Category: mobility
1/30/2013 - Myths of Weight Loss Are Plentiful, Researcher Says
by admin on January 30, 2013 6:46 pm
In an article published online in The New England Journal of Medicine, researchers at the Nutrition Obesity Research Center at the University of Alabama at Birmingham lay out seven myths and six unsubstantiated presumptions about obesity. They also list nine facts that, unfortunately, promise little in the way of quick fixes for the weight-obsessed. Example: “Trying to go on… Read more 1/30/2013 - Myths of Weight Loss Are Plentiful, Researcher Says
1/30/2013 - Rogue DNA busts out of aging cell ‘prison’
by admin on January 30, 2013 6:37 pm
As cells age, they lose control over parasitic strands of mobile DNA that insert themselves into chromosomes, new research shows. Read the full article at Futurity.
1/25/2013 - Retirement Homes As College Campuses?
by admin on January 25, 2013 8:05 pm
Assuming our good health continues, my husband and I will continue living in our home in the leafy suburbs where we’ve raised our children. We considered relinquishing the flora and fauna for a cute pied-à-terre as some of our empty nester friends have quite happily done, but we are too attached to our home and… Read more 1/25/2013 - Retirement Homes As College Campuses?
1/24/2013 - Village People: The Retirement Community That Isn't
by admin on January 25, 2013 8:02 pm
Single and retired, with no family nearby, 64-year-old Lorna Grenadier knows she’ll need a better support system if she wants to grow old in her apartment in the Foggy Bottom neighborhood of Washington, D.C., where she has lived for 40 years. So she’s added community organizing to her list of interests and is helping create… Read more 1/24/2013 - Village People: The Retirement Community That Isn't
1/23/2013 - The Last Calendar
by admin on January 23, 2013 11:44 pm
BY the time he was 76, my father was frail. His balance was poor and he had trouble walking. He lived alone in Baltimore in a big house full of stairs, and watching him come tottering down those stairs was terrifying. Each time, I thought he might fall. He refused to make the house safer… Read more 1/23/2013 - The Last Calendar
1/21/2013 - Light-up tumors show aging in real-time
by admin on January 21, 2013 4:44 pm
Researchers have long known that the gene, p16INK4a (p16), plays a role in aging and cancer suppression by activating an important tumor defense mechanism called “cellular senescence.” A team led by Norman Sharpless, Professor of Cancer Research at University of North Carolina, has developed a strain of mice that turns on a gene from fireflies… Read more 1/21/2013 - Light-up tumors show aging in real-time
1/15/2013 - Study: More to Meal Delivery Than Food
by admin on January 16, 2013 5:46 pm
Brown University health researchers crunched numbers — from Medicare, states and counties, the federal Administration on Aging and more than 16,000 nursing homes — from 2000 to 2009, publishing their findings in the journal Health Services Research. The connection they discovered between home-delivered meals and the nursing home population will come as welcome news (though not really… Read more 1/15/2013 - Study: More to Meal Delivery Than Food
1/14/2013 - As Hepatitis C Sneaks Up On Baby Boomers, Treatment Options Grow
by admin on January 14, 2013 7:23 pm
Two out of three Americans living with hepatitis C infection are baby boomers. A recommendation last fall from the CDC underscores the magnitude of the problem. The agency says everybody born between 1945 and 1965 — around 79 million baby boomers — should be tested for hepatitis C. Read/listen to the full story at National… Read more 1/14/2013 - As Hepatitis C Sneaks Up On Baby Boomers, Treatment Options Grow
1/8/2013 - Workshops Help Families Grappling With Alzheimer's Home Care
by admin on January 9, 2013 5:59 pm
There are more than 5 million people with Alzheimer’s in the U.S., and most are cared for at home. Now, one company has begun offering training to family caregivers to help them deal with the special challenges of caring for an Alzheimer’s patient. Read/Listen to the full story at National Public Radio.
1/8/2013 - Who Should Receive Organ Transplants?
by admin on January 8, 2013 7:01 pm
You can’t mistake the trend: A graying population and revised policies determining who gets priority for donated organs, have led to a rising proportion of older adults receiving transplants. Read the full article at The New York Times.
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