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For most people, the culmination of a good life is a "good death," though what that means exactly is a matter of considerable consternation. Researchers at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine surveyed published, English-language, peer-reviewed reports of qualitative and quantitative studies defining a “good death,” ultimately identifying 11 core themes associated with dying well. To read more, click here.
By Scott E. Rupp
 Older Americans are not unaware when it comes to the potential impacts of technology on their health. In fact, they actually believe technology has a strong case to make for improving their lives. A new survey shows that the majority of seniors are "eager and willing" to improve their health. Perhaps what surprised researchers most is that older generations truly do wish to use and experience the benefits of technology in regard to their health.
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Healio
Fast progression of visual field loss may be associated with depressive symptoms in patients with glaucoma, according to a study. The prospective, observational cohort study included 204 eyes of 102 patients who had glaucoma-related visual field defects on standard automated perimetry (SAP). Fifty-five patients were men and 47 were women. Mean age of the patients was 67.4 years at baseline.
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EurekAlert
Antidepressants are frequently initiated in persons with Alzheimer's disease already before the diagnosis, shows a recent study from the University of Eastern Finland. Among persons with Alzheimer's disease, the initiation of antidepressant use was most common during the six months after the Alzheimer's diagnosis, and more frequent than among comparison persons without Alzheimer's disease even 4 years after the diagnosis. The results were published in International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry.
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HealthDay via WebMD
Seniors who use their computers as little as once a week may help ward off age-related declines in memory and thinking, new research suggests.
The study found that those who did use a computer showed a 42 percent lower risk of developing mild cognitive impairment (MCI), a precursor to dementia. What isn't yet clear is exactly how computer use might help save memory and thinking abilities.
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HealthDay via Psychiatry Advisor
For adults aged 80 years or older, the incidence of dementia is greater than that of coronary heart disease, according to a study published in the March 8 issue of the Journal of the American College of Cardiology.
Lewis H. Kuller, MD, DrPH, from the University of Pittsburgh, and colleagues examined the correlation between coronary and other peripheral atherosclerosis and risk of death, dementia, and CHD in the very elderly. The correlations were assessed in 532 participants of the Cardiovascular Health Study-Cognition Study from 1998 to 1999 (mean age, 80 years) and 2012 to 2013 (mean age, 93 years).
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The Atlantic
Medicare is America's gold health standard, right? It is a shining example of success, eclipsing its fraternal twin, Medicaid, to the extent that health-care proposals not clearly related to either are rather successfully branded as "Medicare-for-all." However, elderly women might be the first to question that characterization. Medicare alone has proved inadequate for the needs of many elderly people, especially in the ranks of the "oldest old," or those over 85 years of age.
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By Dorothy L. Tengler
 We all have a need to find purpose in life. Some people find a way to express their purposes in their jobs, while others seek opportunities outside their daily work. Our purpose in life may be something grand and complicated, or it may be as simple as dispensing love and kindness wherever we go. According to a recent study, possessing a high sense of purpose in life is associated with a reduced risk for mortality and cardiovascular events.
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Quartz
Anil Ananthaswamy writes: "We tend to think of schizophrenia as a disorder of the mind. But conditions like schizophrenia, Alzheimer's and autism also disturb the way that people relate to their bodies, as I found while researching my book The Man Who Wasn't There: Investigations into the Strange New Science of Self. The neurocognitive mechanisms behind those disturbances can tell us a lot about how our brains and our bodies work together to produce our sense of self. Understanding this relationship has profound implications—both for how we can remain healthy, and how we can help people whose suffering results from a disruption of our tightly interwoven physical and psychological selves."
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Discovery
For the first time since Alzheimer's disease reared its ugly head, scientists have found a potential tool for early diagnosis.
Positron emission tomography, or PET, scanners can be used to track the progressive stages of the disease, even in adults who show no symptoms, report scientists at the University of California, Berkeley. In a study — the results of which are published this week in the journal "Neuron" — William Jagust and his team conducted PET scans on 53 adults. Of the group, five people were young adults aged 20 to 26, 33 were healthy retired adults aged 64 to 90 and 15 were aged 53 to 77 and already showed signs of Alzheimer's disease.
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Scotsman
Damage to specific parts of the human brain are associated with a greater risk of depression in older people — but keeping fit and intelligence can reduce symptoms, according to new research. Scientists at Aberdeen University used MRI scans and statistical modelling to find the link between areas of brain damage, intelligence, physical fitness and depression.
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