_ Aging Well Loneliness Loneliness Can Cause Illness in Older Adults By thirdAGE article For older adults, perceived social isolation is a major health risk that can increase the risk of premature death by … Read More→
_ Aging Well Major Stress Makes Some Older Adults More Resilient By thirdAGE article Dealing with a major stressful event appears to make some older adults better able to cope with the ups and … Read More→
Medical Care Senior Health Four in 10 Older Adults Burdened by Demands of Health Care System By Adprime Admin article Nearly four in ten older adults say that managing their health care needs is difficult for them or their families, … Read More→
Aging Well Grandparenting Older Adults Possess Important Forms of Expertise By article Just in time for GrandparentsΓÇÖ Day 2015, coming up on September 13th, researchers at Chapman University in California published an … Read More→
Brain Health Physical Activity Linked to Greater Mental Flexibility in Older Adults By Adprime Admin article A study done at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champagne and published in August 2015 in PLOS ONE has shown … Read More→
Healthy Diet & Nutrition Senior Health The Perils of Junk Food in Diets for Older Adults By Adprime Admin article The consumption of ΓÇ£junk foodΓÇ¥ has continued to increase over the last 20 years, including in anti-aging diets for older … Read More→
_ Medical Care Senior Health Challenges of Delirium Detection in Older Adults in the Emergency Department By Adprime Admin article An estimated one to two million older adults with delirium visit hospital emergency departments in the United States annually. Yet … Read More→
Exercise Why Restorative Yoga Should Be Part of Fitness for Older Adults By article People always seem to be busy working on something or the other, and all that work can contribute to stress, … Read More→
_ Aging Well Mental & Emotional Health Senior Health Housework Has Both Physical and Mental Benefits By article Housework has both emotional and physical benefits for older adults, according to new findings by a Case Western Reserve University … Read More→
_ Senior Health Falls Becoming More Frequent in Older Adults By article Falls among older adults appear to have been increasing over a 12-year period, according to a new study. And the … Read More→
Hearing Loss Helping People Adjust to Hearing Aids By article When older adults wear their hearing aids for the first time, they are flooded with sounds they havenΓÇÖt heard in … Read More→
Aging Well Web-Savvy Older Adults Who Enjoy Culture May Retain ΓÇ£Health LiteracyΓÇ¥ Better By thirdAGE 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→
_ Aging Well Exercise Senior Health Running Keeps You Young By thirdAGE article Seniors who run regularly can walk as efficiently as 20-somethings, according to a study done at the University of Colorado … Read More→
_ Senior Health Older Adults Can Safely Donate Kidneys By Sondra Forsyth article Previous studies linking older age with kidney and heart disease have raised concerns about the safety of living kidney donation among older adults. However, in the first study to look closely at this issue, researchers at the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania report that older kidney donors (55 years and above) enjoy similar life expectancy and cardiovascular health as very healthy older people who did not donate their kidneys.