Aging

Aging: Introduction

Aging: The medical conditions from getting older. More detailed information about the symptoms, causes, and treatments of Aging is available below.

Symptoms of Aging

• Menopause
• Balding
• Graying hair
• Skin changes
• Slight mental decline - a slight loss of mental acuity is normal; a large loss might be a condition like Alzheimer's
• more symptoms...»

See full list of 11 symptoms of Aging

Aging: Complications

Review possible medical complications related to Aging:

• Cataracts
• Glaucoma
• more complications...»

Medical Textbooks Online about Aging

Book excerpts: Copyright © 2008 Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. All rights reserved.

Wrongly Diagnosed with Aging?

• Misdiagnosis of Aging
• Failure to diagnose Aging
• Undiagnosed: Aging

Aging: Marketplace Products, Discounts & Offers

Products, offers and promotion categories available for Aging:

• Senior Health
• more product offers...»

Aging: Undiagnosed Conditions

Commonly undiagnosed diseases in related medical categories:

• Chronic Major Diseases that are commonly Undiagnosed:
  • High Cholesterol -- Undiagnosed
  • Heart Disease -- Undiagnosed
  • Cancer -- Undiagnosed
  • Depression -- Undiagnosed
  • Type 2 Diabetes -- Undiagnosed
  • Type 1 Diabetes -- Undiagnosed
  • Hypertension -- Undiagnosed
  • Hemochromatosis -- Undiagnosed
  • Metabolic Syndrome -- Undiagnosed
• more undiagnosed conditions...»

Misdiagnosis and Aging

Alzheimer's disease over-diagnosed: The well-known disease of Alzheimer's disease is often over-diagnosed. Patients tend to assume that any memory loss or...read more »

Dementia may be a drug interaction: A common scenario in aged care is for a patient to show mental decline to dementia. Whereas this can, of course, occur due to various medical conditions,...read more »

Tremor need not be Parkinson's disease: There is the tendency to believe that any tremor symptom, or shakiness, means Parkinson's disease. The reality is that there are various...read more »

Rare diseases misdiagnosed as Parkinson's disease: A rare genetic disorder is often misdiagnosed as Parkinson's disease for men in their 50's. The disease Fragile X disorder can...read more »

Brain pressure condition often misdiagnosed as dementia: A condition that results from an excessive pressure of CSF within the brain is often misdiagnosed. It may be misdiagnosed as Parkinson's disease or dementia (such as Alzheimer's...read more »

Read more about Misdiagnosis and Aging

Aging: Research Doctors & Specialists

Research related physicians and medical specialists:

• Senior Health Specialists (Geriatrics):
  • Geriatric Medicine (Senior Health Specialist)
  • Geriatric Psychiatry (Senior Mental Health)
• more specialists...»

Other doctor, physician and specialist research services:

• Rate Your Doctor Online
• Research Your Doctor Online
• Review Patient Surveys About Your Doctor
• Research local specialists including ratings, affiliations, and sanctions.

Hospitals & Clinics: Aging

Research quality ratings and patient safety measures for medical facilities in specialties related to Aging:

• Senior Health -- Hospital Quality Ratings
• Nursing Homes & Aged Care Facilities -- Quality Ratings
• more hospital ratings...»

Hospital & Clinic quality ratings » »

Choosing the Best Hospital: More general information, not necessarily in relation to Aging, on hospital performance and surgical care quality:

• 50 Best Hospitals Report
• Outstanding Patient Experinece Award Winning Hospitals
• Women's Health Best Hospitals
• Patient Safety
• Hospital Quality and Clinical Excellence Study (2009)

Aging: Rare Types

Rare types of diseases and disorders in related medical categories:

• Chronic Major Diseases -- Rare Types:
  • High Cholesterol -- Rare Types
  • Heart Disease -- Rare Types
  • Cancer -- Rare Types
  • Depression -- Rare Types
  • Type 2 Diabetes -- Rare Types
  • Type 1 Diabetes -- Rare Types
  • Hypertension -- Rare Types
  • Hemochromatosis -- Rare Types
  • Metabolic Syndrome -- Rare Types
• more rare diseases...»

Causes of Aging

Read more about causes of Aging.

More information about causes of Aging:

• Medical news summaries relating to Causes of Aging

News Archives for Aging

Medical news articles related to Aging include:

• Some OTC Sleep, Cold Meds Could Harm Aging Brain
• Vitamin D May Help Keep Aging at Bay
• Health Tip: Protect Aging Feet
• Aging Baby Boomers May Swamp Cardiac Care
• If Parents Had Alzheimer's, Aging May Come Early
• Reading, Games Help Keep Aging Memories Sharp
• Aging Brain May Contribute to Some Hearing Loss
• more health news...»

Source: HealthDay News

Videos for Aging

Patient Surveys for Aging

• Patient Profile Survey
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• Survey about the symptoms of your Aging
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Reseach about Aging

Visit our research pages for current research about Aging treatments.

Prevention of Aging

Prevention information for Aging has been compiled from various data sources and may be inaccurate or incomplete. None of these methods guarantee prevention of Aging.

• Exercise
• Work-outs
• Healthy diet
• more preventions...»

Read more about prevention of Aging

Aging: Broader Related Topics

• Systemic disorders
• more types...»

Types of Aging

Stories from Users Related to Aging

• Muteness in 3 brothers of various ages...
• Osgood Slaughter Disease at age 23
• declared legally insane at the age of 10
• Osgood Slaughter Disease at age 23
• Daughter age 5
• Youngest Age

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User Interactive Forums

Read about other experiences, ask a question about Aging, or answer someone else's question, on our message boards:

• I can not get a diagnosis. Please help.
• Tell us your medical story.
• Share your misdiagnosis story.
• What is the best treatment for this?
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Definitions of Aging:

The organic process of growing older and showing the effects of increasing age - (Source - WordNet 2.1)