(This article appeared previously in American Heart Association News.) Older adults have a much higher risk of dangerous heart problems soon after their first stroke compared to ones who haven’t had a stroke, even if they don’t have obvious underlying … Continue reading
Medicine has made remarkable progress in battling many diseases that were once a certain death sentence. Conditions like HIV, heart disease and many types of cancer are now treated as chronic conditions — with patients living 20 or 30 years, or longer,… Continue reading
Medicine has made remarkable progress in battling many diseases that were once a certain death sentence. Conditions like HIV, heart disease and many types of cancer are now treated as chronic conditions — with patients living 20 or 30 years, or longer,… Continue reading
(Editor’s Note: This video and transcript were previously published by PBS NewsHour.) Christopher Booker: Daniel Levitin — a neuroscientist and professor emeritus of psychology at McGill University — has written extensively about the brain. Also a musi… Continue reading
(Editor’s note: This is the second story in a two-part series on how to cope with the eviction of a loved one from a nursing home or other long-term care facility. The first story is Nursing Home Eviction? Know Your Loved One’s Rights.) Sally Caldwell’… Continue reading
(Editor’s note: This story is the first of a two-part series on how to cope with the eviction of a loved one from a nursing home or other long-term care facility. Next up: what to do if your loved one is being evicted from a nursing home.) Moving a lov… Continue reading
Classic rock blasted on the sound system at Element Gym in St. Paul, Minn., as a coach yelled “jab, jab, cross, hook!” About 20 boxers responded, punching the heavy bags in front of them. Some hit the bags squarely and with force; others worked a lot h… Continue reading
(Editor’s note: This podcast is from The Not Old – Better Show.) Today’s Fitness Friday interview is with James W. Clement, a lawyer and entrepreneur who has dedicated the last two decades of his life to research in longevity. He’s author of a new book… Continue reading
The numbers are, pardon the expression, staggering: The National Council on Alcoholism and Drug Dependence reports that 2.5 million older adults have an alcohol or drug problem. The journal Psych Central ups the ante, reporting that around 3 million pe… Continue reading
Humans are made up of over 100 trillion microbes, with the majority of them living in our large intestine. These microbes — fungi, yeast, bacteria and protozoa — are collectively called the microbiome. Our microbiome (unique to each individual) interac… Continue reading