Ageing Gracefully

Worry is a mental pre-occupation. It is always not bad. Sometimes it works as a motivation or may help in making a potentially reasonable strategy to deal with stressful life situation. In other words, it helps an individual in the preparation for dealing with a future challenge or a threat. In this sense worry can [...]

Ageing and accompanying health factors often make later part of life very difficult period of life. Self care and health promotion are important in maintaining independence in old age. Self care is an ability to meet one’s needs. It is suggested that maintaining of low risk of disease and disease-related disability, high mental and physical [...]

Four out of the ten leading causes of death are: coronary heart disease, cancer, diabetes and cerebral vascular accidents are associated with unhealthy dietary patterns. Majority of people do not eat enough fruits or vegetables. It is true that poverty (especially in developing countries) is the main cause of unhealthy food habit. Those who can [...]

Functional decline in the elderly is attributable, at least in part, to physical inactivity. We are presenting here the findings of researches which support the effectiveness of moderate physical activity in : Decreasing overall mortality Decreasing coronary heart disease ( the leading cause of death in elderly) Decreasing colon cancer Decreasing incidence and improving management [...]

Did You Know about this latest review that foods rich in alkaline can be good for stabilizing one’s blood sugar and pressure. A proper alkaline diet can reduce an individual’s risk of type 2 diabetes and high blood pressure. An alkaline diet, also called an acid-base balance diet is a diet that is around 80% [...]