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Study: Real Benefit of Exercise After 50 Not Surviving But Thriving

Posted on 08/28/2012 by | Brooklyn, NY | Comments

News Roundups | Personal HealthIf you exercise in the hopes of reaching your 100th birthday, I’ve got bad news for you: A large new study of older adults found being physically fit after 50 was not associated with longer overall lifespan. It was, however, linked with less chronic disease — including heart trouble, diabetes, Alzheimer’s, kidney problems, lung cancer and colon cancer — as participants aged.

Fight the Flab: Get the Arms You’ve Always Wanted (Even After 50!)

Posted on 08/22/2012 by | Best of Everything After 50 | Comments

Personal Health | Your LifeAfter I turned 50, it dawned on me that I had been letting myself go, packing on the post-menopausal pounds and not doing any regular exercise. It’s not that I didn’t care, but simply too busy with work, family, friends, life,  to focus on . . . me. Sound familiar? Unsure of what steps to take, I did what so many of us do under these circumstances: nothing. When the weight gain was inching past 15 pounds and my arms …

The Shape of Things to Come: Adult Playgrounds

Posted on 08/16/2012 by | Caregiving | Comments

Caregiving | Home & Family | Personal HealthCaregivers: There’s a fitness movement afoot that may make you jump for joy. In the last year, adult outdoor playgrounds with low impact-exercise equipment have been springing up around the country. Some are incorporated into kiddie playgrounds, known as “multigenerational playgrounds.” Others are near the children’s area, while still others are separate older adult areas (“senior playgrounds”). Designers have skipped the swings in favor of balance beams, sit-up and chin-up bars, cross trainers, stationary exercise bikes, fitness stations and walking …

Senior Olympics Recruiting for 2013 Games

Posted on 08/7/2012 by | Brooklyn, NY | Comments

News RoundupsAs the Summer 2012 Olympics in London continue to draw the world’s attention, Mike Sophia is already focused on summer 2013. That’s when the National Senior Games — aka the “Senior Olympics” — will take place, and Sophia is already lining up older athletes to compete in what he expects to be a record-breaking event.

Yoga Helps Stroke Survivors — Even Skeptical Ones

Posted on 08/1/2012 by | Personal Health and Well-being | Comments

Bulletin Today | Personal Health“Yoga is for girls, yoga is for hippies,” is what a group of older male veterans — and stroke survivors — told researchers who wanted to see if doing some basic yoga movements would help improve the veterans’ balance. But then the group tried yoga anyway, and boy, were they surprised. They discovered that even long after having a stroke, working on basic, easy yoga poses helped them improve their balance, as well as boost their confidence and ability to …

Happy 75th Birthday, Bill Cosby!

Posted on 07/12/2012 by | Movies & TV | Comments

EntertainmentBill Cosby, who turns 75 today, was already thinking about the trials of getting older when I first spoke with him nearly 10 years ago. “Things are old,” he told me. “Parts are old. I’m talking about ‘us’ parts. AARP-parts.  Some of us were born with stronger parts than others.” It was a routine visit with his doctor that made Cosby realize just how weak at least one of his parts was—that part being his carotid artery, which was dangerously …