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Dementia isn’t a singular noun. Part 1: What dementia is not
As of 2019, an estimated 57.4 million people worldwide were living with dementia. With population growth and aging, that figure is...
Growing older doesn’t have to mean growing frailer
According to a 2015 John Hopkins University study, about 15 percent of adults 65 and over are frail. And according to Dr. Linda Fried,...
Is stress good or bad for you? (Yes)
Conventional wisdom links stress with chronic illness, emotional issues, and other physical risks. But is the oppoite true? Does the...
How millions of seniors undermine their own independence
Three low-cost, low-tech devices could help some 5 million seniors live independently at home years longer – if only they were willing to...
Guess what’s poised to become the new Boomer fashion trend
The generation born between 1946 and 1964 has ushered in many fashion trends – some very attractive and useful, like the progressive...
How 9 healthy foods can actually help you feel happier
If the prolonged COVID lockdown proved anything, it was that when people are stressed or feeling down, they often turn to food for...
Can your blood type affect your health?
Humans have four different blood types – eight if you count Rh Positive and Negative. And according to a recent Swedish study, there are...
Dementia isn’t a singular noun.
Part 1: What dementia is not As of 2019, an estimated 57.4 million people worldwide were living with dementia. With population growth and...
Many signs of a heart attack aren’t this obvious
The most obvious sign of a heart attack is intense chest pain, as if an elephant were sitting on your chest. It’s also the most prevalent...
How safe is surgery for older patients?
When it comes to surgery for older adults, there’s good news and bad news. The good news is that “In modern surgery, it’s a rare event to...
Can COVID-19 cause heart attack deaths?
In a few cases, yes. But many, many more deaths are caused by the fear of the coronavirus. “Nearly everyone dying of COVID-19 has...
What a DNR order really means (and what it doesn’t)
The way too many people think about DNR orders, it’s as if the initials stood for “Deny Needed Remedies” instead of “Do Not Resuscitate.”...
The Problem with Too Much Medical Care
While only 7.3% of adults aged 18 to 44 have Multiple Chronic Conditions (MCC), almost nine times as many 65 or older do (61.6%). And...
What happens when Gen X and Y caregivers are less healthy than their parents?
No one ever said that unpaid family caregivers have it easy. Some 34.2 million spend almost 26 hours a week helping with dressing and...
Telehealth is here to stay
During the pandemic, the growth of telehealth has been, if you’ll pardon the pun, contagious. So much so that telemed, as it’s also...
You may already own the latest telemedicine diagnostic device.
It’s a smartphone with either FaceTime or Google Duo. By eliminating travel time to and from doctors’ offices, along with time-wasting...
A totally unexpected way to get a better night’s sleep
Getting seven to nine hours of sleep a night is important for maintaining good health. The average American gets less than seven. Given...
How worried should you be about prediabetes? (Less than you might think)
Tens of millions of Americans have been diagnosed with a condition that’s painless, has no symptoms, and is detectable only from...
Even gut bacteria know that no two seniors are the same
Bacteria are one-cell organisms – and they’re not brain cells. Yet, they’re smart enough to become “increasingly unique (i.e.,...
As a health predictor, how does BMI measure up?
Not very well, according to Lambert Adolphe Jacques Quetelet, the Belgian mathematician who devised the Body Mass Index in 1832. Quetelet...
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