Category: Senior Health

Since taking on the task of developing this web site, I have found myself completely consumed with an interest in anything that might remotely relate to senior issues.  It doesn’t particularly matter to me if the subject matter is relevant to issues …

While reading an article the other day in the New York Times that had been forwarded to me by my son, my attention was immediately drawn to the article that followed titled: One for the Ages: A Prescription That May Extend Life. Here on the front page of this article are side-by-side pictures of two elderly Rhesus monkeys, only a year apart in age, each visibly aging at profoundly different rates.  What is remarkable about this scientific study is that the aging process of these monkeys was altered merely by restricting caloric intake. The younger, more vibrant of the monkeys (shown pictured on the left), had a daily caloric intake of about one-half that of the monkey that seemed to be aging more quickly.

During the coming year around 211,000 women and around 1600 men will be diagnosed with breast cancer. Of those diagnosed with this type of cancer, approximately 43,000 women and 400 men will not survive their illness. Like so many illnesses today, early detection could reduce the mortality rate of this disease significantly.

Just two weeks after Walmart introduced the $4 generic brand drugs program in Florida, they have expanded the program to 14 other states. That was one week ago today. Originally, Florida was to be the only state with the program, in test mode, until January of 2007. Apparently, the program has been so successful in Florida and the outcry of other states wanting to be included the program so loud, that those top executives at Walmart with the power to make things happen have done just that yet again.