Senior's Health

Aging and exer­cise go hand in hand. While aging shouldn’t stop you from get­ting phys­i­cal activ­i­ty, it may mean you need to make some changes.

You may have heard that Sudoku improves brain health — but the truth is a bit more com­pli­cat­ed. Here’s how to stay sharp as you get older.

Mak­ing healthy choic­es dur­ing each decade of your life is key to healthy aging. Here’s your check­list for your 20s, 30s and beyond.

Bone min­er­al den­si­ty (BMD) scans, also known as dual-ener­gy X‑ray absorp­tiom­e­try (DEXA or DXA) scans, use a very small amount of radi­a­tion to deter­mine the min­er­al con­tent in your bones and tests for osteo­poro­sis and/​or osteopenia.

Car­ing for an aging loved one can be reward­ing — but also chal­leng­ing. Here are 9 tips to help care­givers pri­or­i­tize their own phys­i­cal and men­tal health.

May is Nation­al Osteo­poro­sis Month, a great time to set the record straight about this debil­i­tat­ing and poten­tial­ly dead­ly dis­ease. While it’s the most com­mon type of bone dis­ease, mis­un­der­stand­ing exists about who can suf­fer from it and what can be done to pre­vent it.

While pro­longed hos­pi­tal stays are intend­ed to restore your body, long peri­ods of bedrest may result in var­i­ous phys­i­cal side effects. Break­Through Care Cen­ter physi­cian, Dr. Karl Szafran­s­ki, shares insights to help pre­pare you for phys­i­cal changes that you may expe­ri­ence with a long hos­pi­tal stay.

After age 50, frac­tured bones present a major health threat for approx­i­mate­ly 50% of men and women (that’s right, men can be impact­ed as well). The cul­prit is a dis­ease called osteo­poro­sis and is char­ac­ter­ized by poor bone quality.

Care­givers sac­ri­fice a lot for those they care for, but, often­times, neglect their own health in the process. Between help­ing with every­day liv­ing, man­ag­ing med­ical care and tak­ing care of house­hold activ­i­ties, it is no sur­prise that many care­givers feel men­tal­ly and phys­i­cal­ly exhaust­ed over time. To help pre­vent symp­toms of ​“burnout”, we have com­piled tips to rec­og­nize care­giv­er fatigue in your­self and oth­ers, as well as how to prac­tice self-care in such a demand­ing role.

Demen­tia refers to a group of dis­eases and symp­toms that are asso­ci­at­ed with a decline in mem­o­ry and cog­ni­tive func­tion severe enough to inter­fere with every­day life. It is most com­mon in those over the age of 65 and may cause symp­toms that hin­der the abil­i­ty to think, remem­ber and rea­son. Today, approx­i­mate­ly 47.5 mil­lion peo­ple are liv­ing with demen­tia worldwide.