Mortgage debt continues to rise among the nation’s homeowners age 65-plus. More than a quarter of the 80-plus crowd now has mortgage debt, according to findings by the Federal Reserve and Harvard University.
Tag: Aging
Today’s Census report: Non-Hispanic whites are only cohort that’s shrinking
The nation’s population is becoming older and more diverse, according to a Census report released Thursday. The only cohort that reported more deaths than births from July 2016 to July 2017 was non-Hispanic whites. The report adds fuel to the ongoing debate over President Trump’s immigration policy.
Hormone Myth Busting
There are many fallacies about the “change of life.” Let’s dispel the myths to help us survive and thrive, during this inevitable right of passage.
Cavities: Beware the Second Wave!
It’s a tough lesson to swallow, but we humans have two times in our lives when we are prone to have those annoying cavities crop up in numbers.
Hearing Loss May Cost Brain Size
Hearing loss has been called a national epidemic, and with good reason. We Baby Boomers are loath to admit getting older comes with an invisible, but normal, consequence: age-related hearing loss.
Less sleep = aging faster
Research shows even the toughest of the tough are less effective, and even age faster, without a good night’s rest.
Starting 2016 with the end in mind.
January is the perfect time to pause and think about how you want to age and to think backwards about how you want to “be” as you go forward.
Male Menopause: Myth or Reality?
Maybe this year the better gift for a man is the gift of taking care of himself with a thorough physical and the consideration of male hormone replacement therapy.
Nuts? Sleep trackers? Cross Fit? Which fads to keep and which to lose? How will sticking with the foundations make the biggest difference re: brain-cleaning sleep and age-defying exercise?
“Breakthrough” health information comes at us from every direction. Discerning fad from foundational behavior, and keeping the foundational behavior, is what makes the real difference.
