For years, Louise Shackett has had trouble walking or standing for long periods, making it difficult for her to clean her house in southeastern Maine or do laundry. Shackett, 80, no longer drives, which makes it hard to get to…
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New York sisters hope to help more than 200 seniors sign up for COVID-19 vaccines
New York sisters help seniors get vaccinated Ava and Lily Weinstein tell ‘Fox and Friends Weekend’ they created a service to help seniors sign up for COVID-19 vaccine after assisting their own grandparents. Two sisters from New York have teamed up…
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1 in 3 High School Seniors Who Misuse Prescription Opioids Turn to Heroin
TUESDAY, Oct. 27, 2020 — Among high school seniors, nearly a third of those who misuse prescription opioids use heroin by age 35, a new study shows. “It is a very timely study given the number of adolescents and young…
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Objective Olfactory Dysfunction Linked to Mortality in Seniors
FRIDAY, Oct. 23, 2020 — For older adults, objective olfactory dysfunction is associated with increased mortality, according to a study published online Oct. 22 in JAMA Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery. Janet S. Choi, M.D., M.P.H., from the Keck School of…
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Early on, many seniors were unfazed by coronavirus warnings, study finds
The coronavirus hits older people and those with chronic medical conditions hardest. But many of these folks didn’t take the virus seriously as the outbreak took off in the United States, a new study finds. Before stay-in-place orders were announced,…
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