It’s that time again — New Year’s resolutions are forming in our minds. Any goal, from losing weight to eating a healthier diet to looking for a new job or starting your own business can get a great boost from that dawn-of-a-new-era optimism. However, resolutions can become a source of anguish when we don’t live… Continue reading 7 Tips to Stop Procrastinating and Make Your New Year Resolutions Happen
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.
New Longevity Genes Identified
Centenarians show successful aging as they remain active and alert when they’re 100 years old and beyond. Scientists at Stanford University and the University of Bologna have begun to unravel the basis for longevity by finding genetic loci associated with extreme longevity, according to a report by Kristen Fortney and colleagues published in December 2015… Continue reading New Longevity Genes Identified
Tips and Tricks for Low Vision Seniors and Their Loved Ones
This is the time of year for new year’s resolutions. Aside from resolving to eat more healthily and exercise more often, organization often tops people’s lists. Keeping organized can take on special importance but can also seem a bit daunting as people lose their vision. However, by utilizing a few basic adaptive strategies and aids,… Continue reading Tips and Tricks for Low Vision Seniors and Their Loved Ones
Rehabilitation for Elderly Patients with Hip Fractures
The American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons (AAOS) Board of Directors recently approved Appropriate Use Criteria (AUC) for treatment and rehabilitation of elderly patients with hip fractures, in addition to postoperative direction to help prevent fractures from recurring. A releasr from AAOS notes that hip fractures, common in older adults, often occur due to falls or… Continue reading Rehabilitation for Elderly Patients with Hip Fractures
How To Reprogram Yourself For Success In 2016
Some people start each day with an early morning jog. Others begin with a cup of coffee and a donut. Everyone knows that people are creatures of habit. But too often, the habits we nurture are laziness, procrastination, self-serving biases, justification and rationalization. Such behaviors put people on a path to destruction, all the while… Continue reading How To Reprogram Yourself For Success In 2016
Got Holiday Cooking Stress? Five Tips to Avoid Anxiety and Impress Your Guests
While the holiday season is generally a happy time of year, it does bring about some stress. Whether it is battling the shopping mall crowd, deciding what gifts to buy, traveling or your visiting in-laws or grown children, seasonal stress is real. For those of us tasked with cooking the holiday party meal the anxiety… Continue reading Got Holiday Cooking Stress? Five Tips to Avoid Anxiety and Impress Your Guests
Moderate Drinking Linked to Reduced Risk of Death in Early Stage Alzheimer’s
Raise a glass and toast to the discovery that quaffing one drink a day is linked to a reduced risk of death among people with early stage Alzheimer’s disease! That’s the finding of a Danish study published in the online journal BMJ Open in December 2015. A release from the publishers notes that moderate drinking… Continue reading Moderate Drinking Linked to Reduced Risk of Death in Early Stage Alzheimer’s
Happiness and Unhappiness Have No Direct Effect on Mortality
As we head into the holidays and the new year, many people find themselves feeling less than merry because of life events or loneliness. The good news, however, is that being unhappy is not a threat to health and longevity. A study of 700 000 women with an average age of 59, published on December… Continue reading Happiness and Unhappiness Have No Direct Effect on Mortality
7 Ways to Save on Gifts Cards for the Holidays
There’s a disconnect between shoppers and gift recipients this holiday season. According to a survey conducted for the National Retail Federation, consumers plan to spend less on gift cards this year compared to last year. However, gift cards top holiday wish lists for the ninth year in a row, making them the most popular present… Continue reading 7 Ways to Save on Gifts Cards for the Holidays
6 Tips for Staying Sober This Holiday
Holidays can be a particularly trying time for those in recovery from addiction. Family stress and parties filled with temptation can make this time of year a true test of willpower. To help those faced with addiction this holiday season, Sober Grid is providing helpful tips for staying sober. Sober Grid is a free smartphone… Continue reading 6 Tips for Staying Sober This Holiday
New Therapy for Itching
According to the National Institutes of Natural Science, itching is an uncomfortable sensation that is known to be inhibited by scratching. However, since scratching is accompanied by a pleasant feeling, a constant desire to scratch can lead to excessive scratching. In particular, in patients with chronic itching, such as those with atopic dermatitis, excessive scratching… Continue reading New Therapy for Itching
Live Together or Get Married? Study Finds Similar Emotional Benefits
When it comes to emotional health, couples — especially women — do just as well moving in together as they do getting married, according to a national study done at Ohio State University in December 2015. The team studied young people, but here at thirdAGE we’re guessing the results would be similar for older people.… Continue reading Live Together or Get Married? Study Finds Similar Emotional Benefits
Don’t Lose Sight of Cataracts
Here, from the experts at the National Eye Institute of the National Institutes of Health, is information you must know about cataracts, a condition that often affects the vision of people over 60: 1 What is cataract? When the lens of your eye gets cloudy, it is called a cataract. It can cause vision loss… Continue reading Don’t Lose Sight of Cataracts
Halting Hackers for the Holidays
October was National Cyber Security Awareness month and during that time, millions of online identities were stolen in America with more than 200 published breaches. We’re now getting close to 1 billion records of identity theft – more than three times our entire population in the United States. Nearly two-thirds of Americans have heard, read… Continue reading Halting Hackers for the Holidays
This is Your Brain on Marijuana
Several studies have demonstrated that the primary active constituent of cannabis, delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol (?9-THC), induces transient psychosis-like effects in healthy subjects similar to those observed in schizophrenia. However, the mechanisms underlying these effects are not clear. A new study, published in December 2015 in the journal Biological Psychiatry, reports that ?9-THC increases random neural activity, termed… Continue reading This is Your Brain on Marijuana
Mind-Body Medicine Can Ward Off Heart Attacks
Mind-body medicine (MBM) is a holistic approach that has the potential to ward off more heart attacks than conventional prevention programs. That is the conclusion reached by Holger Cramer and colleagues in a systematic review and meta-analysis presented in the November 2015 ssue of Deutsches Ärzteblatt. The team showed that MBM in cardiac patients has… Continue reading Mind-Body Medicine Can Ward Off Heart Attacks
Curb Your (Spending) Enthusiasm
With consumer debt topping a record $3.47 trillion, we can all use practical advice for reigning in spending. It begins with understanding that we derive more happiness from relationships and experiences than from “stuff”. Here are 7 tips from my financial literacy curriculum, Your Money Revolution, to combat the games advertisers – and our minds –… Continue reading Curb Your (Spending) Enthusiasm
Having a Purpose May Add Years to Your Life
People who have a higher sense of purpose in life are at lower risk of death and cardiovascular disease, according to a pooled data analysis published in Psychosomatic Medicine: Journal of Biobehavioral Medicine, the official journal of the American Psychosomatic Society. A release from the publisher, Wolters Kluwer, cites this quote from the paper by… Continue reading Having a Purpose May Add Years to Your Life