Monday, July 6, 2020 from Kaiser Health News - Aging
People who put off care as COVID-19 surged are easing back into the medical system. Here’s how to know if it’s safe.Monday, July 6, 2020 from Kaiser Health News - Aging
For three years, staffers at UCLA Health have been quietly fulfilling final wishes for dying patients in the intensive care unit. Amid the isolating forces of the pandemic, their work has become all the more meaningful.Friday, July 3, 2020 from Aging on Huffington Post
Can the agency reclaim its voice while avoiding political blowback from the White House?Thursday, July 2, 2020 from Aging on Huffington Post
The map shows that 36 out of 50 states have experienced no “days of decrease in confirmed cases.” Only 14 states show such decreases according to the graphic.Thursday, July 2, 2020 from ScienceDaily: Healthy Aging News
In a new study in rotifers (microscopic invertebrates), scientists tested the evolutionary fitness of older-mother offspring in several real and simulated environments, including laboratory culture, under threat of predation in the wild,...Thursday, July 2, 2020 from ScienceDaily: Healthy Aging News
Using state-of-the-art approaches coupled with bio- and cheminformatics and machine learning, researchers have succeeded in discovering new, bioactive components of the Baltic Sea Baltic Sea seaweed Fucus vesiculosus and its fungal...Thursday, July 2, 2020 from Aging on Huffington Post
Mental health experts share how they process racism and brutality, along with the self-care methods helping them in this moment.Thursday, July 2, 2020 from Aging on Huffington Post
Put away the sour cream and mayonnaise. These remedies will provide relief after you've forgotten to wear sunscreen.Wednesday, July 1, 2020 from Aging on Huffington Post
The daily increase could reach 100,000 unless a nationwide push is made to tamp down the fast-spreading, according to Dr. Anthony Fauci.Wednesday, July 1, 2020 from Aging on Huffington Post
The president repeated the claim as the U.S. reeled from record spikes in new daily cases of COVID-19.Wednesday, July 1, 2020 from Aging on Huffington Post
Across the country, cases of COVID-19 are suddenly surging, particularly in states that had begun to reopen.Wednesday, July 1, 2020 from ScienceDaily: Healthy Aging News
There's good news for people with Parkinson's disease. A new study shows that deep brain stimulation may not increase the risk of developing dementia.Wednesday, July 1, 2020 from Aging on Huffington Post
An investigation revealed that the U.S. public health system has been starved for decades and lacks the resources necessary to confront the worst health crisis in a century.Wednesday, July 1, 2020 from Aging on Huffington Post
“The least people could do is put on a mask,” said the sister of a grocery store worker who died from COVID-19 in May.Wednesday, July 1, 2020 from Aging on Huffington Post
Shielders share with HuffPost UK why the government's latest announcement won't change their daily routines.Wednesday, July 1, 2020 from ScienceDaily: Healthy Aging News
Scientists are whispering the secrets of a simpler way to generate the sensory cells of the inner ear. Their approach uses direct reprogramming to produce sensory cells known as 'hair cells,' due to their hair-like protrusions that sense...Wednesday, July 1, 2020 from ScienceDaily: Healthy Aging News
Eat a slab of steak and your resident gut bacteria get to work immediately to break it down. But new research shows that a metabolic byproduct, called TMAO, produced in the process can be harmful to the lining of arteries, making them...Wednesday, July 1, 2020 from Aging on Huffington Post
Stay up to date as we cover the ongoing coronavirus pandemic and its effects across the world.Wednesday, July 1, 2020 from Aging on Huffington Post
Racism, injustice and brutality — experienced directly and indirectly — can have a lasting effect on a person's mental health.Wednesday, July 1, 2020 from Aging on Huffington Post
People everywhere are buckling under the stress of the coronavirus pandemic. Here's how to tell if it's happening to a colleague.Tuesday, June 30, 2020 from Aging on Huffington Post
Scientists say an influenza strain found in the pigs needs to be watched closely.Tuesday, June 30, 2020 from Aging on Huffington Post
What do state reopenings mean for you and your health and safety? Our experts will answer your questions about this new phase of the coronavirus pandemic.Tuesday, June 30, 2020 from Aging on Huffington Post
It may be tempting to blame individuals for not following the rules, but recent outbreaks highlight larger structural problems and government failures.Tuesday, June 30, 2020 from Kaiser Health News - Aging
For Art Ballard, the local gym was like his second home. The 91-year-old former jeweler relied on his near-daily workouts to stay healthy and for social interaction. But when California instituted its stay-at-home order, Ballard’s...Monday, June 29, 2020 from Aging on Huffington Post
Some people seem to confuse lower COVID-19 risk with no risk. But the outdoors aren't magic, and you should still take precautions.Monday, June 29, 2020 from ScienceDaily: Healthy Aging News
