Health

One technology that is fast-becoming a favorite for many seniors is the ride-sharing option- be it Uber or Lyft. For those of you with smartphones, hailing a car to take you to an appointment or restaurant is as easy as clicking a few buttons. And now Uber has announced a…

You may already notice it in yourself: your once strong muscles begin to weaken and your ability to carry out your daily activities diminishes. The technical term for this progressive loss of skeletal muscle is called sarcopenia and if it progresses without intervention, you may become frail and unable to live…

As you get older, or maybe because of family history, worrying about heart health can become more common. And as you age, it’s not unusual to experience an occasional strange heart rhythm or flutter, perhaps from excitement or anxiety. But if the unusual feeling persists? Then it may be time…

Raise your hand if you think twice these days before bending over to pick up something you’ve dropped. For all too many of us, pain that emanates from the spine or back often means that bending over is a complex or uncomfortable task. Well, it turns out that over the course…

No one likes going to the hospital if you can avoid it. For older patients, there’s even evidence that hospitals can cause as many problems as they solve. Health experts are now beginning to chime in on what may be the death knell of modern hospitals as we’ve known them….

Every year on your birthday, you get a stark reminder of how old you are- at least according to the calendar. But some of us feel younger than our years would suggest, and others of us feel “older” than we’d like. How to explain this? Well, our chronological age is…