The Medical Minute: Exercise helps to keep seniors safe from falls – courtesy of Penn State Health News Each day, more than 800 Americans suffer a hip fracture. Most of those fractures are due to falls, and most happen to seniors, who have lower bone density and muscle mass than...
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Choose An Active Retirement Community for Your Loved One – They Promote Physical Well Being
Choose An Active Retirement Community for Your Loved One – They Promote Physical Well Being Researchers at the University of Missouri-Columbia found that older adults in retirement communities who said they were involved in exercise more often were less likely to experience certain health issues as they got older. However,...
Running Infographic
Here’s a great infographic as a follow up to our post yesterday. Compiled By: InsuranceQuotes.org
Jogging Adds Years to Life & Makes You Happier
Danish researchers have found that those who jog at least an hour a week can add an average of six more years to their life. According to Dr. Peter Schnohr, chief cardiologist from the Copenhagen City Heart study, there is an “age-adjusted survival benefit of 6.2 years in men and...
Ideal Outdoor Activities as You Age
Maintaining an active lifestyle is essential for seniors to keep their bodies healthy and away from all types of diseases that come along with aging.åÊ As you age exercising for some can be a bit strenuous due to physical limitations. The need to look for alternative activities to keep those...
New NIH Senior Website User Friendly
The National Institutes of Health has redesigned and enlarged its wellness-related Web site, NIHSeniorHealth, making it a comprehensive, detailed source of reliable, up-to-date medical information for and about older people.åÊ The site now covers almost 50 health topics and includes 150 videos and an extensive list of frequently asked questions....
5 Cool Ways Health Clubs are Shrinking SeniorsÛª Waistlines
Guest post by David Roddenberry. åÊ David Roddenberry is co-founder of HealthyWage, (www.HealthyWage.com), the only company that pays Americans cash to lose weight while offering social and expert-based support, tools and resources, and goal-setting and tracking technologies to address our nationÛªs obesity epidemic and improve AmericaÛªs collective health. Health club...
Seniors Who Engage in Shopping Every Day Stay Healthier Longer
My father-in-law will not be happy with this report. In a study recently published in the Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health, it was found that seniors who engage in shopping every day, or almost every day, stay healthier longer than those who don’t get out of their homes as...