Frailty

You may love him or hate him, but chances are you (or someone you love) now have something in common with 81-year-old Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell: That is, a serious fall leading to injury and hospitalization. As you may know, Senator McConnell recently tripped at a private dinner in…

As we’ve highlighted in the past, loss of the sense of smell could be a warning sign that you are facing the onset of dementia or Alzheimer’s. Since that previous post, more recent studies have confirmed this suspicion and provided additional evidence of the connection. In a study published in…

So raise your hand (if it’s not painful) if you’ve broken a bone in your later years. If you have, you’re not alone. In fact, according to a recent op-ed in The Hill, we’re in for a looming public health crisis in the coming years due to the incidence of…

With the Fall season now in full swing, and many of us back out and about exploring our cultural passions, it’s exciting to consider the theater and dance performances, music events, and art exhibitions that await us. In fact, there’s new research that underscores the value of access to such…

While it may be challenging, we’ve never shied away from encouraging agebuzz readers to commit to strength training as a way to keep you physically, cognitively, and emotionally strong. Whether you’re working your core or preventing your muscles from shrinking, the benefits of strengthening muscles and staying strong are incalculable…

Face it: When you conjure up an image of a frail person, you likely picture an older man or woman, hunched over a walker and moving at a snail’s pace. And while that image may reflect a certain percentage of our senior population (Johns Hopkins estimates that 7-12% of adults…