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Tech Talk: Digital meditation can reduce work-related stress
Digital mindfulness appears to be a low-cost, low-burden way of improving employee health at scale, a new study led by researchers from the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF), suggest.
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Social media messages can curb stereotypes of aging
Negative stereotypes of aging are widespread, and positive psychoeducation could play a role in reducing these beliefs, according to the authors of a new study from Spain. At the core of the issue is ageism, defined as "discrimination based on age encompassing stereotypes and discrimination against individuals or groups due to their age," they write.
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WHO accelerates interventions to prevent older abuse
The scarcity of evidence-based interventions for preventing and responding to the abuse of older people (ages 60 and older, per the UN definition) is an important global issue, according to the World Health Organization (WHO). Given the lack of quality research, in 2022, WHO initiated a priority-setting exercise and convened a 50-member group of experts and stakeholders from across the world to identify promising interventions. The selected interventions are now in an easily accessible database, and this study provides details on which interventions were included in this first phase of the initiative, why and how.
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Exercise, healthy eating before surgery boosts recovery
Actively preparing for major surgery by exercising and improving diet (known as "prehabilitation") is associated with fewer complications, less time in the hospital, and improved recovery and quality of life in adults, according to a recent study.
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Consuming prebiotics, probiotics tied to less frailty
Eating foods containing live microbes, such as prebiotics and probiotics, reduced the prevalence of frailty by 17.5% among older adults who ate a moderate amount of those foods, and 22.1% among those with high intake, compared to those who ate fewer foods with live microbes, a recent study found. Foods with live microbes include yogurt, kefir, kimchi, miso, and tempeh.
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Stats: 88% of workers 50+ report job satisfaction
More than two-thirds of those who are working after age 50 said that working boosts their physical health, mental health, and/or their overall wellbeing, according to the latest report from the University of Michigan National Poll on Healthy Aging, which is packed with data on close to 3500 respondents ages 50 to 94.
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