DNA Vibe Jazz Band Therapy: A Review
Made in the USA, the DNA Jazz Band Vibe joins a newer class of sports medicine-related healing therapies that include photobiomodulation. Photobiomodulation is a form of light therapy that uses specific wavelengths of red light and near-infrared light to help stimulate, heal, regenerate, and protect cells. However, this product goes beyond light therapy by including two additional proprietary modes of micro-vibration and magnetic stimulation.
Think about the importance of vitamin D and the sun in our lives. Sunlight contains a broad spectrum of light, all the way from UV to red and infrared wavelengths. Light therapy ...
Source: Medgadget - April 19, 2022 Category: Medical Devices Authors: Alice Ferng Tags: Exclusive OTC Pain Management Sports Medicine Source Type: blogs
Discovering What's Behind Older Adults' Fear of Falling May Encourage More Activity
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Dear Carol: My mother lives with pain from rheumatoid arthritis and she’s also experiencing early symptoms of Alzheimer’s. She’s used a cane for years and was confident with these aids but recently she’s become terrified of falling. I bought her a walker, and she says that makes her feel more stable. Still, she’s fearful when she moves around so she’s become extraordinarily sedentary. I can understand caution, but I’m afraid that if she avoids all activity, her health will decline even faster. She lives with me and there can be friction when I make suggestions. Is ther...
Source: Minding Our Elders - April 3, 2022 Category: Geriatrics Authors: Carol Bradley Bursack Source Type: blogs
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Winter BreaksI ’m that scraggly tree over thereLooming over all the rest,A wicker brush dustingOff a film of sootAn arthritic claw Grasping at empty gray,Ruing all the lovely thingsNo longer there to clutch I think I ’m the oneScratching at the sky Shaking my fistIn a shivering anger But it ’s just the MarchWind rushing inTo fill a void leftBy your fleeing chillThat sways my trunk and limbsAnd thesaplings and hibiscuses And the reeds and grasses,And all the world I ’m standing inSo I give up the scratchingAnd imagine the winds asA shaman blowing into being One more fecund s...
Source: Buckeye Surgeon - March 31, 2022 Category: Surgery Authors: Jeffrey Parks MD FACS Source Type: blogs
Fight Aging! Newsletter, March 28th 2022
In conclusion, we summarized here evidence for a novel therapeutic approach to exploit the incredible ability of mitochondria to engage multifaceted neuroprotective stress response triggered by partial complex I inhibition. This approach promises relief for multiple human conditions, and to promote healthy aging to delay the onset of neurogenerative diseases, AD in particular, where age is the greatest risk factor. There is a mounting body of evidence generated in model organisms and humans in support of the safety of chronic application of complex I inhibitors. However, a better understanding of the molecular mechanisms i...
Source: Fight Aging! - March 27, 2022 Category: Research Authors: Reason Tags: Newsletters Source Type: blogs
Overall, Healthspan is Incrementally Trending Upward
The number of healthy years of life, or life lived free from disability, is increasing over time in much the same way as overall human life span. The dynamics of the process are somewhat different, but the causes are much the same, some combination of public health measures and advances in medical technology. When considering healthspan rather than lifespan, there are also more marked differences between the consequences of age-related diseases. As noted here, neurodegeneration produces more of a burden than other classes of condition.
There have been advances in healthcare over recent decades that mean many peopl...
Source: Fight Aging! - March 23, 2022 Category: Research Authors: Reason Tags: Daily News Source Type: blogs
Whither Covid?
I recommend this Twitter thread by John Burn-Murdoch, as most Americans and their political leaders have apparently decided that the pandemic is over. It isn ' t, although here in the U.S. we are in a better place than we were a year ago. In a nutshell, new cases and hospitalizations are rising in much of the world, including much of Europe. This isn ' t so much because of loosened mitigation measures, but because of the emergence of a new variant, Omicron B.A2 which is evidently even more contagious than the original Omicron and perhaps a bit better at getting around existing immunity. It ' s just starting to show up...
Source: Stayin' Alive - March 18, 2022 Category: American Health Source Type: blogs
8 Summer Excursions for Elders and Their Caregivers
Summer is on its way. This is a time when it’s generally easier for elders to be out and about than when snow and ice are an issue. Even if our loved ones have dementia, severe arthritis, lung issues, or a combination of ailments, there are things we, their caregivers, can do to relieve a sense of being left out of life that can affect people in their situation. Think about the personality of your ailing elders and consider excursions or entertainment that they may enjoy. A short outing of some type can leave a lasting memory, or it can simply mean that there were some enjoyable moments, but either way...
