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Aging in the 21st Century: Longer Lives Can Still Lead to Happier Golden Years... As more people live well into their 80s and 90s, it’s reassuring to know that most people get happier as they age and exert more emotional control than younger adults, according to researchers who spoke at the 117th Annual Convention of the American Psychological Association...(more)

Physical inactivity poses greatest Health Risk to Americans  As many as 50 million Americans are living sedentary lives, putting them at increased risk of health problems and even early death, a leading expert in exercise science told the American Psychological Association today. ..Speaking at APA’s 117th Annual Convention, Steven Blair, PED, called Americans’ physical inactivity “the biggest public health problem of the 21st century.”...(more)

Aging Baby Boomers enlarge potential customer base for the Cardiac Device markets...An increasing demand for minimally invasive surgeries amongst the rapidly aging population is expected to spark further growth in the cardiovascular devices market. Moreover, the cost efficiencies offered by lesser invasive methods expect to garner much favor amongst the healthcare payers as well...(more)

At least through their mid-60s, people at genetic risk for Alzheimer’s age mentally just like non-carriers...Australian researchers say that a genotype that heightens the risk for Alzheimer’s disease does not contribute to cognitive change during most of adulthood. The largest study of its kind has found that carriers and non-carriers show the same type and extent of normal age-related cognitive declines, decades before carriers start to more often develop symptoms of dementia. The findings suggest that the higher-risk genotype acts only in later years to layer disease on top of normal aging...(more)

The population in group health private insurance is becoming older and wealthier at a rate greater than the population overall, which could add pressure to an already strained health insurance system, according to a Yale School of Public Health study..(more)

Depression and heart attacks, it's important to recover emotionally...After a heart attack, fear, anger and depression are common reactions. According to the January issue of Mayo Clinic Women’s HealthSource, recovering emotionally from a heart attack is vitally important to your physical health and well-being...(more)