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_ Widowhood A New Therapy to Help with "Complicated Grief" By Jane Farrell article Targeted therapy may help millions of older women afflicted with a kind of grief that could lead to suicide. ΓÇ£Complicated … Read More→
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Banish Menopausal Pain: Bringing Back the Joy of Sex By blog “Not tonight dear. I have a painful vagina.” Say what? If you’re making excuses to avoid sexual intimacy with your […]
_ Mental & Emotional Health Depression: Supporting a Family Member or Friend By Jane Farrell article Helping someone with depression can be a challenge. If someone in your life has depression, you may feel helpless and … Read More→
_ Healthy Diet & Nutrition Study: Personalized Therapy May Combat AlzheimerΓÇÖs By Jane Farrell article A personalized, multi-pronged approach involving diet and lifestyle changes may be effective in combating AlzheimerΓÇÖs and other cognitive disorders, according … Read More→
_ Mental & Emotional Health Nature Group Walks Improve Mental Health By Jane Farrell article Group nature walks are linked with significantly lower depression, less perceived stress, and enhanced mental health and well-being, according to … Read More→
Manopause and Low T: Two Issues Whose Time Has Come By blog The August 18, 2014 issue of Time magazine had a cover story lead article titled: ΓÇ£Manopause?! Aging, Insecurity and the […]
_ Healthy Diet & Nutrition Heart Health Fall Fruit and Vegetable Guide By Jane Farrell article With fall come brisk days, turning leaves ΓÇô and a bounty of tempting, seasonal fruits and vegetables. Here, the experts … Read More→
_ Healthy Diet & Nutrition ΓÇ£SpiceΓÇ¥ Up Your Health By Jane Farrell article Did you know that one of the easiest things you can do to improve your health is to use a … Read More→
Post-Menopausal? Don't Let High Blood Pressure Sneak Up on You By blog A few decades ago, we had a totally different definition of “high.” Today, as Baby Boomers, we often associate “high” […]
_ Constipation Solve the Medical Riddle: The Patient Is No Longer ΓÇ£RegularΓÇ¥, Fourth Week By article By Marie Savard MD EditorΓÇÖs note: Welcome to our ThirdAge feature that gives you a chance to play medical sleuth … Read More→
4 Steps to Increasing Your Gratitude By blog There is a new discussion going around Facebook these days, called ΓÇ£The Gratitude Challenge.ΓÇ¥ People are challenging their friends to […]
_ Sleep Health Sleep Problems and Aging By article From the National Institute on Aging: Older adults need about the same amount of sleep as young adultsΓÇöseven to nine … Read More→
_ When Swelling Isn't So Swell: Curbing Chronic Inflammation By Jane Farrell article By Dr. Mickey Barber Of the 10 leading causes of death in the United States, chronic, low-level inflammation contributes to … Read More→
_ Heart Health Wine DoesnΓÇÖt Protect Couch Potatoes from CVD By Sondra Forsyth article Evidence suggesting that mild to moderate consumption of wine protects against cardiovascular disease has been accumulating since the early 1990s. Now, however, researchers have shown that wine only protects against cardiovascular disease (CVD) in people who exercise. That was the finding of the In Vino Veritas (IVV) study presented at the European Society for Cardiology Congress in Barcelona on August 31st 2014 by Professor Milos Taborsky from the Czech Republic.
_ Healthy Diet & Nutrition ΓÇ£SpiceΓÇ¥ Up Your Health By Sondra Forsyth article By Diane Blum Did you know that one of the easiest things you can do to improve your health is to use a handful of spices each day? Simply adding the right spices increases nutrients in your diet, allows you to use less salt and sugar for taste, and also has important health side benefits. Here are a few of the healthiest: 1) Cinnamon
_ Preventing Falls and Fractures By Jane Farrell article A simple thing can change your lifeΓÇölike tripping on a rug or slipping on a wet floor. If you fall, you could break a bone, like thousands of older men and women do each year. A broken bone might not sound awful. But, for older people, a break can be the start of more serious problems.