Trouble Balancing on One Leg Linked to Cognitive Decline By Jane Farrell article Struggling to balance on one leg for 20 seconds or longer was linked to an increased risk for small blood … Read More→
_ Lung Cancer Women's Health and Wellness The Most Recommended Screenings for Women 50 and Above By Jane Farrell article What kind of screening or diagnostic tests should you take after 50? The SeniorHealth division of the National Institutes on … Read More→
Vision Health New Therapy Holds Promise for Restoring Vision By Jane Farrell article Retinitis pigmentosa, a condition afflicting people of all ages, causes a gradual loss of vision. Sight is lost from the … Read More→
_ Mental & Emotional Health Pain Management Spiritual Health Can Meditation Cure Cravings for Painkillers? By Jane Farrell article People who are addicted to prescription painkillers can reduce cravings by learning to enjoy other parts of their life, according … Read More→
The "Stuff" Alternative: Why Experiences Make the Best Gifts By Jane Farrell article Every year after the stressful holiday gift-giving frenzy ends, we’re usually left with a heap of “stuff” we didn’t ask … Read More→
Alzheimer's Disease and other Dementias Medical Research Another ΓÇ£Alzheimer's in a DishΓÇ¥ Model By Jane Farrell article In October 2014, we posted an article on ThirdAge.com about an ΓÇ£AlzheimerΓÇÖs in a Dish ModelΓÇ¥ (https://thirdage.com/node/2884631) developed at Massachusetts … Read More→
_ Cancer Center A Vaccine to Fight Cancer By Jane Farrell article A personalized ΓÇ£cancer vaccineΓÇ¥ is coming closer to reality, researchers say. Scientists from the Washington University School of Medicine in … Read More→
Mental & Emotional Health Biological Causes of Mental Illness Decrease DocsΓÇÖ Empathy By article Give therapists and psychiatrists information about the biology of a mental disorder, and they have less — not more — … Read More→
Chemical Compound Decreases Effects of Multiple Sclerosis By Jane Farrell article A team of researchers led by biomedical scientist Seema K. Tiwari-Woodruff, an associate professor at the University of California, Riverside … Read More→
Hosting the Holiday Meal Menopausal Style By blog No sooner did you catch a passing glance at the autumn leaves, than it’s time for the holidays—stressful under the […]
Aging Well Web-Savvy Older Adults Who Enjoy Culture May Retain ΓÇ£Health LiteracyΓÇ¥ Better By Jane Farrell article HereΓÇÖs one more reason to be glad youΓÇÖre a ΓÇ£Silver SurferΓÇ¥ who often visits ThirdAge.com and other sites: Researchers from … Read More→
Life, Death, and Leaving: The Next Step on the Journey By blog Some of the neighbors got together the other night to support our friend who is planning a service for her […]
Medical Care New approach to treating ALS By Jane Farrell article Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), also known as Lou Gehrig’s disease, is a neurodegenerative disease that primarily kills motor neurons, leading … Read More→
_ Aging Well Brain Health Senior Health Surprise! With Age, We Sometimes Learn More Than Younger People. By Jane Farrell article Older people can actually take in and learn from visual information more readily than younger people do, according to research … Read More→
_ Alzheimer's Disease and other Dementias Medical Research A New Cause of Alzheimer's? By Jane Farrell article Blocking a key brainΓÇôcell receptor may eventually lead to neutralizing some consequences of AlzheimerΓÇÖs, according to a new study from … Read More→
Just Breathe By blog I recently was invited to a yoga class, but owning a brain that races in ten different directions at once […]
Caregiving Breakthrough in Understanding Parkinson's Disease By Jane Farrell article Scientists at Trinity College Dublin have made an important breakthrough in the understanding of Parkin, a protein that regulates the … Read More→
Success is Not Always Doing What You Love By blog Often the way to reach a treasured goal is to do what is difficult for you. ItΓÇÖs not enough to […]