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How to Get Rid of Age Spots

skinbeauty wrote 6 days ago: Few things can damage the skin’s natural appearance as much as ugly dark spots (also called hyperpig … more →

Tags: Skin Care, skin, pigmented stains, sensitive skin, Beautiful skin, Anti-aging, dark skin, pigmentation, Exfoliate

How to Turn Your Home Into a Pension

underwritingsolutionsllc wrote 2 weeks ago: How to Turn Your Home Into a Pension – The Best Life (usnews.com). … more →

Tags: Underwriting, Financial Underwriting, Management, Financial Underwriting, Annuities, financial planning, Home Equity Conversion Mortgage

Ten Tips for Senior Entrepreneurs - PBS

underwritingsolutionsllc wrote 1 month ago: Ten Tips for Senior Entrepreneurs | The Business Desk with Paul Solman | PBS NewsHour | PBS. Great s … more →

Tags: Success!, Lifelong Learning, Watch Listen and Learn, Survival Strategies, Business Trends, technology, Entrepreneurship, Personal Success, business success

1 in 3 Americans has Dementia at Time of Death

underwritingsolutionsllc wrote 1 month ago: One in three older adults has Alzheimer’s disease or another type of dementia at the time of death. … more →

Tags: Medical News, Underwriting, Neurology, Alzheimer's, dementia

Cognitive Disorders and Dementia in CKD: The Neglected Kidney-Brain Axis

underwritingsolutionsllc wrote 2 months ago: Epidemiologic data suggest that individuals at all stages of CKD have a higher risk of developing co … more →

Tags: Underwriting, Neurology, Genitourinary, CKD, dementia

2011-2012 Alzheimer's Disease Progress Report - National Institute on Aging

underwritingsolutionsllc wrote 4 months ago: 2011-2012 Alzheimer’s Disease Progress Report | National Institute on Aging. The report can be … more →

Tags: Medical News, Lifelong Learning, Underwriting, Neurology, Long-term Care, Cerebrovasular, Alzheimer's

Guts2 comments

Elena Portacolone wrote 4 months ago: As soon as I sit next to my friend Joanne, she says about her 80-year old mother who lives alone in … more →

Tags: living alone, aging, Precariousness

Surprise

Elena Portacolone wrote 4 months ago: It is that time of the year where we are supposed to spend time with our family and friends, be chee … more →

Tags: living alone, aging, Friends, Lifestyle, Home, loneliness; christmas

Fish Oil Increases the Strength of the Muscles

Info-Wikipedia wrote 4 months ago: The latest research reveals that the combination of exercises at gym and regular doses of fish oil e … more →

Tags: Health & Fitness, Fish Oil Increases the Strength of the Muscles, Latest Research, strength of the muscles in women, tremendously

Vigor and more2 comments

Elena Portacolone wrote 5 months ago: Last Friday, as I was driving back to Berkeley from San Francisco, my eye caught sight of a new bill … more →

Tags: living alone, aging, Precariousness

Simple Sit Test Predicts Long Life

underwritingsolutionsllc wrote 5 months ago: This study evaluated the association between the ability to sit and rise from the floor with and wit … more →

Tags: Medical News, Underwriting, Management, all-cause mortality

Loneliness and living alone: an odd couple (finally)

Elena Portacolone wrote 5 months ago: It is easy to assume that living alone comes with loneliness. Well, this assumption is finally losin … more →

Tags: living alone, aging, dementia

Street Spirit!2 comments

Elena Portacolone wrote 5 months ago: I am sitting on a chair in front of a supermarket, the Berkeley Bowl, with a bundle of Street Spirit … more →

Tags: living alone, aging, Precariousness

When the Patient Is 'Noncompliant' - NYTimes.com

underwritingsolutionsllc wrote 5 months ago: Despite efforts to change the term to the slightly more accurate “nonadherent,” the word “noncomplia … more →

Tags: Medical News, Underwriting, Lifestyle Underwriting, Pharma, Lifestyle, Pharmaceutical, Non-Compliance, Non-adherance

Statin-Exercise Combo Lowers Mortality Risk

underwritingsolutionsllc wrote 5 months ago: Patients who took statins and were physically fit had as much as a 70% reduction in the risk of dyin … more →

Tags: Medical News, Underwriting, Lifestyle Underwriting, CHD, statins, Exercise, all-cause mortality, CHD risk factors

Effect of Fruit and Vegetable Consumption on Immune Function in Older People

underwritingsolutionsllc wrote 5 months ago: Conclusion: Increased FV intake improves the Pneumovax II vaccination antibody response in older peo … more →

Tags: Medical News, Underwriting, Nutrition, Survival Strategies, Lifelong Learning, Diet, Immune system

Whole picture2 comments

Elena Portacolone wrote 6 months ago: The body of 66-year old David Maxwell was found today post hurricane Sandy. Before the hurricane, a … more →

Tags: living alone, aging, Precariousness, Sandy;homosexuality;military;hurricane

NIA at NIH Press Release 08.16.2012 - Status of Older Americans

underwritingsolutionsllc wrote 8 months ago: NIA NEWS For Immediate Release Thursday, August 16, 2012 Federal report details health, economic sta … more →

Tags: Medical News, Underwriting, nia, NIH

Lifestyle Matters, Even in the Elderly

underwritingsolutionsllc wrote 8 months ago: Individuals older than 75 who were physically active and participated in social activities lived a m … more →

Tags: Medical News, Underwriting, Lifestyle Underwriting, Lifestyle, all-cause mortality


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