Dementia / Alzheimer's

How long we live, and how healthy we stay as we age, is usually attributed to a multitude of factors, including our genes, lifestyle, socioeconomic factors, and even just good fortune. But a new research study reported online in Nature Communications has thrown another factor into the mix: It appears…

The data alone tell a pretty damning story: According to the CDC, from 1999-2018, the prevalence of obesity among adults in the US went from 30.5% to 42.4%, and those with severe obesity went from 4.7% of the US adult population to 9.2%. These statistics are also tied to the…

It may be difficult at this moment to stay upbeat and positive, given all of the challenges we’re facing as both individuals and within larger communities. Even in normal times, scientists tell us that out of the 50 – 70,000 subconscious thoughts we have each day, 80% of those are…

Few of us need a reminder that as we get older, our memory may not work as well as it used to. A less-than-sharp memory can cause worry and anxiety, as we can forget everything, from where we last saw our keys to what our mother’s maiden name was. And…

It’s that time of year when many publications come out with their “best reads of the summer” list. And while this summer will be far from normal, there’s still pleasure to be gained, even if in isolation, from diving headlong into a book and losing yourself in someone else’s story….

As we’ve previously noted in agebuzz, heart disease remains one of the most serious causes of illness and death among older adults, and high blood pressure is one of the main causes of stroke and heart attacks in older people. So monitoring your blood pressure and taking prescribed blood pressure…