Chinese elderly commit suicide to avoid coffin ban
Six elderly people in China are said to have committed suicide to ensure they died before new regulations banning coffin burials come into force, a newspaper reported.
World's most ancient woman could be 120-year-old Guatemalan
A Guatemalan woman who used to pick coffee and tend sheep -- and who will turn 121 in November -- could be the world's oldest by far, a national newspaper reported.
Some blood pressure drugs found to slow dementia
A class of drugs designed to lower blood pressure also slightly brakes the progression of dementia among the elderly and may even boost brain power marginally.
Elderly with diabetes 50% likelier to have disability
Older adults with diabetes are between 50 and 80 percent likelier to have a disability compared to people without the disease.
China island centenarians claim secret of long life
The elderly residents of one Chinese county have endured invasion, civil war and famine, and many live in unheated concrete shacks on only a few dollars a day.
Elderly shoplifters outstrip teenagers in Tokyo
The number of elderly people caught shoplifting in Japan's capital city has outstripped that of teenagers for the first time since records began.
Grandmother, 77, wins first China neglect case: report
The daughter of a Chinese grandmother has been ordered to visit her at least once every two months, in the first case under a new law to protect the elderly.
Number of Kazakhstan elderly people in retirement homes halved in 3 years
The number of Kazakhstan elderly people living in retirement homes has reduced by 50% in three years.
