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Questions arise as more older Americans outlive driving privilege
July 29, 2002As people live longer and more older drivers give up their driving privileges, family, friends and public officials may find themselves asking, as it was in a popular film, "who's going to drive Miss Daisy?" The question could become a...
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Study offers new insights into overcoming disparities in health
July 22, 2002Socioeconomic disparities in health can be reduced and possibly even eliminated in some cases by specific interventions, such as adoption of a rigid treatment plan and intensive patient monitoring, that help patients better manage their own...
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Diet rich in foods with vitamin E may reduce Alzheimer's disease risk
June 26, 2002A new population-based study of antioxidants, appearing in the June 26, 2002, Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA), suggests that a diet rich in foods containing vitamin E may help protect some people against Alzheimer's disease (...
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NIA makes second novel clone set available
June 10, 2002Researchers at the National Institute on Aging will distribute a recently established mouse cDNA microarray/clone set containing 7,409 unique genes to 20 designated academic centers worldwide. The new set, known as NIA 7.4K cDNA set, is the second...
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Findings show exceptional longevity runs in families
June 10, 2002At ages 102 and 104, Bessie and Sadie Delany were probably the most unlikely pair of authors in history. Yet in 1993, they produced a best-selling oral history, Having Our Say: The Delany Sisters' First 100 Years. "Sadie," Bessie once...
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Tips for caregivers: When driving should stop
June 1, 2002What course of action is open to the caregiver of a person with Alzheimer's disease when faced with clear evidence that driving should stop? How can the caregiver avoid confrontation when suggesting that a driver's license should be...
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Driving and dementia: Health professionals can play important role
June 1, 2002As a person ages, driving skills change due to both muscle and vision degeneration, slowing reaction time, and the effects of illnesses and medications. Although older drivers are among the safest drivers in the United States, car crashes are the...
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Minority outreach workshop blends spiritual and practical
June 1, 2002Successful outreach to educate minority communities about Alzheimer's disease is built on relationships that take time to establish. A key ingredient is the ability to achieve rapport with your audience. Rapport helps engender trust, but it...
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Driving and dementia: Health professionals can play important role
June 1, 2002As a person ages, driving skills change due to both muscle and vision degeneration, slowing reaction time, and the effects of illnesses and medications. Although older drivers are among the safest drivers in the United States, car crashes are the...
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Annual report shows overall decline in U.S. cancer death rates; cancer burden is expected to rise with an aging population
May 14, 2002New data for 1999 show that death rates for all cancers combined continued to decline in the United States. However, the number of cancer cases can be expected to increase because of the growth and aging of the population in coming decades,...
