by admin | Jan 3, 2025 | Aging, Health
Lorraine Besser, Middlebury Imagine it’s Monday morning, too cold and too dark, but once that alarm goes off, you know you’ve got to rally. The kids have to get to school. You’ve got to get to work. And, of course, your ever-growing to-do list hangs over your head...
by admin | Dec 27, 2024 | Aging, Health
Holger Cramer, University of Tübingen Yoga has been linked to numerous health benefits. But is it also the secret to a long life? This is what Daisy Taylor, a centenarian from Chelmsford, England, reports. In a recent interview on her 105th birthday, Taylor told the...
by John McMillan | Dec 13, 2024 | Aging, Ethics
Dominic Wilkinson, University of Oxford Following the second reading (and parliamentary support) of Labour MP Kim Leadbetter’s terminally ill adults (end of life) bill on November 29, much of the public debate in England and Wales will now shift to questions around...
by admin | Oct 25, 2024 | Aging, COVID-19, Health
David Paton, University of Nottingham and Sourafel Girma, University of Nottingham Vaccinating older people probably did avert some deaths in 2021, but the effects were small. And even those small effects on mortality seem to have dissipated during the booster...
by admin | Oct 17, 2024 | Aging, Diet
Elina Hypponen, University of South Australia and Joshua Sutherland, University of South Australia Vitamin D is essential for bone health, immune function and overall wellbeing. And it becomes even more crucial as we age. New guidelines from the international...
by admin | Sep 6, 2024 | Aging, Alzheimer's Disease, Dementia
Donald Jurivich, University of North Dakota I cringed recently while driving to the clinic where I specialize in geriatric medicine when I heard a young radio announcer refer to old people as “wiggy,” a pejorative for wacky. As a doctor who has extensively researched...
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