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![TechTalk: Smartphone apps for family caregivers assessed-6248 TechTalk: Smartphone apps for family caregivers assessed-6248](/images/listing_research.jpg)
TechTalk: Smartphone apps for family caregivers assessed
AARP Research has released the findings from three pilot studies of smartphone apps with potential to help family caregivers.
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Build leg muscles to boost walking
Walking performance, measured in terms of energy efficiency -- i.e., how far one can travel per calorie consumption -- and walking speed decline as people get older.
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NIC releases seniors housing 4Q17 data
The National Investment Center for Seniors Housing & Care (NIC) recently released its NIC Map data for the fourth quarter of 2017.
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Transcendental meditation relieves PTSD symptoms
Practicing transcendental meditation (TM) led to significant relief from posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) among US veterans of the war in Vietnam, the Gulf War, Somalia, Iraq and Afghanistan, researchers say.
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![Co-living a top consumer trend globally-6236 Co-living a top consumer trend globally-6236](/images/listing_research.jpg)
Co-living a top consumer trend globally
Which consumer trends will reign around the world in 2018? According to market research firm Euromonitor International, "co-living" is number nine on the list of the top 10.
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![Stats: 6x higher risk of heart attack after flu infection-6234 Stats: 6x higher risk of heart attack after flu infection-6234](/images/listing_research.jpg)
Stats: 6x higher risk of heart attack after flu infection
Chances of a heart attack increase six-fold during the first week after a confirmed influenza infection, researchers at the Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences and Public Health Ontario reported recently in the New England Journal of Medicine.
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