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According to a recent study, cannabis would help reduce pain for elderly

According to an Israeli study published in February 2018, cannabis could be use for improving the quality of life of elderly currently treated with opioids.

Older Hospitalized Adults Are Infrequently Tested for Influenza

This year’s flu season is shaping up to be an especially serious one, and it’s important for clinicians to promptly recognize, diagnosis, and treat influenza in hospitalized patients, especially in vulnerable populations such as older individuals.

A new study published in the Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, however, indicates that adults aged 65 years and older who are hospitalized with fever or respiratory symptoms during influenza seasons are less likely to have a provider-ordered influenza test than younger patients.

Study Uncovers Healthcare Disparities among Octogenarians and Nonagenarians with Advanced Lung Cancer

A new study reveals that, among patients of advanced age with stage III lung cancer, African Americans and individuals who live in lower income areas are more likely to not receive any treatment. Published online in CANCER, a peer-reviewed journal of the American Cancer Society, the study also found that patients who receive the standard of care treatment for their cancer live longer.

Germany, one of the “super-aged” societies in the world

According to aarpinternational.org, Germany is currently one of five “super-aged” societies in the world, and its population of those age 65 and older will continue to grow, reaching nearly one-third of the total population by 2050.

> Download the full AARP Germany report

Almost a million older people feel lonelier at Christmas

New research for Age UK shows that nearly a million (928,000) older people feel lonelier at Christmas time.

Pensions reforms have slowed in OECD countries but need to continue, says OECD

Pensions at a Glance 2017 says that public spending on pensions for the OECD as a whole has risen by about 1.5% of GDP since 2000. However, the pace of spending growth is projected to slow substantially.

At the same time, recent reforms will lower the incomes of many future pensioners. People will live longer and to ensure a decent pension would have to postpone the age of retirement.

Poverty of ageing Japanese population fuelling “silver crime” wave

Nearly one in four elderly Japanese convicts is reoffending and ending up back behind bars within two years of being released, according to new government figures.

Yoga reduces falls among the elderly, a study suggests

University of Wisconsin–Madison professor of family medicine Irene Hamrick reports that the number of falls in older adults dropped 48 percent in the 6 months after a yoga class began, compared to the 6 months previous.

Indeed, a study, now online in Complementary Therapies in Medicine, looked at older, rural adults who attended yoga classes in Western Wisconsin.

Is Norway the best place to get old?

A new barometer has been developed that estimates how countries are adapting to the increases in the number and proportion of elderly people. This Index is composed of specific measures across social and economic indicators that reflect the status and wellbeing of older persons in a country.

The five countries in the index coping best with their aging populations are: Norway, Sweden, the United States, the Netherlands and Japan.

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New findings suggest a genetic influence on aging into the 90s but not beyond

Variants of a gene thought to be linked to longevity appear to influence aging into the 90s, but do not appear to affect exceptional longevity, or aging over 100, a new study has found. The findings have been published in the Journals of Gerontology: Biological Sciences.