First, the bad news. Approximately 5.5 million Americans currently suffer from Alzheimer’s dementia, which accounts for about 70 percent of total dementia cases. The risk of dementia doubles every five years after age 60, rising as high as 50 percent for those over age 85. Alzheimer’s dementia is the sixth-leading cause of death in the U.S., and it is the only one among the top … [Read more...]
Top Meditation Practices To Help With Mental Wellness
Among the stresses and difficulties of modern life, it can be really difficult to find the time you need to cope with emotions and what you may be happening in your life. It doesn’t have to be this way but dealing with your mental health works in a spiral making it increasingly difficult to help yourself the deeper in you get. Meditation can be a helpful tool to get a better … [Read more...]
How Life-Long Learning Keeps Aging Boomer’s Brains Sharp
If you happened to catch the film “Life of the Party” starring Melissa McCarthy she plays a mom (Deanna) who has just sent her daughter to college. As she leaves the school after dropping her daughter off, Deanna's husband lays a bomb that he’s been having an affair and wants a divorce. Deanna decides to go back to college and joins her daughter, much to her kid’s chagrin. It … [Read more...]
How to Live with the Devastating Diagnosis of MS? – An Artist’s Story
Judy Rogers is an artist who lives in Texas. At the age of 52, she found out she had Multiple Sclerosis, (MS) a disease of the nervous system. The immune system accidentally attacks the myelin, (protective sheath) over the nerve cells in the brain or spine. For many people, it can be extremely debilitating, but Judy has managed the disease and has been thriving for the last 16 … [Read more...]
4 Healthy Aging Habits for Women Over 50 to Start Today
If you’re a regular reader of this website, you’ve probably been inspired by the energetic take on growing older without growing old: viewing age as just a number and recognizing that we’re only as old as we let ourselves feel. Even though our looks may fade, embodying healthy aging habits will help us stay active, vibrant and alert. Employ these 4 healthy aging … [Read more...]
