(NewsUSA) - Aging gracefully is made easier through a focus on maintaining good health as you age. For women especially, this is no easy feat. But, as women age, maintaining a healthy lifestyle remains important, and there are a few issues that should be top of mind in 2013. Diet and lifestyle choices must be tailored to address common women's health issues, including the risk... Forward>>

THE Health Minister yesterday assured senior citizens that they would always receive the health care they need without having to worry about whether they can afford to pay their medical bills. "The important message is that our senior citizens will always receive the necessary health-care services without worry about affordability," Mr Gan Kim Yong said at a clan event. His remarks came... Forward>>

There’s another reason to be concerned about hearing loss — one of the most common health conditions in older adults and one of the most widely undertreated. A new study by researchers at Johns Hopkins Medicine suggests that elderly people with compromised hearing are at risk of developing cognitive deficits — problems with memory and thinking — sooner than those whose hearing is intact... Forward>>

Older people taking aspirin have double the risk of an eye disease that can cause blindness, say researchers. A new study found a link between regular use of aspirin and age-related macular degeneration (AMD) - the most common cause of sight loss in people over 50. The link could not be explained by a history of heart disease or smoking, which are both risk factors for the disease... Forward>>

Older adults with hearing loss are more likely to develop problems thinking and remembering than older adults whose hearing is normal, according to a new study by hearing experts at Johns Hopkins. In the study, volunteers with hearing loss, undergoing repeated cognition tests over six years, had cognitive abilities that declined some 30 percent to 40 percent faster than in those whose... Forward>>

“Depression is not a normal part of aging. Depression is something that can very much be treated.” Licensed Professional Counselor Armando Medrano Jr., manager for the Senior Intensive Outpatient Program at Valley Baptist Medical Center-Harlingen and VBMC-Brownsville, spoke with more than 100 senior citizens about depression issues last week during a monthly medical... Forward>>

Sir David Nicholson has become the most important man you've never heard of. He talks to Oliver Wright. To locals it is known as the Kremlin – a vast monolithic red-brick office block built on a hill overlooking Leeds city centre. It is a fitting nickname. Because behind the austere façade is the headquarters of a vast, new – some would say – monolithic organisation which has an annual budget... Forward>>

WHEN the elderly can’t exercise, stints on a vibrating platform may help older adults become slightly stronger, faster and more agile, say Spanish scientists. Exercise is the best option for good health in older age, says Dr Alba Gómez Cabello, lead author of a new study, who studies growth and exercise at the University of Zaragosa. But for those unable to perform aerobic exercise, this vibration technique... Forward>>

Most of us associate youth with physical and mental health. If a person can do things they enjoy, keep an active lifestyle, feel themselves happy, such person can consider themselves young and full strength. Not the years make a person older, but that they don't use a huge resource of youth, health and longevity inherent in the human organism. It is in our power to postpone aging, to make... Forward>>

How not to get old, how to preserve youth? I think each of you has been asking these questions. You can hardly find someone, who would not like to look and feel himself younger. First of all it concerns women. In order to stay young, we need not only keep to a healthy life style and keep our body fit, also our brain needs training. Be honest, when was the last time you tried something new... Forward>>