The truth: Alzheimer’s and other dementia diseases are always a burden on loved ones. The lesser-known truth: Dealing with the diseases can provide positive impacts of a temporary or even lasting nature. Two sisters, Heidi O’Neill and Amy Springer, bot… Continue reading
Each year when I visit my primary care physician for my annual physical, the first stop is his office, where we sit opposite one another for a few minutes. We begin with some small talk, which eases us into the next phase of the visit, which I dub “the… Continue reading
I was never a fan of exercise (or anything requiring too much exertion or sweat) while growing up. Always the last to be picked for teams in my middle-school gym class, I preferred sitting on the sidelines while my classmates competed in push-up marath… Continue reading
Preventive medicine can be messy. In a perfect world, we’d put helmets only on motorcyclists who we knew were going to crash. And we’d only do mammograms on women we knew were going to get breast cancer. But things are hardly perfect, and when it comes… Continue reading
Some 85% of people over 60 use prescription drugs, according to the National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS). Yet, older people are not well represented in clinical trials, the gold standard for testing the safety and efficacy of medications, the N… Continue reading
Women are less likely than men to receive a mechanical heart pump that is becoming the norm for people with advanced heart failure, according to new research. The study, published in the American Heart Association journal Circulation: Heart Failure, to… Continue reading
Katie Couric has regrets. Even to this day. When the former TV news anchor spoke at Georgetown University at an event titled “The Healing Power of Communication” in August, 2019, she said she wished she had talked more to her late husband, Jay Monahan,… Continue reading
(Editor’s note: This podcast is from The Not Old – Better Show.) As part of our Fitness Friday series, today’s show will focus on what can happen to people when they become obsessed with healthy eating. Of course, eating a diet of good nutrition and cl… Continue reading
Has it been years since you got on a bicycle because you remember it being uncomfortable? You’re not alone. Lots of people say a bike’s seat hurts their butt, the handles hurt their wrists, they have balance issues or arthritis makes the riding motion … Continue reading
(This article originally appeared on the website A Place for Mom.) Most of us think of medical alert devices as a lifeline for older adults living alone, and the North American market for personal emergency response systems (PERS) is projected to top $… Continue reading