International Conference Considers Health Needs of the Rural Elderly
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Doctors discussed ways to improve the health of elderly people at the First International Conference on Rural Aging in June, 2000. The conference was sponsored by the UN Programme on Ageing, the World Health Organization, and the International Association of Gerontology. The resulting document called A Plan of Action on Rural Aging in the 21st Century will be incorporated into the UN's International Plan of Action on Ageing in 2002. The biggest problem is that about 60% of the world's elderly live in rural areas where health care services are not easily accessible..In developing nations, clean water, good nutrition, and sanitation are also important.
Publication Name: JAMA, The Journal of the American Medical Association
Subject: Health
ISSN: 0098-7484
Year: 2000
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FDA approves shingles vaccine: Herpes zoster vaccine targets older adults
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US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved a new vaccine for licensing on May 26, 2006 for the use in the US to reduce the risk of herpes zoster (shingles) in older adults. The vaccine is indicated for patients aged 60 years or older without compromised immune system and is expected to reduce by about 50% the risk of shingles, that is caused by a reactivation of the virus (varicella zoster) responsible for chickenpox.
Publication Name: JAMA, The Journal of the American Medical Association
Subject: Health
ISSN: 0098-7484
Year: 2006
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Aging prisoners stressing health care system
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Increasing number of old prisoner with chronic medical conditions is creating problems in US correctional health care delivery system. The Florida Department of corrections has suggested some guidelines and recommendation for improving the health care delivery system for older inmates.
Publication Name: JAMA, The Journal of the American Medical Association
Subject: Health
ISSN: 0098-7484
Year: 2004
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