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More Seniors Are Falling. One Exercise Can Help.

In All Health Watch, Anti-Aging, Coronavirus, Fitness and Exercise

 COVID Alert: More Seniors Are Falling. One Exercise Can Help. 

About 25% of people between the ages of 50 and 80 say they’ve suffered a fall during the COVID crisis, according to a new study.i

Researchers say it’s because the pandemic is causing seniors to get less exercise, which reduces their physical conditioning. This makes them more likely to suffer an injury-causing fall. Read More

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COVID Alert: Get Young Lungs by Eating This

In All Health Watch, Coronavirus, Diet and Nutrition, General Health

You reach the peak of your lung power at about age 30. After that, your breathing becomes less efficient. 

As your lungs age, they become more vulnerable to disease. In fact, age is the number one risk factor for COVID death. In the U.S., about 80% of coronavirus deaths have been in people 65 and older.i  

But researchers have found that one group of food compounds staves off lung aging.Read More

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In the Midst of the Pandemic, This Drug Secretly Sabotages Your Lung Health

In All Health Watch, Coronavirus, Health Warning

If ever there was a time to have healthy lungs, it’s now. 

As you probably know, COVID-19 typically kills by causing severe pneumonia.   

But here’s what you may not know… 

Scientists have discovered that one of the biggest-selling drugs in the U.S.—one taken by more 15 million Americans—nearly doubles your chances of getting very condition that makes COVID so dangerous.Read More