HealthDay - FRIDAY, March 12 (HealthDay News) — Elderly people with failing
memories often keep driving, but a study of Alzheimer’s patients suggests
the risk of getting lost — even on familiar streets — may be greater
than once thought.

HealthDay - THURSDAY, March 11 (HealthDay News) — A knee replacement can
help improve an elderly person’s balance, according to a new study.

Reuters - Several studies have shown that smokers have a lower risk of developing Parkinson’s disease. A new study shows that it’s how many years of smoking a person has under their belt — rather than how much they smoke every day — that matters.

HealthDay - WEDNESDAY, March 10 (HealthDay News) — In an effort to
understand the relationship between tobacco smoke and Parkinson’s disease,
researchers have found that smoking for many years may reduce risk for the
disease but smoking a large number of cigarettes a day does not seem to
reduce risk.

Time.com - Data suggest that men want sex more, have more sex and enjoy it more than women. That holds true even into their 70s.

AFP - Men are more than twice as likely as women to be sexually active in old age but good health is the key for both to feeling naughty, says a study published Wednesday by the British Medical Journal.

HealthDay - TUESDAY, March 9 (HealthDay News) — Over 5 million Americans are
living with Alzheimer’s disease, and blacks and Hispanics are at highest
risk of developing the disease, a new report finds.

Reuters - People with Parkinson’s disease face an increased risk of the most deadly type of skin cancer, new research confirms.

HealthDay - FRIDAY, March 5 (HealthDay News) — U.S. researchers have
discovered a new form of prion disease that doesn’t act like related
illnesses, such as mad cow disease, but instead causes brain damage
similar to that produced by Alzheimer’s disease.

HealthDay - TUESDAY, March 2 (HealthDay News) — Elderly patients discharged
from the hospital after a stay in the intensive care unit (ICU) have a
high rate of death in the following three years, new research shows.