Articles Tagged With: Aging
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Aging Physicians May Require Additional Assessments for Credentialing
There is no mandatory retirement age for physicians, but there is good reason to consider how aging may affect their abilities to safely and effectively practice medicine, especially for surgeons. Some healthcare organizations are addressing those concerns with programs that provide additional monitoring and testing for physicians as they age.
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Plasma Omega-3 Polyunsaturated Fatty Acids and Healthy Aging
In a cohort of 2,622 adults, higher levels of plasma long-chain omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids were associated with a lower risk of unhealthy aging.
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Aerobic Exercise and Heart Health: Is It Ever Too Late to Start?
In this prospective, randomized, controlled trial, researchers demonstrated improvements in exercise tolerance and diastolic cardiac function in middle-aged, healthy, sedentary men and women performing intensive aerobic exercise over a two-year period.
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College of Surgeons Addresses Aging with Controversial Statement
The first sign of trouble happened when the surgeon was 78. He performed surgery on a woman who subsequently developed a pulmonary embolism. The nurses made urgent calls, but he didn’t respond. The woman died.
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Prevention of Disability with Exercise
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Testosterone Supplementation in the Aging Male