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Source: Minding Our Elders - March 18, 2022 Category: Geriatrics Authors: Carol Bradley Bursack Source Type: blogs
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Verge of SpringThis feels like the verge of springEven though winter clingsWith the last of its waning powersNaked trees clutch At a dullard gray skyWith bony arthritic hands A random pile of dirty ice,Last remnant of week ago snow,Glaciers against a curbIf you look closeYou can see white buds of cherry treesAnd daffodil stems just piercing the soilIf you look closerYou can see an empty patchOf grass that won ’t ever come back 3/15/22 (Source: Buckeye Surgeon)
Source: Buckeye Surgeon - March 15, 2022 Category: Surgery Authors: Jeffrey Parks MD FACS Source Type: blogs
Pain and Dementia: Observing Body Language Important When People Can't Articulate Pain
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A number of years back, my dad, who had developed dementia after surgery to correct problems from a World War II brain injury, was seized by sudden, horrendous pain. While Dad had to cope with considerable pain from arthritis and some back issues, this was different. I knew his pain was acute and extreme by his body language and vocalizations, even though he couldn't articulate exactly what was wrong. Dad generally had the ability to communicate, though his dementia often skewed the information he was trying to share. However, this pain was more than he could put into words. He was writh...
Source: Minding Our Elders - March 9, 2022 Category: Geriatrics Authors: Carol Bradley Bursack Source Type: blogs
Social prescribing and musculoskeletal conditions: a guide for link workers and social prescribing services
Arthritis and Musculoskeletal Alliance - Social prescribing link workers will see many people with musculoskeletal (MSK) conditions such as back pain or arthritis. These are often long-term conditions which people will be managing for many years. Social prescribing has the potential to support people with MSK conditions and to reduce the chances of future MSK problems. This guide is aimed at social prescribers without a specific MSK service or background in MSK conditions to help them use social prescribing to make a difference to people ’s lives and become a champion for the importance of good MSK health.GuideMore...
Source: Health Management Specialist Library - March 1, 2022 Category: UK Health Authors: The King ' s Fund Library Tags: Primary and community care Source Type: blogs
Fight Aging! Newsletter, February 28th 2022
In conclusion, as BMI and waist circumference are related to elevations of immune markers in the IL-6 pathway, chronic inflammation might be an important mediator of the relationship between BMI and frailty.
Fat Tissue Becomes Dysfunctional with Age as Mitochondria Falter
https://www.fightaging.org/archives/2022/02/fat-tissue-becomes-dysfunctional-with-age-as-mitochondria-falter/
Mitochondria are effectively power plants, hundreds of them working in every cell to produce chemical energy store molecules to power cellular processes. Mitochondrial function declines with age, unfortunately, for underlying r...
Source: Fight Aging! - February 27, 2022 Category: Research Authors: Reason Tags: Newsletters Source Type: blogs
The Rush to Reassure Us that the Longevity Industry is Not Working on Longevity
When various talking heads unite to tell us that the longevity industry isn't actually working to extend human life span, and it is all about letting you die at the usual time with less arthritis and pain, I'm not entirely sure who they think needs to be reassured in this way. The character of the powers that be, in the English language world anyway, appears to be that they are terrified of all possible change, and project that fear onto the populace. Their propaganda follows that apparent view. Under the hood, from person to person, who knows why they think it is necessary to toe the current party line that work on the me...
Source: Fight Aging! - February 24, 2022 Category: Research Authors: Reason Tags: Daily News Source Type: blogs
Feisty Mom Refuses Daughter's Care
(Carol is the Candid Caregiver) Dear...My 79-year-old mom has been widowed for a little over a year. She’d always depended on Dad to help her because her arthritis limited her movement and she uses a walker much of the time. Now, though, there’s been a complete change in attitude, and she insists that she can take care of everything herself, even physical tasks that are clearly a challenge. I’m not certain whether she’s trying to prove something or if it has something to do with Dad’s death. Whatever her reasoning, I worry about her. I can’t be with her all the time, so I want to help make her home ...
Source: Minding Our Elders - February 24, 2022 Category: Geriatrics Authors: Carol Bradley Bursack Source Type: blogs
Fight Aging! Newsletter, February 7th 2022
In this study, we used accelerometer measurements (1) to examine the association of physical activity and mortality in a population-based sample of US adults and (2) to estimate the number of deaths prevented annually with modest increases in moderate-to-vigorous physical activity (MVPA) intensity.
This analysis included 4,840 participants. Increasing MVPA by 10, 20, or 30 minutes per day was associated with a 6.9%, 13.0%, and 16.9% decrease in the number of deaths per year, respectively. We estimated that approximately 110,000 deaths per year could be prevented if US adults aged 40 to 85 years or older increased th...
Source: Fight Aging! - February 6, 2022 Category: Research Authors: Reason Tags: Newsletters Source Type: blogs
Notes and Cards Can Help People Living with Dementia Remember Visits
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Dear Carol: My father moved into assisted living several years ago because of his rheumatoid arthritis. A few months back, he was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s so now he’s been moved into their memory care wing. Both of Dad’s parents developed Alzheimer’s so he’s become quite depressed thinking he’ll follow the same path they did. Unfortunately, he seems to be losing ground with his memory very quickly so even though I drive into town every weekend to see him he forgets my visits. He can still read though he can’t remember well enough to read books or articles. Do you think it wo...
Source: Minding Our Elders - February 6, 2022 Category: Geriatrics Authors: Carol Bradley Bursack Source Type: blogs
