Pre-Paying for (or just Planning) Burial and Cremation You want to make it easy for your family when you die. But is it wise to pre-pay for a funeral or cremation? We’re all going to die, and many of us prefer to have everything in order before we go, including a service and arrangements for burial or… Published on: 2023-08-20 Source: Society for Certified Senior Advisors By Society of Certified Senior Advisors A New Medicare Proposal Would Cover Training for Family Caregivers Even with extensive caregiving experience, Patti LaFleur was unprepared for the crisis that hit in April 2021, when her mother, Linda LaTurner, fell out of a chair and broke her hip. LaTurner, 71, had been diagnosed with early-onset dementia seven years before. For two years, she’d been living with… Published on: 2023-08-18 Source: Kaiser Health News By Judith Graham Should a Robot Do Your Surgery? Robotic surgery does have advantages, but they may not be the ones you think it has. As more and more medical centers are investing the $2 million or so needed for a robotic surgery system in an operating room, patients are often faced with a choice: Should I have… Published on: 2023-08-15 Source: Society for Certified Senior Advisors By Society of Certified Senior Advisors New Alzheimer’s Drug Raises Hopes — Along With Questions The FDA has approved Leqembi, the first disease-modifying treatment for early-stage Alzheimer’s and a precursor condition, mild cognitive impairment. Medicare has said it will pay for the therapy. Medical centers across the country are scrambling to finalize policies and procedures for providing the medication to patients, possibly by summer’s… Published on: 2023-08-11 Source: Kaiser Health News By Judith Graham Novel approach can engineer blood vessels Researchers have developed a fast, inexpensive and scalable method for engineering blood vessels from natural tissue. Researchers from Department of Biomedical Engineering at the University of Melbourne, the researchers employed a novel approach to ‘tissue engineering’ blood vessels. By combining multiple materials and fabrication technologies, they developed a method… Published on: 2023-08-09 Source: Longevity Technology By Eleanor Garth Tau-PET : Future of Alzheimer’s patients Alzheimer's disease, one of the most common neurodegenerative diseases, leads to progressive loss of memory and autonomy. It is characterized by the accumulation of neurotoxic proteins in the brain, namely amyloid plaques and tau tangles. Due to the silent development of pathology over decades, very early diagnosis is of utmost… Published on: 2023-08-09 Source: Science Daily – Healthy Aging The Real Costs of the New Alzheimer’s Drug, Most of Which Will Fall to Taxpayers The first drug purporting to slow the advance of Alzheimer’s disease is likely to cost the U.S. health care system billions annually even as it remains out of reach for many of the lower-income seniors most likely to suffer from dementia. Medicare and Medicaid patients will make up 92%… Published on: 2023-08-02 Source: Kaiser Health News By Arthur Allen Researchers identify ‘clear changes’ in aging brain using novel techniques Researchers investigating brain activity in older people say the coordination between neuronal activity and the brain's oxygenation is altered. Non-invasive recording of the function of these neurovascular units in living humans has never been done before, but has now been achieved by using several measurement techniques coupled with novel analysis… Published on: 2023-07-31 Source: Science Daily – Healthy Aging Enhanced light sensitivity may contribute to Alzheimer’s ‘sundowning,’ disease progression New Alzheimer's research suggests that enhanced light sensitivity may contribute to 'sundowning' — the worsening of symptoms late in the day — and spur sleep disruptions that contribute to the disease's progression…. Published on: 2023-07-28 Source: Science Daily – Healthy Aging CRISPR Crops Are Here Had it been coined intentionally for the purpose of marketing fresh produce, the acronym CRISPR would have been a stroke of advertising genius. After all, who wouldn’t want their salad to be crisper? But the true genius of this gene-editing technology could be its ability to jump straight to… Published on: 2023-07-27 Source: Neo.Life By Brad Hughes Eight longevity habits that could lengthen your life by 20 years Study of over 700,000 people reveals life expectancy gains associated with healthy lifestyle choices. Is there such a thing as a longevity mantra? A routine or set of guidelines that can help you extend your lifespan and healthspan – in a nutshell, giving you more life in your years… Published on: 2023-07-27 Source: Longevity Technology By Eleanor Garth Mediterranean diet and physical activity could prevent hospitalization-associated disability in older people Hospitalized older people who do not follow a Mediterranean diet could benefit from a physical exercise program to prevent hospitalization-associated disability, that is, loss of skills in daily-life activities. Therefore, if the factor of following a Mediterranean diet is included among the variables assessed on the hospital admission of elderly… Published on: 2023-07-26 Source: Science Daily – Healthy Aging Scientists may have discovered mechanism behind cognitive decline in aging Scientists have discovered what they believe to be the central mechanism behind cognitive decline associated with normal aging…. Published on: 2023-07-25 Source: Science Daily – Healthy Aging The exposome takes center stage in the Zhou lab Our lifelong environment has a dramatic influence on health and aging The Human Genome Project promised extraordinary insight into underlying causes of disease and new prevention strategies and cures, and indeed it has transformed biology with innovative new ways to approach genetics. However, it turns out that genetics can only… Published on: 2023-07-25 Source: The Buck Institute By Buck Institute A common diabetes drug has