Gerontology Stories
- United States demographics are changing as more white people die than are born in 17 states.
- In addition to exercise and self-care, eating a lot of fiber as you age may be one of the single most important ways to fend off age-related health issues.
- Homeless people in their 50s have more geriatric conditions than people decades older living in proper homes: study.
- A simple 3D image scan of your face is more accurate than a blood test in determining your biological age, which differs from chronological age by six years, plus or minus.
- Older adults who experience hearing loss also have a higher rate of age-related brain tissue loss, showing how important our ability to hear is for cognitive health later in life.
- A water-based exercise program, boosted by the S.W.E.A.T. method, helped women over the age of 60 to improve their functional activities of daily living as well as their static balance.