Aging Without Others: The Impact Of Loneliness As The Population Ages
April 16, 2025
A recent public survey clearly tells the story of loneliness among older adults: 34% of older adults surveyed feel isolated, and 37% suffer from a lack of companionship. As one expert makes clear, “When Mondays are like Thursdays are like Saturdays, life can be rather drab, miserable, and meaningless.” Beyond…
Stressed And Tense: How Are You Currently Coping?
April 16, 2025
If the world has you feeling tense and stressed these days, then April is your month, as April has been declared Stress Awareness Month! While some of us these days are likely in a perpetual state of stress, so that the anxious, tense feelings we experience seem “normal,” a chronic…
Do It Better: The Latest Insights On Healthier Aging
April 2, 2025
What does it mean to age in a healthy way? Are you eligible for the gold star for healthy aging, or is your status in question because of such habits as lack of exercise, unhealthy eating, or poor sleep routines? Standard definitions of healthy aging tend to focus on physical,…
A More Positive Prediction: Will The Number of Dementia Diagnoses Slow Down?
March 26, 2025
Back in January, we profiled a recent study that predicted that by 2060, the number of yearly dementia diagnoses in the US was likely to double to over one million. These are scary numbers, especially if dementia runs in your family or you’ve personally witnessed the downfall of someone diagnosed…
Sweet Surrender: Try To Eliminate Sugar From Your Diet For Healthier Aging
March 19, 2025
Depending upon your love of sweets along with your willpower, you may or may not remember that back in August, agebuzz highlighted a recent study that connected high added sugar intake with accelerated biological aging. Did that study lead you to better understand what sugar does to your body? Have…
Might Makes It Right: Why Strength Training Might Be Your Best Exercise
March 12, 2025
Perhaps we’ve been relentless, but the information is of critical importance: Strength training is one of the best things you can do to keep yourself fit and functional as you get older. Whether you use free weights, kettlebells, resistance bands, or just your own body weight, strengthening your muscles not…