by Julissa Clay | Oct 9, 2025
Gum disease is more than a problem with your gums. It can affect your whole body. This is especially true if you’re older. A recent literature review in Geriatrics looked at ways to prevent gum disease in older adults. Researchers focused on people aged 65 and above....
by Scott Davis | Oct 8, 2025
Eating eggs isn’t the heart-health sin you’ve been told it is. This is according to a new study published in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. Researchers from Tufts tracked 1,400+ U.S. adults at risk for heart disease. They analyzed how...
by ShellyManning | Oct 7, 2025
Exercising is essential for bone health. Everyone agrees. Still, most exercise programs fall short at reversing Osteoporosis. Why? A new study published in the Journal of Orthopaedic Surgery and Research reveals exactly how you should exercise to improve your bone...
by Jodi Knapp | Oct 5, 2025
What if managing Parkinson’s didn’t feel like therapy? A new study published in Clinical Parkinsonism & Related Disorders shows how something simple and fun delivers amazing results. Researchers followed 30 people with mild to moderate Parkinson’s disease and...
by Christian Goodman | Oct 4, 2025
A new study from Stanford researchers just changed how we think about shingles and brain health. Tracking over 280,000 older adults for seven years, the team found that people who received the shingles vaccine were about 20% less likely to develop dementia. What makes...
by Christian Goodman | Oct 3, 2025
Exercise may hold the key to better sexual health for men with prostate cancer. A new randomized clinical trial published in JAMA Oncology studied 112 men with prostate cancer, average age 66, who were experiencing sexual dysfunction. For six months, participants were...
by Christian Goodman | Oct 2, 2025
A squeeze of a handgrip might be all your blood pressure needs, according to a new study in The Journal of the American Geriatrics Society. Older adults with high blood pressure tried two home routines. One group squeezed a handgrip at half strength for four sets of...
by Julissa Clay | Oct 1, 2025
Non Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease (NAFLD) is often discussed in terms of progression to cirrhosis. But new research suggests that in older adults, its meaning may be very different. A study of more than 1,000 participants in the Whitehall II cohort (average age 72)...
by Christian Goodman | Sep 30, 2025
Feeling anxious after seeing something unsettling? New research suggests a simple breathing pattern might help you steady yourself more quickly. A recent trial led by Iwabe and colleagues studied 17 healthy adults. The goal was to see if slow-paced breathing could...
by Scott Davis | Sep 28, 2025
A new research in Medicina reveals how one simple habit can protect your prostate health. Men who stay physically active tend to have fewer prostate issues than sedentary men. This led scientists to wonder whether something released during exercise directly benefits...