Persistent fatigue the feeling of having no energy can contribute to frailty and affects 40% to 74% of older patients with chronic illness. Yet its causes can be elusive.
Fox News reports on the fatality, which marks the first reported U.S. death due to rabies in someone who received appropriate treatment, according to a report in Clinical Infectious Diseases. Other health and wellness news is on infertility, listeria, seasonal allergies, and more.
Fatigue is a common companion of many illnesses that beset older adults: heart disease, cancer, rheumatoid arthritis, lung disease, kidney disease, and neurological conditions like multiple sclerosis, among others.
Best Life: Exercise can help with cancer fatigue and prevention
Best Life: Exercise can help with cancer fatigue and prevention By Ivanhoe Broadcast News | March 2, 2021 at 6:47 AM CST - Updated March 2 at 4:16 PM
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. (Ivanhoe Newswire) Researchers credit regular exercise with preventing a number of diseases, including heart disease, diabetes, dementia, depression, anxiety, and even cancer. Being physically fit can also make the cancer battle and recovery a little easier. Ivanhoe has more on the exercise prescription for cancer.
Seventy-five-year-old Linda C. Johnson admits she doesn’t love to exercise. But she started working out 17 years ago to keep up with her grandkids. According to her doctors, Johnson’s years of fitness helped her bounce back in 2018 from lung cancer treatment.