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Seniors' Health/Women's Heart Tips
Woman to Woman: Tips for a Healthy Heart...Heart disease is the single leading cause of death for American women. Nearly twice as many women in the United States die of heart disease, stroke and other cardiovascular diseases than from all forms of cancer, including breast cancer...(click here to read rest of story)
 

Rural Seniors/Medicare Payments to Rural Hospitals
 

Medicare pays almost half of Rural Hospital Stays...Medicare patients accounted for almost half of all stays (45 percent) at rural hospitals in 2007, while the percentage of Medicare beneficiaries who were admitted to urban hospitals was considerably lower (35 percent)... (click here to read rest of story)

Grandparents/Get Children Outdoors
Health, Conservation, Youth-Serving Groups to Surgeon General: Make Outdoor Time a Health Priority...National Wildlife Federation (NWF), more than 200 health, conservation, youth, and other organizations, and 16,300 Americans are urging the new surgeon general to make time outdoors a health priority for children...(click here to read rest of story)
 

Caregiving/Washington State Investigation
Investigation: Washington State moves Medicaid Nursing Home Patients to Adult Family Homes...The Seattle Times investigates Washington's practice of relocating some Medicaid patients from nursing homes to adult family homes...(click here to read rest of story) 

Seniors' Relationships/Valentine's Day Special

Valentine’s Day Tips from the Marriage Experts at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical Center...Love is in the air, but Valentine’s Day shouldn’t be the only time to express love for your partner; rather, it should serve as a reminder to devote time and energy to your relationship every day...(click here to read rest of story)	Couples who say "we" have a better shot at resolving conflictsPeople often complain about those seemingly smug married couples who constantly refer to themselves as "we.".. But a new study from the University of California, Berkeley, suggests that spouses who use "we-ness" language are better able to resolve conflicts than those who don't...(click here to rest of story)
Attachment Style may affect memories of Relationship Events... Following an argument or a particularly heated discussion with our partner, they may remember details of the conversation very differently than we do...This may lead to even more arguments, as we try to convince the other that our recollection of the argument is more correct then theirs...(click here to reaqd rest of story)	Support your Sweetheart -- but don't overdo it...Couples having problems are often advised to be more supportive of each other, but a series of University of Iowa studies shows that too much support -- or the wrong kind of support -- may actually do more harm than good...(click here to read rest of story)

Seniors' Entertainment/R&B Legends at The Fabulous Fox
R&B Legends Patti LaBelle and The O’Jays bring Valentine’s Day Spectacular to Fabulous Fox...Fox Concerts presents the Valentine’s Superstar Spectacular starring Patti LaBelle and The O’Jays at the Fabulous Fox Theatre Friday, February 12...(click here to read rest of story)

Seniors' Health/Functional Impairments
 

Decreased muscle strength predicts Functional Impairments in Older Adults... Decreased muscle strength is associated with difficulty in performing functional activities such as stooping, crouching, or kneeling (SCK) in older adults, according to an observational study published in the January issue of Physical Therapy, (PTJ) the scientific journal of the American Physical Therapy Association (APTA)...These researchers found that adults with SCK difficulty had significant decreases in adjusted strength measurements of trunk extensor, knee extensor, and ankle flexion muscles...(click here to read rest of story)

Seniors' Entertainment/Best Movies 50+ Audience
AARP The Magazine Recognizes the Best Movies for the 50+ Audience With the 9th Annual Movies for Grownups(R) Awards...Film Legend Robert De Niro to be honored with Lifetime Achievement Award at LA Awards Gala on February 16...There's no doubt that 2009 was a year in which 50+ actors and film makers rocked Hollywood, providing film content that drove audiences and numbers at the box office...Now it's awards season, and AARP The Magazine has once again picked the best films for the 50+ audience with its annual Movies for Grownups® Awards...Clint Eastwood's Invictus nabbed this year's top honor for overall "Best Movie for Grownups" and Robert De Niro is the recipient of the Movies for Grownups Lifetime Achievement Award...(click here to read rest of story)
 

Health Care Reform/Negative Impact Co-Payments
Increased Co-payments for Doctor Visits boost Health Care Costs for Seniors...For years many health experts believed that increasing insurance co-payments for routine doctor visits helped control costs. Patients faced with the higher price tag, they theorized, would simply cut back unnecessary visits, saving themselves and insurers money...Brown University researchers now believe that the practice of increasing co-payments for outpatient visits — at least for senior citizens — may actually make care far more expensive...(click here to read rest of story)
 

Seniors' Health/Fish Oil Benefit
 

Fish Oil may reduce the risk of Psychotic Disorders in High-Risk Individuals...Individuals at extremely high risk of developing psychosis appear less likely to develop psychotic disorders following a 12-week course of fish oil capsules containing long-chain omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids, according to a report in the February issue of Archives of General Psychiatry, one of the JAMA/Archives journals...(click here to read rest of story)