Healthy Seniors Features
- Staying Healthy in Tough Times
There are plenty of cheap and effective ways to stick with a healthy lifestyle even in the face of an ailing economy.
- Over 40, Fit, and Ready to Bare Arms
Many older, high-profile women are fit and toned. Is that realistic for the rest of us?
- 4 Ways to Stop Age-Related Memory Loss
Experts offer tips on how to prevent age-related memory loss. Plus, how to tell if it's a senior moment or an early sign of Alzheimer's.
- Stuck in the Middle with You
From living wills to long-term care, caregivers in the "sandwich generation" have multiple decisions to make for their aging parents. Here's advice from the experts to make it all work.
- The Art of Aging Gracefully
Experts say the keys to aging gracefully include accepting changes and finding meaningful activities.
- Good Friends Are Good for You
If you have a strong network of good friends, you’ll probably live a longer, more healthy life. Here’s how.
- Aging Well: Eating Right for Longevity
Is your diet the key to longevity? Find out why eating right may mean aging right, too.
- Putting Affairs in Order Before Death
Experts explain the steps you should take to make sure your family knows your wishes on everything from funeral plans to end-of-life care.
- Diplomatic Guide for Grandparents
Grandparents have a role in the lives of their grandchildren, but what exactly is that role? Let your adult children take the lead and discuss your expectations with them.
- Help Yourself
Tips to help you get the best care in the ER
- Preparing for Retirement
Today's retirees can expect to be considerably more on their own than their parent's generation was, experts say.
- Growing Old, Baby-Boomer Style
Now, with the first of them turning 60, baby boomers are about to do something utterly conventional and predictable. They're going to start getting old.
- Baby Boomers: A New Way to Grow Old
Baby boomers aren’t heading for a rocking chair anytime soon. Find out how they’re reworking retirement.
- Caution: Slippery Falls Ahead
Keeping on your toes can be no easy fete, especially come winter. Find out what can trip you up, leading to sudden falls and unwanted injuries.
- Easy Listening: Hearing Devices for a Muffled World
In addition to hearing aids, there are a number of assistive listening devices that can be used to improve hearing. This article talks about low-tech and hi-tech options.
- Ways to Make Your Diet More Heart Healthy
What you eat is a key component of determining how well your heart works. Here are some ways to boost your diet and improve your heart health.
- The Letter (and Spirit) of Drug Import Laws
More American consumers are buying prescription drugs abroad. Learn the laws and regulations here.
- Buying Drugs Across the Border
Discount pharmacies line the borders. But do these drugs meet U.S. standards? Read this before you cross the line.
- Financial Steps to Take When You're 65+
Here are 10 tips to make sure you're financially ready for retirement.
- Financial Planning for Caregivers
10 tips to make sure you're financially prepared for retirement.
- Vitamin Essentials as We Age
Vitamin A? Vitamin C? Vitamin B? How do you know which ones to take? How much should you take? Here’s what you need to know.
- Prescription for Trouble?
Despite being illegal, more Americans combat high prescription drug costs by buying abroad.
- Aging Gracefully and Naturally
A look at how - and if - we can delay aging, naturally.
- Diseases From Animals: A Primer
There are at least 39 important diseases people catch directly from animals. There are at least 48 important diseases people get from the bite of bugs that bit an infected animal. And there are at least 42 important diseases that people get by ingesting or handling food or water contaminated with animal feces.
- 'Say What?!'
Hearing loss doesn’t just affect the elderly. Find out about hearing loss in people in their 40s and 50s.
- Healthy Food for Living Longer
Food for living longer generally falls into the vegetarian diet. If you want to eat foods for living longer, consider a plant-based diet.
- How Many Drugs Are You Taking?
Non-prescription and prescription drug interaction problems can spiral out of control if you aren't careful.
- 'Oh, My Aching Body'
Aches and pains abound, so what are your pain relief options? Should you go to the doctor or treat it yourself? Read on.
- 12 Ways to Feel and Look Younger
Want to hold on to -- or recapture -- your youth? These simple steps promise maximum vitality.
- Preventing Harm in Your Own House
Seniors are often one wrong step away from falling in their own homes. To reduce the chance of an accident, follow these tips.
- Making Memories
Researchers working to unlock the secrets of how memories are formed may one day offer treatments, or even cures, for some of our most devastating brain disorders -- from Alzheimer's to Parkinson's to mental retardation.
- Taking a Trip? Be Prepared
Taking a Trip? Be Prepared
- Surviving Summer Scorchers
Can't take the heat? Many people can't, and too often they end up in the hospital.
- Trading the Car Keys for a Bus Pass
Older drivers are not able to process and react to information at speeds necessary for behind-the-wheel safety.
- The Secrets of Aging Well.
Many people think that long life is just genetics and good luck. But you'd be surprised at how many factors that contribute to long life are within your control.
- Holiday Travel: How to Get Where You're Going (and Stay Well)
Planning to travel this season? Here's how to stay happy and healthy en route.
- Too Old to Parent?
What do you do when an adult child gets ill? For some aging parents, the answer is to step into an all-too-familiar role.
- The Facts and Fiction of Cloning
Understanding the real science of cloning behind the headlines and the hubbub.
- Assessing an Older Driver
The American Automobile Association Foundation for Traffic Safety offers some guidelines in determining if an older driver is a danger on the road.
- Growing Older, Staying Strong.
Aging isn't a matter of just fading away. Active, older people -- and some experts on the aging process -- say we can stay physically robust well into our later years.
- The Hardest Job a Man May Ever Have
More and more American men are faced with the daunting task of caring for sick and disabled loved ones. As health providers and caregiver organizations recognize this growing trend, they are struggling to come up with ways to offer help to the men who spend their days caring for others.
- Once Upon a Time -- Again
Creative storytelling helps open communication with -- and foster an understanding of -- people with Alzheimer's disease.
- Dizziness Not Always Child's Play
We've all felt woozy at one time or another. In fact, dizziness is one of the most common of health complaints.
- Baby Boomers Listen Up
Years of exposure to loud concerts, cranked-up stereos, personal CD players, leaf blowers, and other environmental noises are a big part of the reason doctors are now seeing more middle-aged people with hearing loss
- The Importance of Being -- Married
There are many reasons to choose wisely and carefully when picking a spouse, but here's one you may not know: New research suggests that a good marriage is good for your health -- and that a bad one can be a real heartbreaker.
- Disability's in Eye of Beholder
With the right training and adaptive equipment, people with limited vision don't have to lead limited lives.
- A Bitter Pill to Swallow
The demand for prescription drugs is growing as fast as the supply of pharmacists to dispense them is shrinking.
- Senior Gamblers Testing the Odds
America is growing grayer -- and the gray are going gambling. With time on their hands and a monthly check in their pockets, U.S. seniors are flocking to casinos and other gaming venues. Is this is a good source of socializing and entertainment -- or of financial disaster?
- Ain't Parenting Grand?
According to the latest census, nearly 4 million American children live in households headed by a grandparent. Many of these parental 'reservists' are finding that things have changed a good bit since their first tour of duty, and that parenting in the 21st Century is different from what they once knew.
- Age-Old Medicine
Research is looking at ways to increase seniors' quality of life through physical means, but a growing group of professionals are concerned for the mental health of seniors and the question of who will care for them if they develop a psychiatric condition.