OK, it is only a study done on rats but University of Chicago researchers have found that social isolation and stress may increase breast cancer risk 3.3-fold. Rats kept alone had a 135 percent increase in the number of tumors and a more than 8,000 percent increase in tumor size....
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Alzheimer’s and Aging – Why Our Brains Go Down the Drain with Age
This following is a guest post by Shannon Wills, who writes on the topic of Physical Therapist Assistant Schools . She welcomes your comments at her email: shannonwills23@gmail.com. Many of you are familiar with the horrifying statistics regarding Alzheimer’s Disease: · Over 5.2 million Americans are affected and the number...
AlzheimerÛªs and Aging ÛÒ Why Our Brains Go Down the Drain with Age
This following is a guest post by Shannon Wills, who writes on the topic of Physical Therapist Assistant Schools . She welcomes your comments at her email: shannonwills23@gmail.com. Many of you are familiar with the horrifying statistics regarding AlzheimerÛªs Disease: åá Over 5.2 million Americans are affected and the number...
Blueberries As Good As They Say They Are For Memory
Thanks to McKnight’s for drawing my attention to the following. A team of researchers from the University of Cincinnati, the U.S. Department of Agriculture, and the Canadian department of agriculture sought to determine whether blueberries really live up to their reputation as a memory-enhancing food. Every day for two months,...
Seniors Who Defy Their Age – Need Inspiration? Go Here.
The Seniors for Living web site has an interesting and inspiring blog post that details the exploits of senior athletes doing what most their age and many of those younger can’t. A group of skydiving seniors ranging in age from 60 to 80. A 92-year-old man who holds the current...
Brown University Introduces New Web Site to Compare Nursing Homes
A new web site for analyzing and choosing nursing homes has been developed by the Center for Gerontology and Healthcare Research at Brown University. It is www.LTCfocUS.org. Because it is academically based it seeks to provide evidence based data that is unencumbered by the politics and the inaccuracies of other...
Assisted Living Regulations Improving
Guest Blog in Advance for Long Term Care Management regarding regulations around Assisted Living facilities.
Baby Boomer Job Seekers Should View Themselves as a Brand
As I seek to provide more information to boomers in all aspects of their life, I thought I would share the following. Individuals have a brand. We don’t always think about ourselves as brands but if we did we would probably act, speak and present ourselves differently and better, standing...
5% of Boomers Abusing Drugs
Health Day, citing a new government study, reports that almost 5 percent of aging Baby Boomers in the United States are abusing drugs. Approximately 4.3 million adults over the age of 50 are smoking marijuana, abusing prescription medication and engaging in other illicit drug activity. The driving force behind the...
Our Blog Added to Alltop
I am very pleased to report that our blog has been added to Alltop. What is that you ask? Alltop helps you answer the question, ÛÏWhatÛªs happening?Û in ÛÏall the topicsÛ that interest you. You may wonder how Alltop is different from a search engine. A search engine is good...