Retirees Face Economic Uncertainty
- Written by Chuck Guilford
While the widely reported economic crisis is being felt across the country by people of all ages, seniors in many ways have the most at stake because they often live on fixed incomes and/or income from investments, which are coming under heavy pressure. Read more about this challenge and how to cope with it in the following articles: "Retirees Filling the Front Line in Market Fears" and "Where to Keep Cash When No Investment Seems Safe."
Senior Health Videos
- Written by Chuck Guilford
Several interesting and informative new videos are available from the National Institute of Health (NIH). Topics include exercise, Altzheimer's, diabetes, dry mouth, glaucoma, hearing, vision, balance, and almost any other health-related questions you might have.
Click here to see a video on recognizing the risk factors for stroke. It's just one of the many interesting and informative videos that NIH offers.
A Stroke Can Lead to Nirvana?
- Written by Chuck Guilford
According to Jill Bolte Taylor, the answer is a definite, "Yes." After a 1993 stroke left this medical professor in "LaLa Land," she was forced to relearn how to think and to live. In the process, and with her mother's help, she discovered a whole new side of herself. As she developed her right brain's capacity to think holistically and intuitively, she also experienced a deeper sense of compassion and interconnectedness that she has come to see in spiritual terms. Read more in this interview from the San Fransisco Chronicle.
Aging In Britain
- Written by Chuck Guilford
With Mick Jagger about to turn 65 and Sir Paul McCartney already there, England's Guardian takes a look at how Jagger and others are dealing with this time in their lives. One story, "You calling us old? We never felt so young," focuses on how British attitudes and policies on aging are changing in response to the changing times, and in a separate interview, McCartney discusses his support of the Paralympics and other related topics.