Risk Taking

Have you been a victim? According to a recent survey from the Pew Research Center, 73% of US adults have experienced some type of online scam. This has occurred among all age groups and resulted in losses reported to the FBI of over $16 billion in 2024. 79% of those…

Not very long ago, we published a post about the use of cannabis (marijuana) among older adults, and it was one of our more popular posts when we published it. Perhaps now we know the reason why. According to new research published in JAMA Internal Medicine, marijuana usage among older…

The debate about drinking alcohol appears to be continuing unabated. On one side, we have evidence that drinking alcohol continues to be a popular activity among older adults. According to a recent analysis of credit card spending by The Bank of America Institute, Baby Boomers’ spending at bars was up…

They say that laughter is the best medicine. Many of us can use a good laugh these days, and for some, hearing the audience laugh at their jokes is the elixir they have needed to keep them buoyed at a later moment in life. We seem to be in an…

Here’s a sobering statistic: The number of deaths caused by alcohol-associated diseases more than doubled during the years 1999-2020. According to a study published in The American Journal of Medicine, in 2020, nearly 50,000 people, aged 25-85, died in the United States as a result of such alcohol-caused illnesses as…

For anyone who’s had to ask an older adult to give up driving, or who has made the decision for herself, you know how agonizing and distressing it can be to lay down the keys and say goodbye to what is likely a vital part of everyday life. This is…