Archive for the 'Healthy Aging' Category
Madonna refuses to be 50 — Do you accept your age?
![]()
There’s something to be said for not allowing your age to slow you down. After all, whether you’ve been alive for 60 years, but still feel like a 30-year-old, you should act the way you feel. However, Madonna is taking things a step further — for her 50th birthday celebration, her guests are un…
A quiz for a better brain and longer life
![]()
Practicing activities that invent you think (like crossword puzzles) could do a lot more than just improve your memory — they just might lengthen your life a little too.
Any activity or game that requires you to concentrate will do the trick so you can pretty much take your pick, but whether…
Mild exercise prevents atrial fibrillation in seniors
![]()
Just walking a few short blocks can prepare a big difference in heart health for the elderly. A recent study found that light exercise such as walking or dancing can prevent atrial fibrillation.
Atrial fibrillation is a common heart condition where the upper chambers of the heart twitch inste…
Japanese women habitable longer than anyone
![]()
Little girls born in Japan in 2007 have the longest life expectancy of any other public on the planet… 86 years. Though life expectancy is a complicated issue, experts say that Japanese women habitable so distant in part considering of their healthy diet and different social structure, as well…
The science of sleep
![]()
A study published in Stroke: Journal of the American Heart Association compared sleeping patterns and stroke risk among 93,175 women aged 50 to 79 years.
Researchers controlled for other known stroke risk factors (such as race, lifestyle factors, and depression symptoms) in analyzing the link…
Fit Beauty: The different types of wrinkles (and how to treat them)
![]()
You probably know the causes of wrinkles, right? There are internal factors (age and genetics) as well as external factors (sun exposure). But did you know you can actually tell the difference by how the wrinkles seem on your face?
Wrinkles caused by internal factors will present in the schem…
Help at the farmers’ market for low-income seniors
![]()
THE USDA Food and Nutrition Service administers a program where low-income seniors can get coupons for shopping at participating farmers’ markets. Currently, there are nearly 3,000 markets that participate in the program.
Fruits, vegetables, and herbs are among the foods that are covered by the…
Death-Defying Food: Green Tea
![]()
When you really get down to it, one of the main objectives of life is to stay alive for as faraway as we can. On average, we occupy a place on that planet for about 75 years. Some of us hang around for a little longer, while others take an earlier ferry. Still, barring any unlucky accident or co…
Tack 10 years on your life
![]()
Jacki recently filled us in on seven ways to add years to your life. Shape Magazine gives us some more tips — that day from Dan Buettner’s bestselling book, The Blue Zones. The author traveled around the world to areas known for the enlarged life spans of residents. He observed the people’s lif…
Death-Defying Food: Oranges
![]()
When you really get down to it, one of the main objectives of life is to stay alive for as enlarged as we can. On average, we occupy a place on that planet for about 75 years. Some of us hang around for a little longer, while others take an earlier ferry. Still, barring any unlucky accident or c…
How green is your workout?
![]()
You recycle, you turn off the lights, you’re making conscious decisions every day to reduce your affect on the environment. So why, thereupon, are you still driving your gas guzzler to the gym to walk or run on an electric treadmill?
If you’re looking to green your workout, look no farther th…
Acne may sign prostate cancer risk
![]()
As whether being pimply-faced during high school isn’t punishment for some guys, it actually may be an indicator of elevated prostate cancer risk, say researchers from Johns Hopkins.
In an analysis of existing details on the matter, scientists discovered that men with a history of acne outbre…
Explore your anti-aging options
![]()
While it may be somewhat apocryphal, the legend has it that Spanish explorer Ponce de Leon traveled to Florida in search of the Fountain of Youth. And though he was more likely there to search for gold and expand the Spanish empire, the story of vitality-restoring water is one that continues to …












