Everyone wants to feel healthy, but many people may not know the best way to go about achieving and maintaining good health. Increasingly, researchers are pointing to the fact that exercise is medicine, and yet according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), only around 22% of adults in the country meet their physical… Continue reading Research Shows That Exercise is Medicine
Author: Sondra Forsyth
Sondra Forsyth is Co-Editor-in-Chief of ThirdAge.com. She is a National Magazine Award winner with scores of major magazine bylines and twelve books to her credit. Her most recent book is “Candida Cleanse: The 21-Day Diet to Beat Yeast and Feel Your Best”. Sondra was Executive Editor at “Ladies’ Home Journal,” Features Editor at “Cosmopolitan,” and Articles Editor at “Bride’s”. A former ballerina, she founded Ballet Ambassadors, an arts-in-education company in New York City, and served as Artistic Director for 16 years.
Greatest Wealth Transfer Could Be Costly Blunder For Beneficiaries And Windfall For IRS
Anyone who just inherited a deceased parent’s IRA or 401(k) could be about to commit a costly blunder. You can take the money from that retirement account in one big lump sum, no matter how young you are, but that will trigger a tax bill – probably a hefty one. It’s tempting to take the… Continue reading Greatest Wealth Transfer Could Be Costly Blunder For Beneficiaries And Windfall For IRS
Insulin Therapy Initially Declined and Delayed by an Average of 2 Years
Almost one-third of type 2 diabetic patients don’t begin insulin when it’s initially recommended, with the average start time being two years later, according to research done at Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston and published September 14th 2017 in the journal of Diabetic Medicine. A release from the hospital notes that delaying insulin therapy,… Continue reading Insulin Therapy Initially Declined and Delayed by an Average of 2 Years
Successfully Transition Houseplants Indoors for Winter
Help your houseplants make a smooth transition from their outdoor summer home back inside for winter. The lower light and humidity indoors along with any insects that hitched a ride indoors make it difficult to keep these plants looking their best. Give them a shower before they move indoors. A gentle blast of water washes… Continue reading Successfully Transition Houseplants Indoors for Winter
Older Drivers Who Experience Falls May Be at a Higher Risk for Car Crashes
As we age, our ability to drive may help us live independently, shop for ourselves, and maintain social connections. A release from the American Geriatrics Society explains that although car crash rates are low among older adults and are declining, older adults do still have higher rates of fatal crashes. Falls, which are a common… Continue reading Older Drivers Who Experience Falls May Be at a Higher Risk for Car Crashes
Keeping It Real: Avoiding Too Much Botox for Your Face
We’ve seen tabloid headlines scream about “bad botox”. But then there are megawatt actors, like Game of Thrones’ Robin Wright, now 51, who credits the injections with helping her age beautifully. What gives? Frozen is fine if you’re talking ice cream or blockbuster musicals. But when it comes to cosmetic use of botulinum toxin –… Continue reading Keeping It Real: Avoiding Too Much Botox for Your Face
Surgeons’ Attitudes Influence Patients’ Decisions to Have Both Breasts Removed When Only One Breast Has Cancer
A woman’s choice of surgeon plays a significant role in whether she’s likely to receive an increasingly popular aggressive breast cancer surgery. The procedure, called contralateral prophylactic mastectomy or CPM, involves removing both breasts even when cancer is found only in one. According to a study done at the University of Michigan and published in… Continue reading Surgeons’ Attitudes Influence Patients’ Decisions to Have Both Breasts Removed When Only One Breast Has Cancer
Tips for Success this National Women’s Health & Fitness Day
Wednesday, September 27, 2017 is National Women’s Health & Fitness Day. Held on the last Wednesday each September, the day serves as important reminder for women everywhere and of all ages to make their health and fitness a priority. Not only are they often setting the example for children on how to live a healthy… Continue reading Tips for Success this National Women’s Health & Fitness Day
Parents Not Confident Schools Can Assist Children with Chronic Diseases & Mental Health Issues
If your child had an asthma attack during the school day, would school personnel know how to respond? Which staff at your child’s school would recognize and assist an elementary student with prolonged sadness over his parents’ divorce? Or a teen who was struggling with anxiety about academic pressure? Just 38 percent of parents are… Continue reading Parents Not Confident Schools Can Assist Children with Chronic Diseases & Mental Health Issues
Teens Are Growing up More Slowly Today Than in Past Decades
Many people believe that teenagers today grow up faster than they used to, while others argue that today’s youth are growing up more slowly, perhaps due to overprotection by their parents. A study onducted by researchers at San Diego State University and Bryn Mawr College, and published in September 2017 in the journal Child Development.… Continue reading Teens Are Growing up More Slowly Today Than in Past Decades
8 Tips to Destress Throughout the Week
Stress is an all too familiar topic of modern American life. No matter who you are, what you do or where you live, the fact is you’re going to experience stress. Although we know about the negative mental and physical health side effects of stress, many of us still push ourselves to the max. Our… Continue reading 8 Tips to Destress Throughout the Week
Why Olives and Olive Oil Help Fight Diabetes and Obesity
A research team at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University in Blacksburg discovered that the olive-derived compound oleuropein helps the body secrete more insulin, a central signaling molecule in the body that controls metabolism. The same compound also detoxifies another signaling molecule called amylin that over-produces and forms harmful aggregates in type 2 diabetes. In… Continue reading Why Olives and Olive Oil Help Fight Diabetes and Obesity
Breast Reconstruction: Why Patient Perceptions Differ
Breast reconstruction after mastectomy is a very subjective experience. Different women who undergo the same type of breast reconstruction may have very different perceptions of newly reconstructed breasts depending on the starting point. In general, the best result in breast reconstruction today is achieved with natural tissue, in which the patient’s own body, usually the… Continue reading Breast Reconstruction: Why Patient Perceptions Differ
Delaying RMDs from Your IRA: There’s Only One Way to Do It
When you reach age 70½, you must start taking required minimum distributions (RMDs) from your IRA, 401(k), SEP or other retirement account. The extra income may be nice, but there are drawbacks. If you don’t need the income, RMDs cause two problems: they erode the value of your retirement accounts and increase your taxable income.… Continue reading Delaying RMDs from Your IRA: There’s Only One Way to Do It
Listening to Happy Music May Enhance Creativity
Listening to happy music may help generate more innovative solutions compared to listening to silence, according to a study published September 6th 2017 in the open-access journal PLOS ONE by Simone Ritter from Radboud University in The Netherlands and Sam Ferguson from the University of Technology Sydney, Australia. A release from the publisher notes that… Continue reading Listening to Happy Music May Enhance Creativity
10 Ways to Keep Yourself Strong for the Transitioning Season
Here are ten ways to keep yourself strong during the transition from summer to fall:Exercise on a daily basis: The minimum should be a half hour of walking continuously so as to increase oxygenation to tissues as well as deliver vitamins minerals and hormones to these cells. Exercise on a daily basis: The minimum should… Continue reading 10 Ways to Keep Yourself Strong for the Transitioning Season
Turning Back the Clock on Aging
University of California — Los Angeles (UCLA) biologists have developed an intervention that serves as a cellular time machine, turning back the clock on a key component of aging. The study was published September 6th 2017 in the journal Nature Communications, A release from the university notes that In a study on middle-aged fruit flies,… Continue reading Turning Back the Clock on Aging
60 is the new 30
Oh my Lord it finally happened! Do you remember when you were a kid, and you thought a 60-year-old person was about as close to death is anyone you could imagine? Do you remember 30 years ago, when many 60-year-olds were barely able to function in the competitive business world? To be in shape? To… Continue reading 60 is the new 30