_ Health Vaccines and Older Adults By Jane Farrell article Vaccines have been much in the news lately. Here, from the National Institute on Aging (NIA), an agency of the … Read More→
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_ Respiratory Conditions For Older Adults, Vitamin D Reduces Respiratory Infections but May Increase Falls By Sondra Forsyth article Researchers at the Health in Aging Foundation concluded┬áthat a monthly high dose of vitamin D reduced the number of respiratory … Read More→
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_ Pneumonia Predicting Older AdultsΓÇÖ Risk of Developing Pneumonia By Sondra Forsyth article In a study published in July 2016 in the Journal of American Geriatrics Society, researchers developed a “prediction score” to … Read More→
_ Kid's & Teen Health Respiratory Conditions Senior Health Understanding the Microbiome Good Bacteria Might Help Prevent Middle Ear Infections and Pneumonia By Sondra Forsyth article A January 2016 study from the Forsyth Institute in Cambridge, Massachusetts is helping to shed more light on the important … Read More→
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Medical Research Toward Inhalable Vaccines for Flu, Pneumonia & TB By article Researchers at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and North Carolina State University have uncovered a novel approach … Read More→
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_ Pneumonia Respiratory Rate in Pneumonia Often Overlooked By Sondra Forsyth article Pneumonia, a severe lung infection, is the most common disease calling for hospital admission. More than one out of ten pneumonia patients die of the disease. Thus it is vital to predict accurately and to closely monitor the clinical course. Measuring the respiratory rate – the number of breaths a person takes in a minute – provides valuable information. However, far too little use is still being made of this vital sign in clinical practice, according to Richard Strauß and co-authors a study published in August 2014 in Deutsches Ärzteblatt.