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21. Hope to Live to 100? Check Your Genes
    
    By Robert Preidt HealthDay Reporter THURSDAY, March 26, 2015 (HealthDay News) -- Healthy eating and exercise might help most people live to a respectable old age, but making it to 95 or 100 might require help from your DNA, a new study finds. "Genetic makeup explains an increasingly greater portion
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22. Exercise, Not Vitamin D, Cuts Injuries From Falls
    
    By Alan Mozes HealthDay Reporter MONDAY, March 23, 2015 (HealthDay News) -- Neither routine exercise nor vitamin D supplementation does anything to lower the overall risk for accidental falls among older women, a new Finnish study says. However, the risk of serious injury as a result of falling was
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23. A Sense of Purpose May Benefit Your Brain
    
    By Alan Mozes HealthDay Reporter THURSDAY, March 19, 2015 (HealthDay News) -- Having a strong sense of purpose in life may lower the likelihood of brain tissue damage in older adults, new research suggests. Autopsies conducted among adults in their 80s revealed that those who felt their lives had me
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24. Older Heart Patients and Aggressive Treatments
    
    By Robert Preidt HealthDay Reporter MONDAY, March 16, 2015 (HealthDay News) -- Older people with certain types of heart problems might benefit from aggressive treatment they might otherwise not receive because of their age, a new study suggests. Researchers looked at 458 patients, aged 80 and older,
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25. Cochlear Implants and Seniors' Mood, Thinking
    
    By Robert Preidt HealthDay Reporter THURSDAY, March 12, 2015 (HealthDay News) -- Cochlear implants not only boost hearing in seniors with severe hearing loss, they might also enhance their emotional state and thinking abilities, a new study finds. A cochlear implant is a small device that helps prov
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26. Healthy Lifestyle May Guard Against Dementia
    
    By Robert Preidt HealthDay Reporter WEDNESDAY, March 11, 2015 (HealthDay News) -- A healthy diet, physical activity and brain exercises can help slow mental decline in older people at risk for dementia, a new study suggests. On the other hand, a high body-mass index (BMI) and poor heart health are s
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27. Exercise May Boost Mobility in Old Age
    
    By Steven Reinberg HealthDay Reporter WEDNESDAY, March 11, 2015 (HealthDay News) -- Staying physically active as you age may ward off brain damage that can limit mobility, a small study says. Small areas of brain damage called white matter hyperintensities are seen in MRI scans of many older patient
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28. Loneliness May Complicate Chronic Illness for Some
    
    By Robert Preidt HealthDay Reporter MONDAY, Feb. 16, 2015 (HealthDay News) -- For people age 70 or older who struggle with a chronic illness, loneliness is often a complicating factor, a new study finds. Canadian researchers looked at 121 older adults, mostly in their 70s. They found that feelings o
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29. 'Superagers' Seem to Have Younger Brains
    
    By Robert Preidt HealthDay Reporter FRIDAY, Feb. 13, 2015 (HealthDay News) -- The brains of so-called "superagers" are much different than normal seniors, according to a new study. Superagers are people aged 80 and older whose memories are as sharp as those many decades younger. Learning more about
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30. Seniors Need 2 Pneumonia Vaccines, CDC Panel Says
    
    By Steven Reinberg HealthDay Reporter TUESDAY, Feb. 3, 2015 (HealthDay News) -- Adults 65 and older need two vaccines to better protect them from bacterial infection in the blood (called sepsis), meningitis and pneumonia, according to a revised vaccination schedule from the 2015 Advisory Committee o
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