Healthier for Longer
'BGS Healthier for Longer’, a new report published by the British Geriatrics Society, examines how messages of prevention and healthy ageing apply to an older...
Tag: ageing
One in Twenty British Adults Claim They will NEVER Retire
And of those who do believe retirement is on the cards, one in 10 reckon they’ll be aged 70 or older when the time comes....
New Healthcare Framework to Help Ageing Populations Stay Healthier for Longer
An international team of researchers have put forward a position statement, published in Science, which lays out a new healthcare framework to help aging populations...
Frailty is still assessed only in terms of physical health
Frailty may still be primarily viewed only in terms of physical health – and not all physical, social, mental and environmental domains of frailty may...
Loss of strength and mass in leg muscles
Research recently published in The Journal of Physiology has found that elderly people walk at a slower speed and tire more quickly because of loss...
Inactivity can cause rapid decline in elderly
Older people who are inactive or sedentary for any period of time can rapidly lose muscle mass and mobility. According to a recent study published...
What’s in a smile?
What's in a smile? ‘Smiling uses between 12 and 26 different muscles in the face which pull the skin into a variety of furrow and...
Then and now – your bones
Today three million woman in the UK are diagnosed with so-called brittle bone disease, but back in the 1960s, it was poorly understood. Old ladies...
Face yoga to help smooth lines
Danielle Collins has developed a range of Face Yoga techniques to help smooth wrinkles and lines. To help smile creases around the eyes: Circle the...
Ageing with HIV
The population of people who are living with HIV and AIDS is ageing fast. This reflects the 'good news' story of the effectiveness of anti-retroviral...
