Later life News


later life


The latest health and wellbeing news for those in their golden years


Walk faster,


Older, wiser and happier


One of the benefits of getting older is that you also get wiser. And now, scientists from the University of California San Diego believe wisdom is linked to happiness and mental health. So, the older you get, the happier you may get too. Writing in the Harvard Review of


Psychiatry, the study’s authors suggest all previous research points to the fact that wisdom is linked to wellbeing, happiness, life satisfaction and resilience. This suggests as you get older you’ll have a better quality of life, even if your health isn’t as good as it used to be.


live longer People who walk quickly have a higher life expectancy than slow walkers – irrespective of their weight – says a study by researchers at Leicester’s Hospitals, the University of Leicester and Loughborough University. The experts hope the news will


persuade people that having a brisk walk could add years to their lives.


Good sleep and


mood boost memory Experts writing in the Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society have discovered strong links between working memory, sleep, age and mood that have notable implications for older people. The study's lead researcher,


Weiwei Zhang of the University of California Riverside, explains that for the mind to work at its best, it's important that older people have good sleep quality and be in a good mood.


If you’re not getting a good night’s rest, your local Careway pharmacist can give you lots of advice that may help you sleep more soundly. Turn to page 50 for more tips on how to improve your sleep.


Pharmacists boost medicine adherence


Eat mushrooms for better brain power


Older adults who make mushrooms part of their regular diet may be less likely to develop problems with mental functioning, say experts from the National University of Singapore. In the study a portion was defined as three quarters of


Older people living with heart failure who see their pharmacist once a week may be more likely to take their medicines correctly and be more active in daily life, say scientists from Berlin. The study involved more than 200 heart patients with an average


age of 74 who were taking an average of nine different medicines. During their weekly visits they talked to their pharmacists about their medicines and their symptoms.


a cup of cooked mushrooms with an average weight of around 150g. Adults aged 60 or older who ate more than two portions of mushrooms a week were found to be 50 percent less likely to develop mild cognitive impairment. Mild cognitive impairment is when you have problems


with your mental abilities, such as memory or talking. It’s not the same as dementia, but people who have mild cognitive impairment are more likely to go on to develop dementia, says the Alzheimer’s Society.


If you think you may be experiencing mild cognitive impairment, speak to your GP.


All About health 45


Page 1  |  Page 2  |  Page 3  |  Page 4  |  Page 5  |  Page 6  |  Page 7  |  Page 8  |  Page 9  |  Page 10  |  Page 11  |  Page 12  |  Page 13  |  Page 14  |  Page 15  |  Page 16  |  Page 17  |  Page 18  |  Page 19  |  Page 20  |  Page 21  |  Page 22  |  Page 23  |  Page 24  |  Page 25  |  Page 26  |  Page 27  |  Page 28  |  Page 29  |  Page 30  |  Page 31  |  Page 32  |  Page 33  |  Page 34  |  Page 35  |  Page 36  |  Page 37  |  Page 38  |  Page 39  |  Page 40  |  Page 41  |  Page 42  |  Page 43  |  Page 44  |  Page 45  |  Page 46  |  Page 47  |  Page 48  |  Page 49  |  Page 50  |  Page 51  |  Page 52