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What Space Flight Teaches Us About Aging
Lack of gravity and other non-Earthly conditions cause accelerated aging effects By Steven N. Austad AFAR Scientific DirectorJuly 24, 2019 Credit: Adobe Stock (Editor’s note: This article is part of an editorial partnership between Next Avenue and The American Federation for Aging Research (AFAR), a national nonprofit whose mission is to support and advance healthy aging through biomedical...
HOW TO MANAGE STRESS WHEN IT’S AFFECTING YOUR HEALTH
Talk therapy, meditation and exercise are some of the ways to de-stress By Jennifer Nelson—June 20, 2019 Credit: Adobe Diana Zwinak, 53, was a teacher in a rural district outside Chicago when she developed Hashimoto’s thyroiditis, an autoimmune disorder where antibodies chronically attack the thyroid. “Basically, my thyroid stopped functioning,” says Zwinak. Her doctor’s recommendation: “You...
WHY THE DISCOVERY OF ‘LATE’ DEMENTIA IS IMPORTANT
The disease affects a different brain protein and occurs mostly in people over 80 By Liz SeegertJuly 1, 2019 Credit: Adobe When is Alzheimer’s disease not Alzheimer’s disease? It’s a riddle that finally has an answer. Researchers recently pinpointed another form of cognitive decline with many of the same hallmarks as Alzheimer’s, but which actually involves...
Research Backs These Methods for Reducing Depression and Anxiety
For best results, experts recommend making one or two a daily habit By Patricia CorriganContributing Writer July 2, 2019 Credit: Adobe Looking for relief from garden-variety stressors? Feeling mired in one of life’s larger challenges? Weary of sweating the small stuff? The recently published results of a five-year study show that people who learn stress-intervention skills...
HOW BOOK CLUBS CAN HELP FAMILIES GET ON THE SAME PAGE
Reading together offers a novel way to stay connected By Susan Johnston TaylorJuly 3, 2019 Credit: Adobe About three years ago, Barbara Casson, now 65, observed that while other families did activities together, her small family didn’t have many occasions for shared activities, especially with relatives in different states. “I really think that’s important for families...
WHY PEOPLE IN THEIR 50’S SHOULD UNDERSTAND STROKE SYMPTOMS AND RISK
Most people, including doctors, associate it with older adults By Debbie Koenig June 28, 2019 Credit: Adobe The big statistic most of us hear about stroke is that our risk doubles every decade after age 55. But earlier this year, actor Luke Perry and director John Singleton died of stroke. Perry was 52, Singleton just 51. Last...
ATUL GAWANDE’S 5 QUESTIONS TO ASK AT LIFE’S END
The surgeon and writer wants to guide a new kind of care in America By Sue CampbellFebruary 10, 2015 I spoke to Gawande the day his documentary film about end of life was to premiere on PBS’s Frontline. The movie is based on his bestselling book, Being Mortal. Both the show and the book add to a growing national...
First U.S. ‘Dementia Village’ Recreates a Happier Time
Its goal is to take people with dementia back to a time when they didn’t feel lost By Sherri Snelling Caregiving Expert Part of the TRANSFORMING LIFE AS WE AGE SPECIAL REPORT It all started with a fifth-grade class project. Scott Tarde, CEO of George G. Glenner Alzheimer’s Family Centers, which has operated dementia day care facilities in California’s...
Buffalo Hill Terrace Voted #1 Assisted Living in 2019 Best of Flathead
Check it out on page G16 in The Daily Interlake’s special Best of Flathead 2019 edition. Buffalo Hill Terrace was voted Best Assisted Living facility. Thank you to all who voted for Northwest Montana’s only Life Plan Community.
Why Being Kind Makes You Healthier
Benefits go to our hearts, immune systems, mental states and more By Chrystle FiedlerJuly 3, 2019 Credit: Adobe When you are kind to another person, even in a small way, it has a positive effect by helping that person feel valued and supported. If you make such acts of kindness a regular habit, it’s actually good...