StemCell Therapy

Dr. Carin van Zyl talks to Jose Garcia Flores about his treatment. His wife listens.

Aging & Longevity

Need for palliative care highlighted by new aid-in-dying laws

Contrary to some patients fears, palliative care doctors are not there to hasten death

By Anna Gorman, Kaiser Health News

Dec. 1, 2015 More times than she can count, Dr. Carin van Zyl has heard terminally ill patients beg to die. They tell her they cant handle the pain, that the nausea is unbearable and the anxiety overwhelming.

Aging & Longevity

Aid-In-Dying advocacy group ready for battles after California victory

Check map to see if your state is considering aid-in-dying or already has it

Dec. 1, 2015 - Fresh off a political triumph in California, the nations chief advocacy group for physician-assisted suicide laws, Compassion & Choices, is mobilizing for many more battles on behalf of terminally ill patients. More...

Aging & Longevity

Retirement may not be bliss many expect before reaching age 65

Key factors physical impairment, chronic medical conditions, approach of death depress seniors

Nov. 14, 2015 - A new study punches a hole in the balloon of happiness and bliss that many have associated with turning age 65, which is generally considered the age we become senior citizens. The new study says we become more depressed from age 65 onward. More...

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Aid-in-Dying Bill to become law in California

Gov. Jerry Brown says it is what he would want; terminally ill can buy lethal medication

Oct. 5, 2015 - California Gov. Jerry Brown says it all came down to what he would want in the face of his own death, when he signed landmark legislation today to allow terminally ill patients to obtain lethal medication to end their lives.

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Do you know that person or is aging memory just confusing you?

Scientists have identified part of hippocampus that creates, processes this type of memory

Aug. 20, 2015 - You see a person at the store. They look familiar. Is this an old classmate or do they just look alike? Or is your aging brain just confusing you. One tiny spot in the hippocampus of the brain has the answer, scientists have discovered.

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Is longevity linked to intelligence shorter life may surprise many

First research to seek answer confirms some smart people live longer but its mostly genetic

Aug. 3, 2015 We probably know a lot of people who are going to a die a lot early than they think, if new research is accurate. There is a recognized tendency for more intelligent people to live longer, but it may not be because they are smarter.

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Senior citizens can follow five easy steps to avoid heart failure

These simple lifestyle factors cut risk of heart failure after age 65

June 14, 2015 Senior citizens people age 65 and older can follow five simple healthy behaviors and their risk of heart failure will be cut in half, says a large, multi-year study. More...

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Have they found a path to longevity without severe fasting

Study with mice and humans indicates severe fasting may not be only answer

June 14, 2015 Success in extending the lifespan of mice with a calorie-restricted diet for only eight days a month led scientist to try it with a small group of people and it appears to have worked. More...

Aging & Longevity

Tablets can help senior citizens cross the 'digital divide'

They make it easier for older people to get online, breaking down barriers that kept them from getting connected

June 9, 2015 - Too often, senior citizens are introduced to the digital world through a computer or tiny hand-held phone. And, too often, they find the challenge too much for their resolve. There is an easier way, according to new research, and its called a tablet. More...

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Seniors who have trouble sorting out different smells face shorter lives

This is not first study to find smell as factor in longevity.

June 3, 2015 A new study supports earlier findings that when older people have trouble distinguishing between odors they appear to have a shorter life span. The latest study of people on Medicare found a high death rate for those with the worse smell test scores, which was the same finding of a study released last October. More...

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This is despite higher rates of multiple underlying conditions on admission

May 26, 2015 - Patients aged 80 and above are significantly less likely to be carefully examined or aggressively treated after surgery than their younger counterparts, reveals a national audit of hospital deaths in Australia, published in the online journal BMJ Open. More...

Aging & Longevity

Elder Orphans emerges to identify childless, unmarried, vulnerable baby boomers

22 percent of Americans over age 65 currently or at risk to remain unsupported, vulnerable while elderly, says new research

May 20,2015, Great Neck, NY - With an aging Baby Boomer population and increasing numbers of childless and unmarried seniors, nearly one-quarter of Americans over age 65 are currently or at risk to become "elder orphans," a vulnerable group requiring greater awareness and advocacy efforts, according to new research by a North Shore-LIJ geriatrician and palliative care physician. More...

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Longevity facts revealed in 50 year study of men who made it to 100

Among interesting discovers: longevity more closely related to mothers than fathers; 20% had dementia; cardiovascular disease big killer

May 5, 2015 A 50-year study of men born in 1913 has found that only 10 of 855 (1.2%) lived to become centenarians 100 years of age. The study provides interesting insight after the age of 80 as to the causes of death and the numbers with dementia. The researchers also have some ideas on what it takes to reach the age of 100. More...

