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Topic- Attitudes & perceptions
How does mindfulness meditation improve mood?
A randomized controlled trial of 134 mildly stressed adults (mean age, 60; about half women) found that those who were assigned to a six-week mindfulness-meditation training program experienced significantly reduced negative affect variability-which refers to subjective distress and includes a range of mood states such as worry, anxiety, anger, self-criticism, and life dissatisfaction-compared with participants assigned to a waitlist control (no intervention).
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Deprescribing OK with older Americans
Polypharmacy-the use of five or more medications by one person-is common and increasing among older adults in the US and internationally, according to Dr. Emily Reeve of the Laboratory of Ageing and Pharmacology at North Shore Hospital in New South Wales, and colleagues.
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Tech Talk: Protect your digital identity
While US adults are spending more time online shopping, managing their money and commenting in social media, many don't protect their digital (online) identity from being compromised, according to a recent AARP survey.
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How do employers/employees perceive older workers?
The latest survey from the nonprofit Transamerica Center for Retirement Studies (TCRS) found similarities as well as "disconcerting disconnects" between employers' and employees' perceptions of retirement security, business practices, and older workers.
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Stopping opioids doesn't worsen chronic pain
Stopping long-term opioid treatment does not make chronic, non-cancer-related pain worse and, in some cases, makes it better, Washington State University researchers have found.
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Older adults underestimate HIV risk, forgo testing
Older adults are missing out on HIV testing and are at risk as a result, researchers who analyzed data on age and ethnicity from nearly 1,000 respondents to the 2014 Get Tested Coachella Valley (California) Community Survey have found. Among the findings:
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