HEALTHY AGING

Is Your Body Aging Faster Than It Should Be?

Slow Walking If your walking pace slows while you're in your 40s, it may be a sign you're aging faster than is typical. Walking is one of the easiest and best exercises you can do. To start a walking program, begin with 5 minutes a day and build up to 30 minutes. Try to work up to 100 steps a minute. (To track this, count your steps for 10 seconds and multiply by six.) To make...

A Centenarian Thrives Living Alone, Active and Engaged

KFF HEALTH NEWS – “The future is here,” the email announced. Hilda Jaffe, then 88, was letting her children know she planned to sell the family home in Verona, New Jersey. She’d decided to begin life anew — on her own — in a one-bedroom apartment in Hell’s Kitchen in Manhattan. Fourteen years later, Jaffe, now 102, still lives alone — just a few blocks away from the frenetic flashing lights and crowds that course through...

Americans spend more years being unhealthy than people in any other country

ARS TECHNICA – The gap of time between how long Americans live and how much of that time is spent in good health only grew wider in the last two decades, according to a new study published in JAMA Network Open. The study, which looked at global health data between 2000 and 2019—prior to the COVID-19 pandemic—found the US stood out for its years of suffering. By 2019, Americans had a gap between their lifespan and...

14 ‘shocking’ signs at age 60 that you’ll develop dementia by age 80

Southerners have a higher chance of developing dementia, plus other unexpected findings

David Letterman at 77 says retirement is both ‘a myth’ and ‘nonsense’

“As long as you are healthy, you still want to produce."

Reasons for Memory Loss

Lack of Sleep First, it’s harder to recall things when you haven’t slept. Second, sleep strengthens the bonds between brain cells that help you remember for the long term. Third, it’s harder to form memories in the first place when your mind is wandering because of a lack of sleep. Good “sleep hygiene” can help: Shoot for 8 hours a night, exercise daily, stick to a regular sleep schedule, and avoid alcohol and caffeine late in...

Mayo Clinic Minute: What standing on one leg can tell you about how well you’re aging

Mayo Clinic News Network – Measuring how well you are aging can be as simple as balancing or standing on one leg. It may not be easy for everyone to maintain balance on one leg, but according to Mayo Clinic research, it can be a reliable measure of neuromuscular aging for both men and women. In this Mayo Clinic Minute, Dr. Kenton Kaufman, the W. Hall Wendel Jr. Musculoskeletal Research Professor who is behind the study,...

Want to Live Longer? You Better Start Moving—All Day Long.

Scientists crunched the numbers to come up with the single best predictor of how long you’ll live—and arrived at a surprisingly low-tech answer.

Reversing Time From Within: Can Gut Bacteria Delay Aging?

Studies show that maintaining microbial balance in older adults can potentially improve immune response, reducing susceptibility to infections and age-related diseases.

Medication Prescribed to 23 Million Americans May Cause Bone Loss

Taking levothyroxine may put patients at risk of bone loss, which may lead to conditions such as osteoporosis: a bone disease characterized by weak bones that break more easily.

You can reduce your risk of dementia. Here’s how to get started

Shots - Health News – One key to healthy aging is to keep our minds sharp. And some of the best strategies to fend off dementia, stroke and even late-life depression come down to our daily habits. "You can substantially reduce your risk through the lifestyle choices you make," says Dr. Jonathan Rosand, a neurologist and Co-Founder of the McCance Center for Brain Health at Massachusetts General Hospital. Rosand and his collaborators have developed a way to...

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