Is It Worth It to Switch to an Electric Car? Electric vehicles are here. Is the higher price tag worth a lesser environmental impact and other potential benefits, or are there hidden costs? If you are thinking about getting a new car, you have likely considered buying an electric vehicle (EV). More and more of them will be hitting the roads… Published on: 2022-04-13 Source: Society for Certified Senior Advisors By Society of Certified Senior Advisors It’s Your Choice: You Can Change Your Views of Aging and Improve Your Life People’s beliefs about aging have a profound impact on their health, influencing everything from their memory and sensory perceptions to how well they walk, how fully they recover from disabling illness, and how long they live. When aging is seen as a negative experience (characterized by terms such as… Published on: 2022-04-11 Source: Kaiser Health News By Judith Graham Why Coffee Is a Health Food for Older Adults Quit feeling guilty over your morning cup(s) of joe. Research shows that coffee can help prevent dementia, improve cardiovascular health, and increase lifespan. Coffee can help seniors maintain a healthy lifestyle. That is the conclusion of a plethora of studies on the steamy liquid that is synonymous with waking up for… Published on: 2022-04-07 Source: Society for Certified Senior Advisors By Society of Certified Senior Advisors What to Do When You’re the Executor Being the executor of an estate is a complicated task. Knowing what you’re in for can help you prepare.You may be the executor for a parent or close friend. Accepting this responsibility is the kind, decent thing to do. But you may have no idea what to prepare for, and… Published on: 2022-02-20 Source: Society for Certified Senior Advisors By Society of Certified Senior Advisors We’re excited about single-cell sequencing technology and think you should be too! Dr. Simon Melov Professor Simon Melov is well known at the Buck for his love of cutting-edge technology and his efforts to get the latest and greatest technology in place at the Institute. Melov, whose lab is focused on identifying hallmarks of aging in order to guide the development of… Published on: 2022-02-17 Source: The Buck Institute By Buck Institute New imaging scan reveals a culprit in cognitive decline of Alzheimer’s Advanced imaging technology has helped scientists confirm that the destruction of brain synapses underlies the cognitive deficits experienced by patients with Alzheimer's disease. For many years, scientists have assumed that the loss of connections between brain cells caused Alzheimer's-related symptoms, including memory loss, but actual evidence of the role of… Published on: 2022-02-17 Source: Science Daily – Healthy Aging Online Learning Opportunities Retirement is a time for exploring and learning. A vast array of online educational opportunities await, and some are free. Have you ever wanted to take a class at a top university, but you couldn’t afford it? Are you a little bored in retirement and looking for a way… Published on: 2022-02-15 Source: Society for Certified Senior Advisors By Society of Certified Senior Advisors Save Your Overloaded Inbox With Burner Email Inundated with email you don’t want or need? Save yourself with burner email. Spam. It arrives in your inbox in a constant stream. Every once in a while you take time to send it to your spam folder, but wait a week and more useless emails appear. Dealing with it… Published on: 2022-02-10 Source: Society for Certified Senior Advisors By Society of Certified Senior Advisors Is Expired Food Any Good? We’ve been taught to throw out expired food, just to be on the “safe” side. But nearly all of it is fine to eat. Forty percent of food produced in America is headed for a landfill. A landmark study found that the average American family tosses out food worth between… Published on: 2022-02-06 Source: Society for Certified Senior Advisors By Society of Certified Senior Advisors How to live longer: five daily habits for a longer and happier life Longevity is determined by different factors including genetic, environment and lifestyle. How we live everyday can influence how long we live, and making better lifestyle choices in the three main areas of diet, exercise and sleep is key to improving long-term health and lifespan. What are some daily habits we… Published on: 2022-02-03 Source: Longevity Technology By Laura Allison Buck Institute research reveals potential new class of senolytics A naturally-occurring metabolite is a potent senolytic in both mice and human cell culture, showing particular efficacy in skeletal muscle. There is a potential new class of senolytics that can remove or mitigate the effects of cellular senescence, a stress response which drives many age-related diseases. Publishing in iScience, researchers… Published on: 2022-02-03 Source: Longevity Technology By Eleanor Garth Famous & 65 Look who's turning 65 this monthFind out which celebrities are turning 65 this month!Image Source: WikipediaFebruary 13 – Denise Austin, fitness instructor, authorWith magnificent teeth, blonde hair, and a tan that never fades, Denise Austin was made for the spotlight. This California girl started gymnastics at age 12 and wound up… Published on: 2022-02-02 Source: Society for Certified Senior Advisors By Society of Certified Senior Advisors Complex 3D artificial kidney tissue generated in the lab from scratch Researchers create complex 3D kidney organoids that could lead the way to better kidney research and artificial kidneys for human transplant. A team from Kumamoto University in Japan has has created three dimension kidney tissue from scratch in their lab using cultured embryonic stem cells; this research could pave the… Published on: 2022-02-02 Source: Longevity Technology By Eleanor Garth You Probably Have Fascia Pain and Don’t Know It Most people – men and women – experience myofascial pain syndrome at some time in their life, but it often goes undiagnosed. Fascia is the thin, white connective tissue that surrounds muscle groups, blood vessels, and each of your organs inside your body. This tissue contains nerve endings but is not… Published on: 2022-01-26 Source: Society for Certified Senior Advisors By Society of Certified Senior Advisors Buck professor Julie Andersen weighs in on Aduhelm, the controversial Alzheimer’s drug Neuroscientist Julie Andersen runs a Buck lab focused on understanding how aging drives Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s diseases in order to identify new treatments that would slow or prevent them from happening. She supports the recent preliminary decision by Medicare to cover the costs of the controversial Alzheimer’s drug Aduhelm only… Published on: 2022-01-26 Source: The Buck Institute By Buck Institute What factors determine longevity – and how can they be harnessed? If you are lucky enough to live longer than the average person, you could be described as having longevity. Longevity is a combination of health and lifespan that is determined by a variety of factors. How to live longer is the age-old question that is fuelling the rapidly-growing longevity landscape,… Published on: 2022-01-26 Source: Longevity Technology By Laura Allison Tax Tips for Older Adults Tax time doesn’t need to be stressful. We offer suggestions for filling out your return and how to get ready for next year. Most of us dread tax season and the accompanying need to dig for receipts, add up income, and live in fear of a big, unexpected IRS bill. Even… Published on: 2022-01-24 Source: Society for Certified Senior Advisors By Society of Certified Senior Advisors