guidelines assume that everyone should get the same type of care so as to ensure the best possible outcome for all. This egalitarian approach to patients is considered an ethical touchstone of modern medicine. But all patients are not created equal. Slate.com

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]]> http://www.thehealthyagingshow.com/site/2011/08/my-dog-ate-my-prescription/feed/ 0 Knowing What’s Worth Paying for in Vitamins http://www.thehealthyagingshow.com/site/2011/07/knowing-what%e2%80%99s-worth-paying-for-in-vitamins/ http://www.thehealthyagingshow.com/site/2011/07/knowing-what%e2%80%99s-worth-paying-for-in-vitamins/#comments Tue, 26 Jul 2011 09:34:18 +0000 admin http://www.thehealthyagingshow.com/site/?p=2781 Americans love vitamins. About half of adults take a daily multivitamin, according to industry data. And according to some theories, the economic downturn has inspired them to fortify themselves by swallowing more. New York Times

Knowing What’s Worth Paying for in Vitamins

]]> http://www.thehealthyagingshow.com/site/2011/07/knowing-what%e2%80%99s-worth-paying-for-in-vitamins/feed/ 0 White Flight From the Nursing Home http://www.thehealthyagingshow.com/site/2011/07/white-flight-from-the-nursing-home/ http://www.thehealthyagingshow.com/site/2011/07/white-flight-from-the-nursing-home/#comments Mon, 18 Jul 2011 02:45:42 +0000 admin http://www.thehealthyagingshow.com/site/?p=2772 The number of older Americans living in nursing homes continues to fall, and the proportion of residents who are black, Hispanic or Asian has climbed sharply. But don’t expect cheers from the Brown University researchers who’ve tracked this major shift in long-term care. With greater scrutiny, then, this demographic trend represents a less happy reality. Just as minority seniors are pouring into nursing homes, whites are turning to more attractive choices and staying out. The New York Time July 15, 2011

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]]> http://www.thehealthyagingshow.com/site/2011/07/white-flight-from-the-nursing-home/feed/ 0 Talk Doesn’t Pay, So Psychiatry Turns Instead to Drug Therapy http://www.thehealthyagingshow.com/site/2011/04/talk-doesn%e2%80%99t-pay-so-psychiatry-turns-instead-to-drug-therapy/ http://www.thehealthyagingshow.com/site/2011/04/talk-doesn%e2%80%99t-pay-so-psychiatry-turns-instead-to-drug-therapy/#comments Mon, 04 Apr 2011 02:45:18 +0000 admin http://www.thehealthyagingshow.com/site/?p=2630 Medicine is rapidly changing in the United States from a cottage industry to one dominated by large hospital groups and corporations, but the new efficiencies can be accompanied by a telling loss of intimacy between doctors and patients. And no specialty has suffered this loss more profoundly than psychiatry. New York Times 3/5/11

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/06/health/policy/06doctors.html?_r=1&src=me&ref=health

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http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/42298789/ns/health-mental_health?GT1=43001

]]> http://www.thehealthyagingshow.com/site/2011/04/docs-warn-about-teens-and-facebook-depression/feed/ 0 Cellphone Radiation May Alter Your Brain. Let’s Talk. http://www.thehealthyagingshow.com/site/2011/04/cellphone-radiation-may-alter-your-brain-let%e2%80%99s-talk/ http://www.thehealthyagingshow.com/site/2011/04/cellphone-radiation-may-alter-your-brain-let%e2%80%99s-talk/#comments Sun, 03 Apr 2011 15:26:26 +0000 admin http://www.thehealthyagingshow.com/site/?p=2627 In a culture where people cradle their cellphones next to their heads with the same constancy and affection that toddlers hold their security blankets, it was unsettling last month when a study published in The Journal of the American Medical Association indicated that doing so could alter brain activity. New York Times 3/30/11

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/31/technology/personaltech/31basics.html?ref=health

]]> http://www.thehealthyagingshow.com/site/2011/04/cellphone-radiation-may-alter-your-brain-let%e2%80%99s-talk/feed/ 0 A Giant Pain in the Wallet http://www.thehealthyagingshow.com/site/2011/04/a-giant-pain-in-the-wallet/ http://www.thehealthyagingshow.com/site/2011/04/a-giant-pain-in-the-wallet/#comments Sat, 02 Apr 2011 16:50:05 +0000 admin http://www.thehealthyagingshow.com/site/?p=2619 Until January, colchicine was sold by many companies and cost as little as 10 cents a pill. Now it’s available only under the trade name Colcrys, sold by a Philadelphia company called URL Pharma—for five dollars per pill.* The colchicine story, and a few others like it, have provoked ire among some patients and doctors about an otherwise praiseworthy effort by the FDA to get rid of old, untested, potentially harmful drugs. Slate 3/29/11
http://www.slate.com/id/2289616/

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