Zinc may reduce pneumonia risk in nursing home elderly

harminka — Mon, 22 Oct 2007 15:01:36 -0500

When elderly nursing home residents contract pneumonia, it is a blow to their already fragile health. Simin Nikbin Meydani, DVM, PhD of the Jean Mayer USDA Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging at Tufts University and colleagues report that maintaining normal serum zinc concentration in the blood may help reduce the risk of pneumonia development in that population.

States' spending may help keep childless seniors independent

harminka — Fri, 11 May 2007 04:56:42 -0500

Seniors who do not have children to help care for them are less likely to have to go into a nursing home if they live in a state that spends more on home- and community- based services, researchers have found.

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Zinc may reduce pneumonia risk in nursing home elderly

States' spending may help keep childless seniors independent