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Senior citizens need to understand Cognitive Aging not Alzheimers or dementia

New free report from Institute of Health is a good source for understanding the mental challenges of aging

By Tucker Sutherland, editor-publisher, SeniorJournal.com

April 23, 2015 As one who for years nursed a mother as she faded into the abyss of Alzheimers and has written extensively on senior citizen topics, I am stunned at how little we know about cognitive aging. Still, AD and memory problems come up almost every time two or more senior citizens get together. A new book that is available free from the Institute of Medicine has already made me a whole lot better informed on cognitive aging and I hope it gets wide distribution. More...

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Senior citizens jubilant after a good house cleaning, so the research shows

Keeping their homes maintained more important physically, mentally than where they live, what they own

April 16, 2015 - Senior citizens who keep a clean and orderly home tend to feel emotionally and physically better after tackling house chores. The reason for this jubilance is the exercise it takes to get the job done, according to new findings by a Case Western Reserve University school of nursing researcher. More...

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Can aging face become more likeable, feminine with plastic surgery?

Study in Journal of American Medical Association says there is more to the surgery than looking younger

April 9, 2015 Senior citizens usually think of facial plastic surgery as a way to look younger. A new study the first to examine perceptions after plastic surgery has found it does more than make you look youthful. It concludes that women who have certain procedures are perceived as having greater social skills and are more likeable, attractive and feminine. More...

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Chronically lonely seniors likely to turn to physicians for social contact

More doctors' office visits by older adults suffering chronic loneliness

April 3, 2015 - Experiences of loneliness and social isolation can lead to increased health care use among seniors, finds new research from the University of Georgia College of Public Health. More...

Aging News from other media

Great-grandma skydives and swims with sharks for 100th birthday

March 16, 2015 - Georgina Harwood celebrated her 100th year in style Saturday by skydiving in Cape Town, South Africa. Her friends and family joined her, watching safely from the ground. You might say she's the coolest 100-year-old person that has ever lived, considering she started skydiving at age 92. Read more, see video - Mashable

Aging News from other media

Seven financial scams that target seniors

March 6, 2015 - As many senior citizens spend their retirement traveling with family, pursuing second careers or becoming more active in the community, con artists are creating devious schemes to prey on their accumulated wealth. Fox Business

Aging & Longevity

Aging in Place sounds great but may not be for Boomers or their parents

There is a lot more going on at the group home to support successful aging

Feb. 25, 2015 - Baby boomers trying to pick the best living arrangements for themselves or their parents as they age should be wary of a phrase they coined in their younger years: If it feels good, do it. More...

Aging & Longevity

When one half of elderly couple stops driving it impacts both

Having a spouse who still drives does not remove the consequences of driving cessation for senior citizens

Feb. 24, 2015 Even if just one member of a senior couple stops driving, negative consequences result for both the driver and non-driver, according to a new study from the University of Missouri. It recommends that the elderly, and their adult children, carefully discuss and plan for the transition to driving cessation. More...

Aging News Other Media

At 90, She's Designing Tech for Aging Boomers

Jan. 20, 2015 - In Silicon Valley's youth-obsessed culture, 40-year-olds get plastic surgery to fit in. But IDEO, the firm that famously developed the first mouse for Apple, has a 90-year-old designer on staff. Barbara Beskind says her age is an advantage. "Everybody who ages is going to be their own problem-solver," she says. And designers are problem-solvers. More at NPR

Aging & Longevity

What is successful aging? Gerontologists still trying to reach agreement

Is the bottom line of successful aging for many elderly Americans simply surviving with reasonable cognition and some mobility, or is it much broader

Feb. 16, 2015 The debate over defining successful aging is raging again among the professionals in the field of gerontology. Despite books, years of research and numerous analytical articles in the past, there are 16 articles in the latest issue of The Gerontologist. One suggests those in the U.S. define it in more multidimensional terms than do most scholars. More...

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Love is in the air and here is proof you are never too old to fall in love

Residents at retirement communities around the country find love in their golden years

Feb. 12, 2015 - As Valentines Day approaches, seniors across the country who have lost their sweethearts are finding love again - but this time, it is with fellow residents in senior living communities, according to Holiday Retirement, that operates homes for senior citizens. More...

Aging & Longevity

Is surgery a viable option for patients age 80 plus with acute spinal conditions?

Study found no difference in complications, mortality when compared to younger patients

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