The busy festive season is upon us. But as we’re making our lists and checking them twice, scammers are just as busy—and, alas, increasingly inventive. Consider this. Last year alone, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) reports that Americans lost a record $12.5 billion to scams and fraud—up 25% from the prior year. And while older […]
We’ve reported extensively on the benefits of quality sleep for healthy aging, from enhanced cognitive function to helping fend off chronic conditions like heart disease and diabetes. Here, Joanna Fong-Isariyawongse, an Associate Professor of Neurology at the University of Pittsburgh, writes about yet another benefit of sleep, saying that getting enough of it is “as […]
A potentially worrisome trend is emerging among young adults. Instead of landing a job and moving to the big city after graduation, many are moving back into their childhood homes instead. About 1.5 million more adults under 35 live with their parents today than a decade ago. That’s a 6.3% jump, more than double the […]
For more than 20 years, hormone replacement therapy (HRT) carried one of the strongest warnings the FDA can issue — a “black box” caution about possible heart, stroke, and cancer risks. That label, added after early 2000s studies caused widespread alarm, led many women (and their doctors) to steer clear. Now, the FDA has removed […]
For years, the two patients had come to the Penn Memory Center at the University of Pennsylvania, where doctors and researchers follow people with cognitive impairment as they age, as well as a group with normal cognition. Both patients, a man and a woman, had agreed to donate their brains after they died for further […]
As winter approaches and daylight saving time has ended, many people are bracing themselves for shorter days, colder weather and what’s often dismissed as the “winter blues.” But these seasonal shifts are more than a passing inconvenience, and can disrupt people’s energy, moods and daily routines. Seasonal affective disorder (SAD) is a condition that heightens […]
We’re pleased to feature another podcast from Dr. Gillian Lockitch, renowned physician and healthy aging expert, and a member of the SuperAging News Network. In this strategy packed episode of Growing Older Living Younger, Dr. Gill speaks with Allison McCune Davis, author of 60 Is a Good Start and creator of the Reignite 60-Day Dare Planner. Allison […]
As we’ve reported here, travel contributes greatly to our health and well-being, and may even help us live longer. If you’re looking to spend more time with Mother Nature on your next trip, you’ll want to read about the next travel trend: Dark sky tourism. On a cold winter night in a rural area, I […]
Featuring our SuperAging News Network partner, Barb Desmarais, hostess of the popular podcast series: “What’s Next: Conversations With Boomers.” Vancouver-based Barb Desmarais, a Boomer herself, offers a series of engaging conversations with Boomers on a wide range of topics, from health to finance to fitness to relationships and more.We first met Barb when we were […]
The COVID-19 mRNA-based vaccines that saved 2.5 million lives globally during the pandemic could help spark the immune system to fight cancer. This is the surprising takeaway of a new study that we and our colleagues published in the journal Nature. While developing mRNA vaccines for patients with brain tumors in 2016, our team, led […]
