Aging

Dear Believers In Vampires And Integrative Medicine- Plasma From Young Donors Is Not A Remedy For Anything Except Wealth

One new craze in the alternatives to medicine community is infusions of plasma from young donors, sold with the claim that it can prevent aging, dementia, Parkinson’s disease, multiple sclerosis, and even PTSD, post-traumatic stress disorder. Vampires are ...

Article - Hank Campbell - Feb 19 2019 - 4:35pm

Ageism Is Rampant In England, And Discrimination Against Seniors Is Causing Health Issues

Ageism, discrimination against the elderly, has been reported in The Lancet Public Health journal as a problem for 25 percent of older people in England. And that is not truly old people, even those in their 50s face it. The repercussions are not just emot ...

Article - News Staff - Apr 3 2019 - 6:00pm

Taste Is Complex And It Changes As We Age

Taste is a complex phenomenon. We do not experience the sensation through a single sense (as we would when we see something using our sense of sight, for example) but rather it is made up of the five senses working together to allow us to appreciate and e ...

Article - The Conversation - Apr 11 2019 - 9:00am

Is Heart Failure Normal In Old Age? Is Heart Disease Different For Women?

Survey results that will be presented during Heart Failure 2019 in Athens a few weeks from now are a good opportunity to discuss facts and myths about heart disease. Including some held by cardiologists. 20 percent of believe believe, for example, that hea ...

Article - Hank Campbell - May 6 2019 - 11:17am

Resistance Training In Older Adults May Not Be Just Beneficial, It May Be Essential

A new position statement suggests resistance training should be considered vital to improving the health and longevity of senior citizens. The statement makes recommendations for successful resistance training, or exercise focused on building muscle endur ...

Article - News Staff - Jul 26 2019 - 8:28am

Aging: Once You Reach 105, Your Chances Of Living To 110 Are Pretty Good

For most aging people, their 90s are the most perilous time. But if you live to be 105, your chances of living to 110 basically level out after declining when people reach their 90s. ...

Article - News Staff - Aug 2 2019 - 10:35am

Australian Men Have The Highest Lagged Cohort Life Expectancy

Will beer and fights become the newest health craze? Though the stereotype of Australian men is the tough, beer-drinking Alpha- they popularized running face-first while rappelling down cliffs among armies across the world- but they must live pretty health ...

Article - News Staff - Aug 22 2019 - 10:33am

Even One Exercise Session Is Good For The Aging Brain

Exercise is obviously physically beneficial and there are claims it also releases happiness-inducing hormones- and it may work that way for a few but if you are suffering from depression the last thing you need is someone in a Live Love Laugh shirt asking ...

Article - News Staff - Aug 27 2019 - 5:00am

Healthy People Over 70 Should Not Use An Aspirin Regimen

Aspirin is fine for headaches but like much of epidemiological correlation that suggests cause and effect, link aspirin to fewer heart attacks has been nothing but a subsidy for companies. New results of the ASPREE trial presented today at ESC Congress 201 ...

Article - News Staff - Aug 31 2019 - 2:38pm

How Far Away Is Immortality?

It was quite unlike any other acceptance speech of the UEFA President’s award. In a rather philosophical address before the Champion’s League draw in Monaco, former football player and actor Eric Cantona claimed: “Soon the science will not only be able to ...

Article - The Conversation - Sep 14 2019 - 5:00am