Can Treatment Before Dementia Start to Prevent Alzheimer’s in Silver Spring, MD by Warren June 22, 2010
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Alzheimer’s Stalks a Colombian Family
YARUMAL, Colombia — Tucked away on a steep street in this rough-hewn mountain town, an old woman found herself diapering her middle-age children.
For generations, the illness has tormented these and thousands of others among a sprawling group of relatives: the world’s largest family to experience Alzheimer’s disease. Now, the Colombian clan is center stage in a potentially groundbreaking assault on Alzheimer’s, a plan to see if giving treatment before dementia starts can lead to preventing Alzheimer’s altogether.
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Your Risk of Heart Disease in Silver Spring, MD by Warren June 17, 2010
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How to Turn Back the Clock When Your Blood Vessels Grow Old Before You Do
“A man is as old as his arteries.”
–Thomas Sydenham, English physician, 1624-1689
This comment, made nearly four centuries ago, raises a provocative modern-day question: Do you know how old your arteries are?
It is a question gaining increasing attention as researchers look for more effective ways to communicate risk of cardiovascular disease to patients and to motivate them to make changes in their lives that can help prevent heart attacks, strokes and other serious heart-related problems later in life.
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Senior Years Really are Golden in Silver Spring, MD by Warren June 8, 2010
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Senior years really are golden: Happiness increases after age 50, Gallup poll finds
Aging may seem like a pain, but a new study suggests that getting old is no reason to despair.
The study, based on a Gallup poll from 2008, finds that most people feel increasingly happy starting around age 50.
In general, life satisfaction is high at age 18 but sinks until about 50. Then, it starts to climb again, increasing so steadily that most people feel better about their lives at 85 than they did at 18.
“It’s a very encouraging fact that we can expect to be happier in our early 80s than we were in our 20s,” Andrew J. Oswald, who teaches psychology at Warwick Business School in England, told The New York Times. “And it’s not being driven by things that happen in life. It’s something very deep and quite human that seems to be driving this.”
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The Financial Health of Aging Seniors in Silver Spring, MD by Warren June 1, 2010
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With our current economic challenges, those of us looking forward to retirement need to be well-informed about our financial needs in coming years. And not only pre-retirees, but individuals already in retirement need to be wise to the changing economic environment. The good news is there are trained professionals who keep abreast of changes in the current economy, changes in laws and changes in government programs for the elderly. Professionals in this field are equipped to handle everything from help with retirement savings accounts, investment advice, and guidance on government programs, estate planning or even new funding options such as reverse mortgages. A little planning prior to retirement will allow you to maintain your current lifestyle; whereas, a lack of planning may require you to live on an extremely tight budget. For those already retired, taking time right now to deal with financial problems instead of waiting for a crisis to happen is well advised.
May is Older Americans Month in Silver Spring, MD by Warren May 26, 2010
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Older Americans Month 2010
Age Strong! Live Long!
May is Older Americans Month—a tradition dating back to 1963 to honor the legacies and ongoing contributions of older Americans and support them as they enter the next stage in life.
This year’s Older Americans Month theme—Age Strong! Live Long!—recognizes the diversity and vitality of today’s older Americans who span three generations. They have lived through wars and hard times, as well as periods of unprecedented prosperity. They pioneered new technologies in medicine, communications, and industry while spearheading a cultural revolution that won equal rights for minorities, women, and disabled Americans.
These remarkable achievements demonstrate the strength and character of older Americans, and underscore the debt of gratitude we owe to the generations that have given our society so much. But the contributions of older Americans are not only in the past.
