Category: Aging

June Shaffer
There’s this stuff online, Vivix, billed as “the world’s best anti-aging supplement.” It’s grape-flavored.
Of course, tons of supplements with uncertain effects are promoted like this online. But this one’s caught our eye because David Sinclair, a Harvard researcher who’s done some high-profile aging research, was paid to be on the scientific advisory […]

JGrimes
The feds are trying to make the delicate task of choosing a nursing home easier with a new online rating system. But nursing-home groups claim the government grades miss the mark.
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has posted online ratings from one to five stars for nearly 16,000 nursing homes. Some […]

JGrimes
If you don’t expect to receive Medicare and Social Security benefits by the time you retire, you’ve got plenty of company.
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We take for granted that Generations X, Y and Z take a pretty dim view of the likelihood those benefits will be around when they cash their last paychecks. But 61% of […]

JGrimes
If you’re in a nursing home, federal law says you can only be evicted for a few reasons — if you can’t pay the bill, if you’re well enough to go home, if you’re endangering the safety of others, that sort of thing.
But some state officials say nursing homes have been turning out […]

Jacob Goldstein
Men 75 and older shouldn’t be screened for prostate cancer because the risks associated with screening and the stress of false alarms outweigh the benefits of detecting the disease.
Those were the conclusions announced yesterday by the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force, an independent panel of experts convened by the feds to establish […]

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Among the underappreciated risks of growing old is the damage a seemingly simple fall can wreak.
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Falls are the leading cause of injury deaths for people 65 and older, and they’re the most frequent reason for trauma admissions among the elderly, according to the Centers of Disease Control and Prevention.
The drugs […]

JGrimes
Contrary to popular belief, recent research suggests that older and wiser may also mean older and happier.
For more than three decades, researchers have been conducting thousands of detailed interviews with Americans, asking questions year after year so they can make solid comparisons. “One important finding was people who were biologically older are happier […]

SFini
Attempts to create popular alternatives to nursing homes have realized mixed results, but the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation is betting on an eight-year-old movement called “Green Houses,” a WSJ Page One story reports.
The foundation is investing $15 million over five years on Green Houses, which aim to replace large nursing homes with […]

Lydene
Let’s see. Just landed after that fabulous but tiring overseas trip. Now where in the world did we park the car? Hmmm. We just can’t seem to remember.
Could we be having a “senior moment” or something more serious? It’s not always so easy to tell.
Starting in the 50s and 60s, there’s a decline […]

JGrimes
Amgen’s experimental bone drug denosumab took another small step toward the market yesterday, as the company said the drug outperformed Merck’s Fosamax in a head-to-head trial.
Amgen tested the drug on post-menopausal women with low bone mineral density (the standard test for bone strength) who were already taking Fosamax. Half of the women were […]