Aging Articles

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• What Death Can Teach Us about Life
  I attended a funeral the other week for the husband of one of my colleagues. He was a relatively ...
• Life is Full of Transitions
  Retirement: "removal or withdrawal from service, office, or business;" "withdrawal into privacy or seclusion." No wonder this word retirement seems so inappropriate ...
• The Alzheimer’s Prevention Program: Keep Your Brain Healthy for the Rest of Your Life
  It’s disquieting to forget -- again -- where you left your glasses, where the car keys are, the name of that one woman at your daughter’s school. But everyone forgets, right? Especially these days, with ...
• The Mid-Life Crisis: An Opportunity in Disguise?
  In the movie City Slickers the character played by Billy Crystal hits his 39th birthday and finds himself in a ...
• The Alzheimer’s Family: Helping Caregivers Cope
  If you were asked to name a terminal illness, it is likely that Alzheimer's would not be your first choice.  However, from my own perspective, when you consider that there is no cure for this ...
• ‘Tis the Season to Regress
  What is it that makes perfectly reasonable adults start to act like teenagers as soon as they hit their parents’ front door? ...
• ADHD and Menopause: What You Need to Know and What You Can Do
  It’s hard enough having attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). But if you’re a woman ...
• Life Gets Better: The Unexpected Pleasures of Growing Older
  In the film Gigi, Maurice Chevalier sings about the advantages of aging in the song titled "I’m glad I’m not young anymore."  Wendy Lustbader would agree with him.  As she puts it in this book, ...
• Survey Finds High Alzheimer’s Awareness
  A large survey has found that most people would rapidly seek medical advice if they developed symptoms of Alzheimer's disease. The survey ...
• Finally Out: Letting Go of Living Straight
  By all external indicators, Dr. Loren Olson was a success in life as a devoted husband and father who was making strides in his career as a psychiatrist.  At age 40, he was a mature ...
• Book Review: Mortal Bonds
  Losing one parent is devastating. But losing both parents within 13 days of each other? In his eBook memoir, Mortal Bonds, John Tsilimparis recounts his parents’ difficult deaths, his father from various health conditions and ...
• How We Age: A Doctor’s Journey into the Heart of Growing Old
  As anyone who has ever cared for an elderly person can attest, time takes its role in the aging process very seriously.  For caregivers, be they family members or medical professionals, finding a way to ...
• Understanding and Managing Your Controlling Mother
  You are 35 years old and your mom is still trying to run your life. She doesn’t approve of your boyfriend. She thinks your best ...
• Understanding and Managing Your Controlling Mother
  You are 35 years old and your mom is still trying to run your life. She ...
• When Your Adult Child is in a Bad Relationship
  As you know, being a parent does not stop when your child leaves ...
• Alzheimer’s and Coping with the Holidays
  The holiday season is often a time that many of us look forward for visiting and reconnecting with family and friends. Sometimes, however, this season can be sad ...
• Heart, Blood Pressure Medications and Dementia
  heart and blood pressure medications reduce dementia risk? Drugs for high blood pressure and heart disease have been linked to protection from Alzheimer's disease ...
• Train the Brain: Use It or Lose It
  Dr. Gareth Moore has authored several puzzle and brainteaser books aimed at exercising the “brain muscle.” Train the Brain: Use It or Lose It is Dr. Moore’s latest work in this field. In the introduction ...
• Conquering Depression in the Golden Years
  Chances are, at some point, you or someone you know will encounter a friend or family member who is a senior and struggling with or exhibiting signs of depression.  This is an illness that is ...
• Assisted Loving: True Tales of Double Dating with My Dad
  Bob Morris is lucky in love, a fact he doesn’t initially appreciate. Surrounded by people who care about him, Bob still feels lonely and adrift. He wishes he could find the right guy, the perfect ...
• Diet, Exercise Protect Brain in Later Life
  Research supports a healthy diet and moderate exercise for protection against cognitive decline and dementia. Results presented at last year's Alzheimer's ...
• Train the Brain: Use It or Lose It
  Dr. Gareth Moore has authored several puzzle and brainteaser books aimed at exercising the “brain muscle.”. Train the Brain: Use It or Lose It is Dr. Moore’s latest work in this field. In the introduction ...
• To Grandmother’s House We Go
  Miranda is at a loss. Her 8-year-old granddaughter Melody has come for a three-week visit so that her mother Terry can save on ...
• Dialectical Behavior Therapy for Depression in Older Adults
  Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) is becoming increasingly widespread and research continues to suggest that it is an effective treatment for a broad range ...
• Rejecting Childhood Rejection
  “I can’t figure it out,” one of the writers to Psych Central's "Ask the Therapist" column wrote recently. “My parents never give me any emotional support or even seem to like me. I always get ...