_ Report: More than 100 Million Americans Have Diabetes or Prediabetes By Jane Farrell article Everyone agrees that diabetes is a growing problem that affects millions of people. But the latest figures are even more … Read More→
_ Cancer Overview Study: Deaths from Cancer Higher in Rural America By Jane Farrell article Despite decreases in cancer death rates nationwide, a new report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) shows … Read More→
_ Senior Health Older Americans Don't Get -- or Seek -- Enough Help from Doctors & Pharmacists on Drug Costs By Sondra Forsyth article The majority of Americans over age 50 take two or more prescription medicines to prevent or treat health problems, and … Read More→
_ Geriatrics Experts Oppose Budget Cuts Affecting Older Americans By Jane Farrell article The American Geriatrics Society (AGS) voiced deep concern for proposed cuts to geriatrics health professions programs (which would be eliminated), … Read More→
_ Sex Americans Are Having Sex Less Often By Sondra Forsyth article While the topic of sex is less taboo than it was a generation ago, that doesn’t necessarily mean people are … Read More→
_ Senior Health Americans More in Control of Their Long-Term Care By Sondra Forsyth article The provision of long-term care in the U.S. has shifted from what was once a predominantly institutionally based system of … Read More→
_ Addiction & Substance Overuse More Older Americans Using Cannabis By Sondra Forsyth article The U.S. Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration has reported in the January 2017 issue of The Gerontologist that … Read More→
_ High blood pressure / hypertension A New Factor In High Hypertension among African-Americans By Jane Farrell article African-Americans have more rigidity of the aorta, the major artery supplying oxygen-rich blood to the body, than Caucasians and Hispanics, … Read More→
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_ Aging Well Long-term Care: Perceptions, Experiences, and Attitudes of Americans 40 or Older By Sondra Forsyth article The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research announces the publication and availability on April 24th 2013 of a major … Read More→
_ Aging Well Redefining Health and Well-Being in America's Aging Population By Sondra Forsyth article Chronological age itself plays almost no role in accounting for differences in older people’s health and well-being, according to a … Read More→
_ Alcoholism and Drug Abuse Stereotype about Native Americans' Alcohol Abuse Is Wrong By Jane Farrell article Although conventional wisdom has long held that Native Americans have extremely high rates of alcohol abuse, University of Arizona researchers … Read More→
_ A Frightening Epidemic among Middle-Class Americans By Jane Farrell article ThereΓÇÖs a new epidemic among white, middle-aged Americans, according to a recent study from Princeton University. The number of deaths … Read More→
_ BREAKING: American Cancer Society Issues New Mammogram Guidelines By Jane Farrell article The American Cancer Society (ACS) has just released updated recommendations on mammograms ΓÇô a move that is sure to add … Read More→
_ Mental & Emotional Health Can We Calm AmericaΓÇÖs Road Rage? ΓÇ¿ By Jane Farrell article Road rage ΓÇô where flaring tempers mix with two-ton machines ΓÇô continues to be a problem on AmericaΓÇÖs highways, leading … Read More→
Pets 5 Tips for an All-American Doggy Road Trip By article DOGGY ROAD TRIP TIP #1:┬á┬áTAKE A JOY RIDE Was your pup’s last ‘road trip’ a trip to the vet?┬á┬áIf so, … Read More→
Aging Well Money Matters There Is a Con Game Being Played on AmericaΓÇÖs Elderly By article Elder mistreatment ranging from physical abuse and neglect to financial fraud┬áis a silent epidemic in the US.┬áIn┬áThe Con Game: A … Read More→
Aging Well Gerontological Society of America Tackles White House Policies on Aging By article In anticipation of the forthcoming 2015 White House Conference on Aging (WHCoA), The Gerontological Society of America (GSA) has produced … Read More→