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Facebook use engages, empowers older adults-6428

Facebook use engages, empowers older adults

Social networking sites such as Facebook may help older adults feel more empowered and less isolated, according to a recent study.

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Social wellness

USPSTF: No PSA testing for men 70+-6388

USPSTF: No PSA testing for men 70+

The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) recommends that men 55 to 69 who are interested in prostate cancer screening talk to their doctors about potential benefits and harms before deciding whether to undergo periodic prostate-specific antigen (PSA)-based screening.

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Health conditions

Stats: 53% of 60+ workers postponing retirement-6378

Stats: 53% of 60+ workers postponing retirement

More than half of US workers ages 60 and over are postponing retirement, including 57% of men and 48% of women, according to a recent survey by CareerBuilder.

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Employee wellness

Lack of sleep may boost Alzheimer's risk-6372

Lack of sleep may boost Alzheimer's risk

Losing just one night of sleep led to an immediate increase in beta-amyloid, a protein in the brain associated with Alzheimer's disease, according to a study by researchers at the US National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism.

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Physical wellness

Medical marijuana users more apt to use/misuse other drugs-6370

Medical marijuana users more apt to use/misuse other drugs

While some people believe medical marijuana might help fight the opioid epidemic, a recent study suggests that people who use medical marijuana actually have higher rates of medical and non-medical prescription drug use - including pain medications.

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Physical wellness

Unnecessary meds prescribed after dementia diagnosis-6367

Unnecessary meds prescribed after dementia diagnosis

Following a diagnosis of dementia in adults ages 65+, medication use increased by 11% per year overall, while the use of potentially inappropriate medications (PIMs) increased by 17%, according to a study of close to 2,500 older adults followed for 10 years.

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Physical wellness

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