Old Age
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Rewind the clock: Study on mice show positive results to stop ageing process
•It is not yet clear how much PGE2 is too much, and how it accumulates over a lifetime.
Fifty percent of elderly suffer from chronic diseases, 40 percent are disabled: LASI Wave 1 report
•The LASI Wave 1 field survey, conducted across 35 states and UT from April 2017 to December 2018, was released by Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan.
World Alzheimer's Day: Has the foremost cause of dementia become a public health crisis?
Azad Irani •The number of patients with AD is projected to triple by 2050, with much of the growth attributed to the elderly age bracket.
25,000 coronavirus deaths globally: Here's how the most vulnerable can stay safe
Myupchar •The Coronavirus Resource Center by John Hopkins University and Medicine reported that the disease has spread to 176 countries with over 5,53,000 confirmed cases.
Inside 'Aunty Sudha Aunty Radha': Two women ponder life and death in UP's Lahra village
Neerjad •In Aunty Sudha Aunty Radha, Tanuja Chandra shows how empowering it can be to live life on your own terms during old age. Set in Uttar Pradesh's Lahra village, it follows the shared existence of her aunts, which is as colourful and thriving as the garden they lovingly tend to in their house
World Alzheimer's Day 2019: Everything we know, don’t know and suspect about Alzheimer’s disease
•Maintaining physical, social and mental health is a key part of reducing dementia risk, and thereby, Alzheimer's.
Alzheimer's Day: Carriers of risky gene show brain changes in its 20s but we don't need to worry
•Research has shown that some individuals carry variants of genes that risk them developing Alzheimer’s in life.
World Alzheimer’s Day 2019: When does 'forgetfulness' become 'dementia' become Alzheimer's?
Binita Priyambada •In India alone, more than 4 million people suffer from some sort of dementia including Alzheimer’s disease.
Playlist for Life: Personalized music can help dementia patients, say experts
•Playlist for Life charity encourages families to find out which pieces of music trigger happy memories for their older relatives.
The Grey Factor
Sonal Matharu •Within three decades, India will be a country of old women and men. The burgeoning greying population will mostly be alone, lonely, vulnerable and ill, with no one to take care of them. Are we ready for an old society?