Neurons that regularly remodel are more prone to the dysfunctions linked to the disease's onset, a new experimental and computational study finds.Monday, June 29, 2020 from ScienceDaily: Healthy Aging News
Neuroscientists and stem cell researchers have developed a research model that allows studying human hippocampal neurons, the brain cells primarily affected by Alzheimer's disease pathology.Monday, June 29, 2020 from Aging on Huffington Post
Stay up to date as we cover the ongoing coronavirus pandemic and its effects across the world.Sunday, June 28, 2020 from Aging on Huffington Post
President Donald Trump says a vaccine could emerge within months. An expert tells us it's not so simple.Saturday, June 27, 2020 from Aging on Huffington Post
The president has touted a "far better and much less expensive alternative" to the Affordable Care Act. But a plan for that alternative doesn't exist.Saturday, June 27, 2020 from Aging on Huffington Post
“We thought this was only a respiratory virus. Turns out, it goes after the pancreas. It goes after the heart. It goes after the liver, the brain, the kidney and other organs.Saturday, June 27, 2020 from Aging on Huffington Post
"The only prudent thing to do to tamp down this recent uptick is to crack down on recreational activities," said Miami-Dade County's mayor.Friday, June 26, 2020 from Aging on Huffington Post
Public health officials warn that statewide statistics can be deceiving as governors in Florida, Texas and Arizona deal with rocketing COVID-19 cases.Friday, June 26, 2020 from Aging on Huffington Post
The LGBTQ bar where the 1969 uprising took place has launched a fundraiser to stay afloat after closing in March due to the coronavirus outbreak.Friday, June 26, 2020 from ScienceDaily: Healthy Aging News
In the largest study of its kind, an association has been found in living patients exposed to repetitive head impacts and difficulties with cognitive functioning and depression years or decades later.Friday, June 26, 2020 from Aging on Huffington Post
The singer opened up to HuffPost about managing her anxiety right now and how she's advocating for kids' well-being.Friday, June 26, 2020 from Aging on Huffington Post
Sewage systems worldwide may hold a lot of information about how many people are getting sick with COVID-19.Friday, June 26, 2020 from Kaiser Health News - Aging
On their own in dirty buildings with little guidance or support, vulnerable older residents worry about unchecked transmission of the potentially deadly virus. “We felt abandoned.”Thursday, June 25, 2020 from Aging on Huffington Post
Arizona joins Texas in holding off on reopening efforts amid the surge of COVID-19 cases.Thursday, June 25, 2020 from Aging on Huffington Post
The "American Idol" veteran, who split from husband Brandon Blackstock earlier this month, said maintaining her mental health is a "daily" process.Thursday, June 25, 2020 from ScienceDaily: Healthy Aging News
A discovery could pave the way for future studies aimed at developing solutions to ALS and other vexing neuromuscular diseases.Thursday, June 25, 2020 from Aging on Huffington Post
Exercising in a fitness center during the COVID-19 pandemic comes with risks. Read this before you go.Thursday, June 25, 2020 from Aging on Huffington Post
If you're dating during the COVID-19 pandemic, these are the conversations you should have with a potential partner before you go out.Thursday, June 25, 2020 from ScienceDaily: Healthy Aging News
Increasing abdominal girth and shrinking muscles are two common side effects of aging. Researchers have discovered a receptor in mice that regulates both effects. Experiments with human cell cultures suggest that the corresponding...Thursday, June 25, 2020 from Aging on Huffington Post
Bars create a risky cocktail of tight quarters, young adults unbowed by the fear of illness and, in some instances, proprietors who don’t enforce crowd limits and social distancing rules.Thursday, June 25, 2020 from On Aging
After a decade of failure in treating Alzheimer's with drugs, the National Institutes of Health is funding a five-year effort in Seattle to learn more about how the disease starts in the brain.Wednesday, June 24, 2020 from Aging on Huffington Post
The agency that processes immigration application is facing a historic budget shortfall.Wednesday, June 24, 2020 from ScienceDaily: Healthy Aging News
A new study is the first to demonstrate that a tiny protein, humanin, has a big impact on health and longevity in both animals and humans.Wednesday, June 24, 2020 from On Aging
If you miss your mom and dad — or they miss their grandkids — how safe is a summer trip? Older people are more likely to get seriously ill from the coronavirus, so consider these tips to reduce risk.Tuesday, June 23, 2020 from ScienceDaily: Healthy Aging News
Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), which includes ulcerative colitis and Crohn's disease, is linked to a more than doubling in the risk of developing dementia, finds new research.