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National Observance Day Is Opportunity for Senior Adults to Get Fit

National Senior Health and Fitness Day on May 29 is opportunity for senior adults to get fit.

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Gerontology Education On the Rise at New York Institute of Technology

Gerontology and geriatrics education is a growing field as experts seek to train students, caregivers, and seniors themselves about healthy aging, vitality, and the new generation of active elderly people.

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Progerin’s “Discrimination” May Contribute to Fatal Disease HGPS

A mutant protein responsible for Hutchinson-Gilford Progeria syndrome (HGPS) bars large proteins from entering the nucleus, according to a study in The Journal of Cell Biology.

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Tufts U Scientist Available to Comment on Results of National Eye Institute's AREDS2 Trial

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Want to Slow Mental Decay? Play a Video Game

A University of Iowa study shows that older people can put off the aging of their minds by playing a simple game that primes their processing speed skills. The research showed participants' cognitive skills improved in a range of functions, from improving peripheral vision to problem solving. Results published in the journal PLOS One.

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Living to 100 – Preparing for Good Health as Life Expectancy Age Rises

May is Older Americans Month. Every day more than 10,000 baby boomers turn 65 with expectations of living into their 80s. Their children can easily live to be 100. Geriatric Medicine Specialist Stephen Jones, MD, gives his Top 10 Tips for staying healthy to 100 years old.

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Brain Region May Hold Key to Aging

While the search continues for the Fountain of Youth, researchers may have found the body’s “fountain of aging”: the brain region known as the hypothalamus. For the first time, scientists at Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University report that the hypothalamus of mice controls aging throughout the body. Their discovery of a specific age-related signaling pathway opens up new strategies for combating diseases of old age and extending lifespan. The paper was published today in the online edition of Nature.

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No Link Between Anesthesia, Dementia in Elderly

Elderly patients who receive anesthesia are no more likely to develop long-term dementia or Alzheimer’s disease than other seniors, according to new Mayo Clinic research. The study analyzed thousands of patients using the Rochester Epidemiology Project -- which allows researchers access to medical records of nearly all residents of Olmsted County, Minn. -- and found that receiving general anesthesia for procedures after age 45 is not a risk factor for developing dementia. The findings were published Wednesday, May 1, online in Mayo Clinic Proceedings.

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Attention Baby Boomers: Get Screened for Hepatitis C

People born during 1945 through 1965 are five times more likely than other adults to be infected with hepatitis C. If you were born during these years, talk to your doctor about getting tested.

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