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Aging

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Health

Living near your grandmother has evolutionary benefits

Since the name of the evolutionary game is survival & reproduction, why live longer than you can reproduce? In the '60s, researchers came up with the "grandmother hypothesis."

7 years ago

When did I lose the spring in my step, the ability to sleep through the night and wake up refreshed? When did I start to shuffle, to lean forward, clutching the handles of a walker, unable to turn my head to see what’s going on behind me? (BigStock)
Speak Easy
Lifestyle

Old age can be harmful to your health

Mother Nature loves to give and gives generously. Anything that she's given, though, she’ll manage to get back later.

7 years ago

Even something as simple as chopping up food on a regular basis can be enough exercise to help protect older people from showing signs of dementia, a new study suggests. (BSIP/UIG/Getty Images)
NPR
Health

Daily movement — even household chores — may boost brain health in elderly

Want to reduce your risk of dementia in older age? Move as much as you can.

7 years ago

Amyloid plaques accumulate outside neurons. Amyloid plaques are characteristic features of Alzheimer's disease. (Animaxx3d/BigStock)
Health

New law may spur earlier Alzheimer’s diagnoses in communities of color

Alzheimer’s activists hope a new federal law and $100 million in funding will spur earlier diagnoses in communities of color and better care for millions of patients.

7 years ago

A colorized image of a brain cell from an Alzheimer's patient shows a neurofibrillary tangle (red) inside the cytoplasm (yellow) of the cell. The tangles consist primarily of a protein called tau. (SPL/Science Source)
NPR
Health

Alzheimer’s disease may develop differently in African-Americans, study suggests

Scientists have found a biological clue that could help explain why African-Americans appear to be more vulnerable than white Americans to Alzheimer's disease.

7 years ago

(photo credit, BigStock)
Radio Times
Health

The science of fitness and how to make it a habit

Guests: Gretchen Reynolds, Martin Gibala, Angela Duckworth Researchers are continuing to find out about even more ...

Air Date: January 7, 2019 10:00 am

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The Pulse
Health

Feeling Your Age

They call it the golden years, but there’s a reason many of us dread old age — it can mean losing our health, our independence, our m ...

Air Date: January 4, 2019

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Gene Dykes crosses finish line in record time at Jacksonville Marathon (Courtesy Mark Grubb)
Lifestyle

70-year-old Bala Cynwyd man sets marathon world record

Gene Dykes might have broken the record by a wider margin if he didn't have last-minute cramp.

7 years ago

The Golden Living center West Shore as seen on May 19, 2016. PennLive's public records request for leases of nursing homes formerly managed by Golden Living was granted by the state's Office of Open Records. (Sean Simmers/PennLive.com)
Health
PA Post

Pa. Health Department ordered to turn over leases on nursing homes

A PennLive investigation found problems at homes formerly owned by Golden Living.

7 years ago

NPR
Money

Why aren’t millennials spending? They’re poorer than previous generations, Fed says

Their consumption habits are similar to their parents' and grandparents' — millennials just have less money to spend.

8 years ago

In New Jersey, several Democratic lawmakers are pushing for a state identification card for those lacking the personal documents required to get a federally compliant driver’s license. (WHYY file photo)
Politics & Policy

N.J. lawmakers propose state ID card for undocumented immigrants, others

Former Republican Gov. Chris Christie opposed state ID cards for undocumented immigrants, but current Gov. Phil Murphy, a Democrat, has said he supports the idea.

8 years ago

Pennsylvania Auditor General Eugene A. DePasquale, speaks after he was sworn in for his second term at the Capitol in Harrisburg, Pa., Tuesday, Jan. 17, 2017. (Chris Knight/AP Photo)
Courts & Law

Pa. auditor general to investigate nursing homes, citing staffing issues

Pennsylvania Auditor General Eugene Depasquale plans to conduct follow-up audits of nursing homes.

8 years ago

Carol Erzen (right) of Merakey Allegheny Valley School in Pittsburgh trains special-needs caregivers in how to identify signs of Alzheimer’s and dementia and adjust a patient’s surroundings accordingly. (Merakey Allegheny Valley School)
Health

Special-needs caregivers learn how to spot, treat dementia

Those with special needs are living longer, but that means they are more susceptible to age-related diseases such as Alzheimer's

8 years ago

U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg arrives at a lecture on Sept. 26 at Georgetown University Law Center in Washington, D.C. Ginsburg has been hospitalized after falling and fracturing several ribs. (Alex Wong/Getty Images)
NPR
Community

Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg hospitalized after fall, fracturing 3 ribs

8 years ago

(Juliana Feliciano Reyes/Philadelphia Media Network)
Money
Broke in Philly

Philly wants to teach retiring business owners how to sell — to their workers

Around the country, stakeholders have raised the alarm about the "silver tsunami": the large number of baby boomer business owners approaching retirement.

8 years ago

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