by root | Jan 14, 2020 | Uncategorized
OLDER ADULTS AND RIDE SHARING Ride sharing services might seem like an obvious answer to older adults’ mobility issues, but the solution isn’t so obvious to many of the potential customers themselves. They may be tech-phobic or they may have been told so many times to...
by root | Jan 10, 2020 | Uncategorized
NUTS TO YOU Most everyone gains weight with age, but a new study says there could be an unbelievably easy way to cut that gain in half: Just eat nuts. Nuts have protein and fiber, which provide a feeling of fullness, which may help with cutting back on less-wise...
by root | Nov 8, 2019 | Uncategorized
SCAMS AS SCREENING Many dementia patients and their families wish they’d had more of a heads-up that trouble was coming. Often the trouble isn’t impaired memory, but impaired judgment. How do you screen for that? A study in Annals of Internal Medicine has an answer:...
by root | Nov 6, 2019 | Uncategorized
WARDING OFF DEMENTIA You know all those supplements being hawked against dementia? The FDA says they don’t work and they’re cracking down on the unproven claims, The New York Times reports. Does anything work? Yes: Physical activity, blood pressure management, and...
by root | Feb 14, 2018 | Uncategorized
INTERVAL TRAINING As we age, the type of exercise we choose to do becomes more important. Although any type of exercise improves fitness and blood sugar control, different styles of exercise yield different outcomes. Muscle cells heal and regenerate slower as a person...
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