Elderly people
08 September 2015
Heat, especially when associated with humidity, further increases the risk of mortality. In the last two summers and according to health sources,...
19 June 2015
When we take care of a person in a situation of dependency we become part of their daily life. We become their support in many activities that they...
03 November 2014
Ahora que estamos iniciando la campaña de vacunación antigripal y los cambios estacionarios que nos anuncian la inmediatez de la llegada de las...
15 July 2014
Urinary incontinence increases with age and has a great impact on a personal and social level, altering a person's quality of life, isolating them...
26 June 2014
Atrial fibrillation (AF) is the most common arrhythmia in the general population, affecting 4% of patients over 65 and up to 15% of those over 80. It...
31 March 2014
A second qualitative study based on the same techniques and derived from the previous one and which we told you about in the post "Growing old at...
24 March 2014
COPD (chronic bronchitis, emphysema, asthma) is a chronic irreversible inflammatory disease that leads to a deterioration of the structure and...
24 February 2014
At the beginning of 2010, Matia Instituto Gerontológico launched a study aimed at gathering the opinion and observing the attitudes and perceptions...
17 February 2014
It seems that the entries in this health blog persistently revolve around pathologies related to cardiovascular risk and particularly high blood...
27 January 2014
With the demographic changes that have taken place, the western world has greatly increased life expectancy and reduced the birth rate, which has led...