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![Older adults check online reviews before buying-5912 Older adults check online reviews before buying-5912](/images/listing_research.jpg)
Older adults check online reviews before buying
Before making a purchase, 59% of people 65 years and older sometimes or almost always look up online reviews and ratings, as do 75% of people who are 50-64 years old, according to a survey of 4,787 respondents ages 18 years and older.
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![Even in winter, people keep walking-5910 Even in winter, people keep walking-5910](/images/listing_research.jpg)
Even in winter, people keep walking
Midlife and older adults prefer wintertime physical activities similar to people who are younger, according to the results of a poll targeting 1,000 respondents.
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![Stats: 7.3 billion global population-5909 Stats: 7.3 billion global population-5909](/images/listing_research.jpg)
Stats: 7.3 billion global population
On January 1, 2017, there were an estimated 7,362,350,168 people living around the world. In the United States, with an estimated 324,310,011 people, there is a death every 11 seconds and a birth every eight seconds.
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![An active social life may help stave off suicide-5488 An active social life may help stave off suicide-5488](/images/listing_research.jpg)
An active social life may help stave off suicide
According to background in a new study, suicide is among the top 10 leading causes of death among middle-age women in the United States. Between 1992 and 2010, surveys were conducted among 72,607 nurses (ages 46-71 years).
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![Programs are important for engaging residents in community life-5487 Programs are important for engaging residents in community life-5487](/images/listing_research.jpg)
Programs are important for engaging residents in community life
A poll of 221 professionals in senior living found that 46% agreed and 34% strongly agreed that “resident engagement is directly correlated to the programming offered in my community.”
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![After hospital visit, older adults overestimate functional abilities-5486 After hospital visit, older adults overestimate functional abilities-5486](/images/listing_research.jpg)
After hospital visit, older adults overestimate functional abilities
To determine if older adults who were treated in hospital emergency rooms could safely navigate once they returned home, they were asked to get out of bed, walk 10 feet, turn around and get back into bed.
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