America’s Doctors Offer 10 Health Resolutions as You Start a New Year
Still weighing whether to make a New Year’s resolution? Or perhaps regretting letting your healthy habits slide during the holidays? Either way, the American Medical Association (AMA) has ten recommendations to help Americans improve their health in 2024. “It is quite common after the holidays to think about all you’ve eaten or your reduced physical…
Read MoreReverse mortgage lines of credit could benefit from higher rates: retirement expert
The Federal Housing Administration (FHA) ties a growth rate to mortgage interest rates on HECM credit lines, Resch explained. “With higher rates, the available line of credit grows faster,” Resch told the publication. This is a different result compared with clients who have other kinds of home equity loans, who are seeing available cash proceeds…
Read MoreStudy Urges Seniors to Get Moving to Live Longer
Can you tell how long you’ll live? For seniors, how fit you are may offer a clearer forecast of life span than traditional markers such as high blood pressure, high cholesterol, diabetes and smoking, a new study suggests. It included more than 6,500 people, age 70 and older, who had an exercise stress test between…
Read MoreOne Food Could Boost Health of Colon Cancer Survivors
Colon cancer survivors can give their health a boost by eating more navy beans, a new clinical trial finds. Small, white navy beans are full of gut-supporting fibers, amino acids and other nutrients that can help the beneficial bacteria of the gut flourish, researchers said. And colon cancer patients who added a cup of navy…
Read MoreThe Best Time to Buy a Christmas Tree If You’re Looking for a Bargain
For many of us, the annual visit to the Christmas tree lot happens immediately after the Thanksgiving festivities—sometimes even before the leftovers are gobbled up. Buying your tree as early as possible means you’ll have your pick of the inventory. But if you’re trying to score a deal this year (and maybe you don’t mind…
Read MoreOne Part of Your Brain Could Point to the Mind’s Decline
Shrinkage of one of the brain’s key memory centers appears to herald thinking declines, a new study finds. The region in question is the hippocampus, a two-sided structure located roughly above each ear and embedded deep within the brain’s temporal lobe. It’s long been known to play a crucial role in the storage and transference…
Read MoreAnger a Threat to Health in Old Age
The loss of loved ones can hit the elderly particularly hard, but a new study suggests it’s anger, and not sadness, that may damage the aging body more. Anger can increase inflammation, which is linked with conditions such as heart disease, cancer and arthritis, the researchers said. “As most people age, they simply cannot do…
Read MoreRetirees shouldn’t count on working longer as a ‘strategy,’ data suggests
A chief concern among American workers right now is living longer than their financial resources, and one way seniors try to avoid that is by working longer. However, data from multiple sources helps illustrate why a plan like that could present unforeseen challenges in later life. This is according to data from Gallup, the Employee…
Read MoreWhat Illness Lands the Most Seniors in the ER?
For seniors who often find themselves in the ER, complications from diabetes is the most common culprit, new research shows. Not only that, these chronically ill patients remain in the hospital longer and require more treatment and resources, noted the authors of the study. It was published in the Jan. 28 issue of the Annals…
Read MoreRetirees Face New Challenge: Mounting Student Debt
Retirees will continue to face financial difficulties over the course of 2019, stemming from perennial problems like pensions, personal finances, social security benefits and even leftover debt from student loans. This is according to a column at MarketWatch examining the current state of the financial landscape for retirees, and accompanying data from the Federal Reserve…
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