a surprising side gig: Muscle protector You might not think of diabetes when you think of muscle function. But a common diabetes drug that regulates blood sugar can also prevent muscle atrophy and muscular fibrosis — which can help the elderly bounce back faster from injury or illness…. Published on: 2023-07-25 Source: Science Daily – Healthy Aging Inflammation discovery could slow aging, prevent age-related diseases Researchers have identified a key trigger for 'inflammaging' — inflammation that drives aging — and that discovery could let us live longer, healthier lives…. Published on: 2023-07-25 Source: Science Daily – Healthy Aging Dementia becomes an emergency 1.4 million times a year More than 1.4 million times a year, people with Alzheimer's disease and other forms of dementia end up in emergency care, a new study shows, accounting for nearly 7% of all emergency visits for any reason by people over age 65. Compared with their peers who don't have dementia, these… Published on: 2023-07-24 Source: Science Daily – Healthy Aging Link between cancer-causing gene and aging A gene called Myc (pronounced 'mick') that is among the most important drivers of cancer in both mice and humans also plays a newly discovered crucial role in aging…. Published on: 2023-07-24 Source: Science Daily – Healthy Aging These Foods May Kill You The evidence is in. Those highly processed foods we all love – think potato chips, hot dogs, soda, and many more – are killing us. Recent research suggests a link between how much highly processed foods and red meat someone eats, and life expectancy. A study published in the… Published on: 2023-07-24 Source: Society for Certified Senior Advisors By Society of Certified Senior Advisors Bodybuilding supplement may help stave off Alzheimer’s The secret to protecting your memory may be a staple of a bodybuilder's diet. Researchers recently discovered that a muscle-building supplement called beta-hydroxy beta-methylbutyrate, also called HMB, may help protect memory, reduce plaques and ultimately help prevent the progression of Alzheimer's disease…. Published on: 2023-07-21 Source: Science Daily – Healthy Aging Take These Out of Your Wallet What do you need to carry in your purse or wallet these days? Very little, and cleaning it out will reduce the likelihood of theft. Life has gotten complicated. Instead of carrying a little cash and a driver’s license, many of us have wallets stuffed with credit cards, debit… Published on: 2023-07-19 Source: Society for Certified Senior Advisors By Society of Certified Senior Advisors Lewy body disease can be detected before symptoms Lewy body disease is the second most common neurodegenerative disease after Alzheimer's disease. A research group has now shown that the disease can be detected before symptoms appear, using a spinal fluid test. Researchers also demonstrate that reduced sense of smell is strongly linked to Lewy body disease even before… Published on: 2023-07-18 Source: Science Daily – Healthy Aging Cell protein discovery points to healthier aging Researchers have found an anti-aging function in a protein deep within human cells. Researchers have discovered that a protein called ATSF-1 controls a fine balance between the creation of new mitochondria and the repair of damaged mitochondria…. Published on: 2023-07-18 Source: Science Daily – Healthy Aging AI to predict your health later in life — all at the press of a button Common bone density scans can detect a predictor of cardiovascular health risk — a process which can now be done a LOT faster…. Published on: 2023-07-17 Source: Science Daily – Healthy Aging Sleep: a Non-negotiable Biological Necessity – 7 Tips for Better Sleep Sleep is undeniably one of the most crucial factors for overall health and well-being. Dr. Matthew Walker, the author of Why We Sleep: Unlocking the Power of Sleep and Dreams, considers sleep as a non-negotiable biological necessity that impacts various aspects of our physical, mental, and emotional health…. Published on: 2023-07-16 Source: Human Longevity, Inc. By HLI Editor How to Clean Out Your Parents’ House Sooner or later, most of us will face cleaning out a parent’s home. Here’s how to make an enormous task easier and quicker. You never realize how much stuff your parents have packed into their home until you have to clean it out. You may be looking at decades… Published on: 2023-07-16 Source: Society for Certified Senior Advisors By Society of Certified Senior Advisors Time to shelve the concept of death? Longevity bestseller asserts: ‘Death will be optional by 2045’ José Luis Cordeiro and David Wood’s bestselling book claims that “death will be optional by 2045 – or even earlier” if more public and private funds are invested in rejuvenation technologies – and it is coming to a bookshop near… Published on: 2023-07-14 Source: Longevity Technology By Eleanor Garth Measuring longevity: Making the case for functional age Zest CEO on why functional age may provide a better measure for consumer longevity interventions than biological age. The concept of biological age is a hot topic in longevity these days. In principle, the idea makes perfect sense – a better, more scientific way to quantify the extent to… Published on: 2023-07-13 Source: Longevity Technology By Danny Sullivan Why people who have Down’s Syndrome age prematurely An overdosed gene on chromosome 21 causes people with Down's Syndrome to age faster than the general population…. Published on: 2023-07-12 Source: Science Daily – Healthy Aging Could This Hypertension Drug Increase Lifespan? Scientists find that a drug developed to treat hypertension may be able to add years to your life. Scientists have recently discovered that rilmenidine, a drug used to treat hypertension, both extended lifespan and slowed aging in animals. The drug showed results in both younger and older mice in… Published on: 2023-07-12 Source: Society for Certified Senior Advisors By Society of Certified Senior Advisors Older posts
