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An evidence review commissioned by Public Health England and the Centre for Ageing Better has found that muscle and bone strengthening and balance activities continue to have great health benefits for all adults, including older adults aged 65 years and over.

New research from Diabetes UK has found that only a small percentage of the UK public are aware of how life-changing this condition can be.

A recent study has found that subjective age may reflect brain ageing. Using MRI brain scans, researchers found that elderly people who feel younger than their age show fewer signs of brain ageing, compared with those who feel their age or older than their age.

Parkinson's disease (PD) is commonly associated with psychiatric morbidity, which may include depression and anxiety. The treatment goals may include improvement or remission of psychiatric symptoms.

Dying at home is viewed as important by patients, with 50€“60% expressing a wish to do so, yet this is realised all too rarely with a significant majority of patients dying in hospital. 

Some 14€“17% of adults over 65 are lonely. Cohousing is a form of grouped housing designed and managed by those who reside within it. This is part two of a two-part article.

With an increasingly ageing population, projections have suggested a that there may be a 20% increase in the number of older adults with asthma by 2030.

The aim of this study was to assess whether anaesthesia has an impact on the development of post-operative cognitive dysfunction in hip fracture patients. 

Using catheter-based ablation instead of medications alone reduces the risks of death and stroke in patients with atrial fibrillation (AF), new research shows.

In the largest ever trial of an intervention to treat people with multiple long-term conditions (multimorbidity) in primary care, researchers at the Universities of Bristol, Manchester, Dundee and Glasgow found that the patient-centred approach taken improved patients' experience of their care but did not improve their health-related quality of life.

A new study has found that even mild sleep problems, such as having trouble falling asleep, can raise blood pressure in women.

When patients with type 2 diabetes receive intensified, multifactorial treatment combining lifestyle modification and pharmacological therapy for modifiable risk factors, there is no significant increase in medical costs, compared to patients who receive conventional, multifactorial treatment, according to the study presented at the American Diabetes Association conference.

Innovative 'red bags' that help care home residents admitted to hospital be discharged quicker are being rolled out across the country.

High risk, frail heart patients might derive benefits from "prehabilitation," a strategy designed to enhance the recovery process after heart surgery by maintaining or improving the patient's overall physical and mental status before surgery, according to a group of cardiac specialists.

Adults with type 2 diabetes treated with insulin degludec injection (Tresiba) had a significant reduction in HbA1c and a 30% lower rate of hypoglycaemic episodes after starting basal insulin, findings from a real world study have revealed.