by admin | Mar 21, 2025 | Aging, Alzheimer's Disease
Sarah Curtis, Nottingham Trent University Ten million people are diagnosed with dementia worldwide each year – that’s more than ever. According to the Alzheimer’s Society approximately one million people in the UK are currently living with the disease. Studies predict...
by admin | Feb 21, 2025 | Aging, Mental Health
Mary E. Dozier, Mississippi State University I recently helped my mom sort through boxes she inherited when my grandparents passed away. One box was labeled – either ironically or genuinely – “toothpick holders and other treasures.” Inside were many keepsakes from...
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...
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