What to Expect in Your 60s

Sources Medically Reviewed on 07/09/2019 Reviewed by Melinda Ratini, DO, MS on July 09, 2019
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American Academy of Dermatology Association: “The layers of your skin,” “How to care for your skin in your 60s and 70s.”
JAMA Otolaryngology: “Declining Prevalence of Hearing Loss in US Adults Aged 20 to 69 Years.”
Best Practice Advocacy Centre New Zealand: “Seventh age itch: Preventing and managing dry skin in older people.”
World Health Organization: “Hearing loss in persons 65 and older based on WHO global estimates on prevalence of hearing loss.”
Hear-It: “We all lose our hearing - sooner or later.”
National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders: “Hearing loss and older adults,” “Use of Hearing Aids by Adults with Hearing Loss.”
National Institutes of Health: “Research Portfolio Online Reporting Tools: Hearing Aids.”
Michigan Medicine Health Lab: “The Healing Function of Sweat Glands Declines with Age.”
American Family Physician: “Common causes of vision loss in elderly patients.”
National Eye Institute: “Facts about age-related macular degeneration.”
American Optometric Association: “Adult vision: Over 60 years of age.”
AARP: “What to expect in your 60s,” “Health: What to expect in your 60s,” “Sex in your 60s? It’s actually the best,” “Your looks at 60+.”
Choosing Wisely: “Bone-density tests.”
International Osteoporosis Foundation: “What is osteoporosis?”
Beyond Blue: “Life starts at sixty.”
Chicago Methodist Senior Services: “Four early warning signs of mental illness to watch for in older adults.”
A Healthier Michigan: “Get fit in your 40s, 50s, 60s and beyond.”
Sleep Education: “Sleep and growing older.”
National Cancer Institute: “Age and cancer risk.”
National Institute on Aging: “Heart health and aging,” “Bladder health for older adults.”
La Jolla Institute for Allergy and Immunology: Immune Matters: “Aging and the immune system: Can scientists turn back the clock?”
Brookings: “Why Aging and Working Makes Us Happy in 4 Charts.”
NORC at the University of Chicago: “General Social Survey 2012: Trends in Psychological Well-Being.”
Harvard Health Publishing: “The truth about metabolism.”
CDC: “Leading Causes of Death,” “Heart Disease Facts.”
Current Directions in Psychological Science: “What and When of Cognitive Aging.”
Emory University Goizueta Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center: “Cognitive Skills & Normal Aging.”
Medscape: “Urinary Incontinence in the Aging Female.”
American Dental Association: “Aging and Dental Health.”
National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research: “Oral Cancer Incidence (New Cases) by Age, Race, and Gender.”
Reviewed by Melinda Ratini, DO, MS on July 09, 2019
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