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Topic- Physical wellness
Trazodone, antipsychotics have similar fall/fracture risks
The antidepressant trazodone is frequently prescribed as an alternative to antipsychotics in older adults with dementia.
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Sleep length tied to risk of falls and fractures
An analysis of data from more than 157,000 women between the ages of 50-80 followed for up to 12 years showed that those who slept five hours or less per night (short sleepers) or 10 or more hours per night (long sleepers) had increased odds of recurrent falls (falling two or more times in a single year) compared with those who slept about seven hours nightly.
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Multifaceted exercise boosts function in hospitalized older adults
Researchers in Spain have found that an innovative multicomponent exercise intervention provided "significant benefits" over usual care among hospitalized patients in their 80s and 90s.
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Fructose-sweetened drinks linked to higher type-2 diabetes risk
Sweetened drinks pose a greater risk of type 2 diabetes than most other foods containing fructose, a naturally occurring sugar, according to Canadian researchers.
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Tech Talk: Digital therapeutics defined, explored
Digital therapeutics, a medical intervention category that is growing by leaps and bounds, is part of the expanding digital health landscape that includes mobile health, health information technology, sensors and other wearables, telehealth and personalized health care, according to a highly informative report from the Digital Therapeutics Alliance (DTx).
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Canadians healthy, living longer
Data from the Global Burden of Disease Study shows that the overall health of Canadians is good and consistent with that of similar countries, and people are living longer with diseases.
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