Exercise Beats Vitamin D for Injury Prevention
Exercise and vitamin D supplements may help prevent injurious falls in older adults, a randomized trial found. SOURCE: Well »...
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Five new technologies from the 2015 Boomer Business Summit and ASA
In Chicago it was all about boomers and seniors. Last week Aging in America framed several days in Chicago of...
The Aging-Disability Information Disconnect
Aging in New York. You may know about the World Health Organization’s Age Friendly Cities initiative, announced in 2007. And...
Five (pretty smart) watches – acknowledging that seniors exist
Should smart watches target and serve seniors? Erik Wicklund observed in mHealth News that the smartwatch hype about Apple’s rock-the-world...
Services for aging in place – not provided, not coordinated, not enough
What you can’t see is what you get. Rant on. You would think by now that there would be a...
Married Sex Gets Better in the Golden Years
Sex improves in later years among long-married couples, becoming more frequent as intimacy becomes more a priority, researchers found. SOURCE:...
Varied Routes to Safer Streets
Plans to eliminate traffic deaths involve shared responsibilities among drivers, cyclists, pedestrians, traffic enforcers and street designers, all of whom...
The Green House Effect: Homes for the Elderly to Thrive
The common belief is that nursing homes are depressing places where old people go to die. But the Green House...
Failing Sense of Smell May Predict Sooner Death
A defective sense of smell appears to be a good predictor of whether you'll die in the next five years,...
Of Little Help to Older Knees
Middle-aged and older patients are unlikely to benefit in the long term from surgery to repair tears in the meniscus,...
Tactic in Alzheimer’s Fight May Be Safe, Study Finds
Research suggests that reducing or neutralizing one variety of the APOE gene would not harm the brain, while making Alzheimer’s...
