Aging
Sunday, April 20, 2008
The oldest Americans are also the happiest, research finds
It turns out the golden years really are golden. Eye-opening new research finds the happiest Americans are the oldest, and older adults are more socially active than the stereotype of the lonely senior suggests. The two go hand-in-hand: Being social can help keep away the blues. “The good news is that with age comes happiness,” said study author Yang Yang, a University of Chicago sociologist. “Life gets better in one’s perception as one ages.”
Friday, February 01, 2008
Keeping Your Brain Fit
There’s plenty you can do to slow the effects of aging. Here’s how to keep your thinking and memory sharp.
Tuesday, January 29, 2008
Depression risk ‘highest in 40s’
Data analysis on two million people from 80 countries found a remarkably consistent pattern around the world. The risk of depression was lowest in younger and older people, with the middle-aged years associated with the highest risk for both men and women.
Thursday, January 17, 2008
Marry Me
Decades of data collection have shown that marriage--for all its challenges--is like a health-insurance policy. A 2006 paper that tracked mortality over an eight-year period found that people who never married were 58% likelier to die during that time than married folks were.
Tuesday, November 20, 2007
Older workers stress less, U-M study suggests
Older workers generally report low levels of work-related stress, according to a University of Michigan study of a nationally representative sample of older workers.
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Thursday, October 04, 2007
Reduce the stress in your life and prevent the development of chronic diseases
Arlene Noodleman MD talks about how stress affects health and accelerates the aging process and how HeartMath’s emWave Personal Stress Reliever handheld device can help deal with stress in the moment.
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Wednesday, September 19, 2007
Chronic Stress Can Steal Years From Caregivers’ Lifetimes
The chronic stress that spouses and children develop while caring for Alzheimer’s disease patients may shorten the caregivers’ lives by as much as four to eight years, a new study suggests. The research also provides concrete evidence that the effects of chronic stress can be seen both at the genetic and molecular level in chronic caregivers’ bodies.
Aging • Depression • Genetics • Relationships • Stress • (0) Comments • Permalink
Thursday, September 13, 2007
Sweat Your Way to a Bigger Brain
You probably already know that regular, moderate exercise is one of the best things you can do for your health and well-being. What you may not know is that new research is showing that exercise beneficially affects your genes, helps reverse the aging process at a cellular level, gives you more energy, makes you smarter, and may even help you grow so many new brain cells (a process called neurogenesis) that your brain actually gets bigger.
Tuesday, August 28, 2007
Technologies to Revitalize a Boomer’s Body, Mind and Spirit
Thousands of baby boomers flocking to Boston for the September AARP event in search of solutions for improved health will have the opportunity to experience the benefits of HeartMath’s innovative technologies. The emWave Personal Stress Reliever and emWave PC Stress Relief System will be showcased at the Life@50+ Event and Expo, September 6-8 at the Boston Convention & Exhibition Center.
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Friday, August 24, 2007
Possible Mechanistic Link Between Stress And The Development Of Alzheimer Tangles
Subjecting mice to repeated emotional stress, the kind we experience in everyday life, may contribute to the accumulation of neurofibrillary tangles, one of the hallmarks of Alzheimer’s disease, report researchers at the Salk Institute for Biological Studies. While aging is still the greatest risk factor for Alzheimer’s disease, a number of studies have pointed to stress as a contributing factor.
Saturday, August 18, 2007
Loneliness is bad for your health
When psychologists looked at the lives of the middle-aged and old people in their study, they found that although the lonely ones reported the same number of stressful life events, they identified more sources of chronic stress and recalled more childhood adversity. Moreover, they differed in how they perceived their life experiences. Even when faced with similar challenges, the lonelier people appeared more helpless and threatened. And ironically, they were less apt to actively seek help when they are stressed out.
Aging • Hormones • Relationships • Stress • (0) Comments • Permalink
Thursday, August 16, 2007
Managing stress cuts stroke risk
Coping well with stress can cut the risk of a stroke by almost a quarter, research shows. A University of Cambridge team based their conclusion on a seven-year study of more than 20,000 people. Those who were able to take a well-rounded approach to problems had a 24% lower risk of stroke.
Tuesday, July 31, 2007
Charting new body-mind links
The link between mind and the body tends to be more the subject of New Age books or yoga workshops than respectable research. Not that this link hasn’t been subjected to scientific scrutiny. One person who is moving us closer to such an understanding is a McGill scientist named Moshe Szyf. Szyf, 52, is a pioneer in the emerging field of epigenetics. Epigenetics is the study of the epigenome—the chemical switching system that turns genes on and off, and it is radically changing how we understand the relationship between our genetics and our environment. “
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Monday, July 30, 2007
As boomers age, products like hearing aids are getting a style and marketing makeover
As the 78-million-member baby boom generation confronts the physical challenges of aging, the boomers, long accustomed to throwing their economic and cultural weight around, are doing so more than ever. Companies are racing to “boomerize” products and services, adding a flashier edge to stodgy devices like hearing aids or subtly tailoring their marketing pitch to a generation that never believed it would get old—and still doesn’t.
Thursday, July 12, 2007
Shy guys ‘could face heart risk’
Being the life and soul of the party may cut your chances of a fatal heart or stroke, research suggests. A 30-year study by Chicago Northwestern University suggested shy or antisocial men were 50% more likely to die this way, compared with outgoing men. The Annals of Epidemiology study supports other work suggesting a link between personality and health.
Aging • Cardiovascular Health • Relationships • (0) Comments • Permalink