Senior's Health: How fast you move can predict how healthy you'll be ♦ New app helps seniors live better ♦Team approach may reduce readmissions due to falls in seniors

Team approach may reduce readmissions due to falls in seniors

A comprehensive care program that involves a team of specialists from multiple medical disciplines for treating injuries sustained from falls in older adults could help reduce hospital readmissions, according to researchers. Under the program, the 30-day readmission rate for falls declined 10 percent from 2012-13 and remained unchanged in 2014. The 30-90 day readmission rate from 2012-13 also declined, before rising slightly in 2014.

Technology meets society: New app helps seniors live better

A new technological solution developed by researchers is aimed at enhancing the physical health, vitality and brain fitness of seniors residing in independent living communities.

How fast you move can predict how healthy you'll be

Instead of focusing on drawing out the length of life, researchers have created a tool that can be used for accurately predicting lifespan as well as assessing the current health state, and discovered the regulatory mechanism that extends “healthspan”, the time in which an organism is at its optimal health.

Walking faster or longer linked to significant cardiovascular benefits in older adults

Even among Americans in their mid-70's and older, being more active, including walking at a reasonable pace or distance, is linked to a lower risk of cardiovascular events,

Weight Loss Research: Kitchen counter foods that relate to your weigh ♦ Obesity surgery normalizes brain opioids ♦ New study shows that varying walking pace burns more calories

New study shows that varying walking pace burns more calories Engineering researchers have found that walking at varying speeds can burn up to 20 percent more calories compared to maintaining a steady pace. The study is one of the first to measure the metabolic cost, or calories burned, of changing walking speeds

Obesity surgery normalizes brain opioids Researchers have revealed how obesity surgery recovers opioid neurotransmission in the brain. Obesity surgery provides an effective means for rapid weight loss, and the research also shows that obesity surgery also normalizes brain circuits triggering pleasurable sensations when eating

New research focused on cell signaling mechanism linked to obesity A mechanism has been identified for blocking the signal by which the cellular sodium-potassium pump amplifies oxidants (reactive oxygen species). These oxidants lead to obesity and metabolic syndrome.

The 20 lb. cereal box: Kitchen counter foods that relate to your weight Over 200 American kitchens were photographed to determine if the food sitting out on counters could predict the weight of the woman living in each home.

Weight Loss Research:Extra weight decreases mortality from type 2 diabetes ♦ Occurrence of obesity complications ♦ Blocking obesity-associated protein

Carrying a little extra weight decreases mortality from type 2 diabetes Patients with type 2 diabetes who are overweight but not obese live longer than those who are underweight or normal-weight. Researchers call this effect the 'obesity paradox.' Walking or cycling to work could help you lose weight Leaving your car at home could help shed pounds – according to new research. Given that car use is high, the findings strengthen the case for incentivising walking or cycling to boost population health. New player in the occurrence of obesity complications Metabolic complications of obesity and overweight, such as type 2 diabetes, are an important challenge to public health. Teams of researchers have succeeded in elucidating part of the mechanisms involved in the development of these metabolic complications associated with obesity. Moving to a depressed neighborhood linked to weight gain Certain regions in the United States are characterized by a higher prevalence of obesity, which suggests that a person's socioeconomic, physical, and social environments can affect opportunities for healthy behaviors that might prevent excess weight gain  A new study has found that people who moved to more socioeconomically deprived neighborhoods gained additional weight. Blocking obesity-associated protein stops dangerous fat formation By changing mouse genes to block a protein associated with obesity, scientists have prevented fat from forming around the animal's' internal organs, even when the animals eat an unhealthy diet. The study found that these genetically engineered mice also retained their sensitivity to insulin (normally blunted by obesity), despite gaining weight.