Every year close to 800,000 people in the United States suffer a stroke, and one out of every twenty deaths in our country is due to stroke. Once blood flow is cut off from your brain you have just minutes before serious damage or even death may occur. Yet a…

Good morning and welcome to agebuzz… Headlining today’s topics:   -Do Not Enter: Best To Minimize Your Hospitalizations -In The Long Term: Good And Not So Good News For Centenarians -Slow And Steady: Expanding Your Health Span Along With Your Life Span -An Ounce Of Prevention: High Dose Flu Shots…

Speaking of centenarians, the concern for many of us is do we really want to live a very long life if our activity is limited due to disease or illness? In essence, isn’t quality of life as important as quantity of life? Researchers looking at the process of aging are…

While you never know when an emergency will strike and you’ll need to be hospitalized, there’s much evidence to support the goal of minimizing hospitalizations, especially for those who are older. For example, new research out of the University of Michigan has shown that 1/4 of seniors admitted to post-acute…

The percentage of people living to 100 or older is increasing each year and there’s much to celebrate about that. Especially as there is now research that shows that for those who live beyond their 90s, their last years of life tend to be healthier than was previously recognized. New research…

Not too long ago, research came out that caused concern among many: PPIs (Proton Pump Inhibitors), the medications (such as Nexium or Prilosec) used for heartburn, stomach ulcers, GERD and other gastrointestinal ailments, seemed to be linked to higher incidence of dementia among long term users. That’s worrisome, as so many of…