In yet another reminder that the child is father to the man – so be very very careful millennials, OK? – a new study from the US National Institutes of Health shows quite clearly that even minimally impaired hearing in people in their younger years – that is, hearing that is considered normal for everyday […]
This one would stump Einstein. In a study just released at the American Heart Association annual meeting (so the data has not been published in a journal yet), researchers examined data collected between 2008 and 2015 on flu shot rates among more than 15,000 Americans aged 40 and up who were at high risk of […]
You can finish this sentence without my help, I’m sure: May cause way more problems than it solves. The drug in this case is baclofen, a muscle-relaxant commonly (way too commonly?) prescribed for , well, muscle relaxation from conditions such as back pain. Well, guess who gets most back pain? Seniors, of course, so no […]
Osteoporosis (OP) is of course a well-known hazard for women as they age, since OP is associated with a much higher risk of suffering a fracture, nearly always a result of a fall, and fractures of any kind raise the risk of all sorts of other health problems including a life of chronic pain, disability, […]
Electric-assisted bikes (EAB) have become quite the rage the last few years (full disclosure: I’ve never been on one) and every single cyclist I’ve ever met on an electric-assisted bike has enthused about their machine. That said, traditional cyclists have often looked down their noses at these EAB’s with the charge (pardon that pun, please) […]
Coffee is a health drink. Period. And the newest piece of evidence in favour of coffee is a study published in the British Journal of Cancer that concluded that compared to people who avoid coffee, coffee drinkers have a significantly lower risk (up to 50 % lower) of being diagnosed with the most common type […]
According to an intriguing study published recently in the journal, Alzheimer’s & Dementia: Translational Research & Clinical Interventions, all it takes to improve your brain, or at least to retard its slow and perhaps not inevitable decline, is to go for a short walk. How short? Well, according to these researchers, a 10 minute walk […]
According to an intriguing study from Statistics Canada (well, intriguing to me anyway since this is about my age cohort), the fastest-growing segment of the population using cannabis is seniors, this phenomenon kicking in after cannabis use was legalized in the True North Strong and High. But before you scare yourself into an apoplectic fit […]
Osteoarthritis of the knee (OA) is a very frustrating condition because if we were honest, we being the medical profession, we’d have to admit that our treatments for OA, the most common form of arthritis by the proverbial country mile, are (and I’m being very charitable here) less than adequate. The best these treatments can […]
A (US) national survey (that actually came out a few months ago but which I forgot to flag at the time) confirmed what common sense will inevitably tell you, namely that pet a can help you stay active and help your emotional health as well (and please note: that’s a real live pet and not […]