MedWorm provides a medical RSS filtering service. Over 6000 RSS medical sources are combined and output via different filters. This feed contains the latest medical blog items that have been tagged with 'aging issues'. Sat, 03 Sep 2011 02:36:21 +0100 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4642858&cid=t_380281_131_f&fid=34989&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.b5media.com%2F%7Er%2Fb5media%2FGeneticsHealth%2F%7E3%2Fn3w-dFUNHGE%2F It’s a good morning, and we’re about to put a serious spring in your step during this second week of spring. How? Our 40 Days of Giveaways are back and all-new today. (If you’re late to this spring fling: Blisstree is using the season of Lent to reward you for giving up your vices in favor of healthier habits. Each weekday from now until May 3, we’ll give away a different prize to one reader just for becoming our Facebook fan.) And we hope today’s nifty prize will help launch you into a healthier, happier spring season. We’re giving away a one month’s supply of Nature Made’s Açaí + SuperFruit Super Antioxidant to one reader who simply “Likes” Blisstree on Facebook. About Nature Made Açaí + SuperFruit Super Antioxidant: A combination of extracts from the ... Genetics and Health blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4642858 Mon, 28 Mar 2011 12:30:33 +0100 4642858 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4536148&cid=t_380281_111_f&fid=36048&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.b5media.com%2F%7Er%2Fb5media%2FAHeartyLife%2F%7E3%2FF75_wy2FKG0%2F Therese Borchard This is author Therese Borchard’s second post for Blisstree; she’ll be blogging for us on a weekly basis about all kinds of mental health, depression, and therapy issues. Find her debut post here. Have a question for Therese? Leave it in our comments section, below. Maybe it’s because I just turned 40 over the weekend, or maybe it’s because I was asked to be a “relationship expert” for a dating website a few days ago (LOL), or that TV writer Tracy McMillan’s recent HuffPo piece “Why You’re Not Married” got under my skin, but I can’t stop thinking about how I ended up married with two kids when I was the one labeled in college “most likely to become an old maid” because 1. I preferred a tiny closet of a room for me and only me over a roomy ... A Hearty Life blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4536148 Tue, 01 Mar 2011 16:26:25 +0100 4536148 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4436883&cid=t_380281_131_f&fid=34989&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.b5media.com%2F%7Er%2Fb5media%2FGeneticsHealth%2F%7E3%2FST767NYz5bE%2F Sure osteoporosis meds allegedly can reduce the risk of fractures in osteoporosis patients, but can they really add five years to your life? That’s exactly what an Australian study in the Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism claims. The research shows that participants taking bisphosphonates (or drugs that prevent bone loss) for an average of three years had a significantly longer life span than those treating the disease with treatments such as Vitamin D and hormone therapy. According to Medical News Today, “Among younger women with osteoporotic fractures, where one might expect about 20-25% of deaths over five years, there were no deaths at all.” The study’s authors (who admittedly thought there was an error when they first saw the results) say that the extended l... Genetics and Health blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4436883 Fri, 04 Feb 2011 19:48:41 +0100 4436883 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4424375&cid=t_380281_131_f&fid=34989&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.b5media.com%2F%7Er%2Fb5media%2FGeneticsHealth%2F%7E3%2FoWnfWNZJPSY%2F Cary Grant and Deborah Kerr in "An Affair to Remember" I’m a reality TV show junkie. Bravo is my visual drug of choice. My husband and I watch Top Chef as if it were a contact sport. My friends and I have parties for every Real Housewives reunions. I’ve already set my DVR for the latest season of Million Dollar Listing. Being mildly obsessed with one of cable’s leading reality networks, it came as no surprise when I stumbled across the latest Bravo casting call for a new show tentatively titled What If. Reveille Productions, the same people who produce MasterChef, Tabatha’s Salon Takeover and The Biggest Loser, is looking to cast professional women who “want to connect with their past in order to change their future” for this new concept show. The idea behind What If ... Genetics and Health blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4424375 Tue, 01 Feb 2011 14:30:32 +0100 4424375 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4377720&cid=t_380281_131_f&fid=34989&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.b5media.com%2F%7Er%2Fb5media%2FGeneticsHealth%2F%7E3%2FL9zJM63rZEs%2F photo: Thinkstock Yesterday, contributor Tracy Wholf blogged about turning 30 in 2011, and while I appreciated (and published) the post, as someone who will turn 40 during the same year, I definitely have a few things to say on that particular subject. But first I’d like to address some of the anxieties that women who are moving into their 30s often face, which Wholf brought up in her post: Since when do women think that they need to have everything in life figured out by age 30? It’s absurd that society has pressured us into thinking that the start of each new decade must also usher in a superior age of enlightenment. It’s simply not possible. Putting that kind of absurd pressure on ourselves is completely pointless and counterproductive. And do women really still feel p... Genetics and Health blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4377720 Thu, 20 Jan 2011 21:14:00 +0100 4377720 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4372193&cid=t_380281_131_f&fid=34989&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.b5media.com%2F%7Er%2Fb5media%2FGeneticsHealth%2F%7E3%2FOrHgpUU4o0A%2F photo: Thinkstock I’ve been 30 for one week. I have a new driver’s license. Thanks to my age, I now check a different box on questionnaires. Thirty doesn’t feel that far removed from 28 or 29, but the fact that I’ve entered a new decade has given me the heebie-jeebies and has me asking, “Now what?” Lately, I’ve find myself concerned about weird things, like anti-wrinkle skin cream and decreasing metabolism. But beyond the vanity-related anxieties about aging, a few serious thoughts also have been bothering me, like the status of my professional career and motherhood — issues I thought would be resolved by my 30th birthday. Exactly one month prior to “the day,” I sat on my couch wide-awake at 1 a.m., struggling with a range of emotions about exiting my 20s. As so... Genetics and Health blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4372193 Wed, 19 Jan 2011 18:17:35 +0100 4372193 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4121938&cid=t_380281_111_f&fid=36048&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.b5media.com%2F%7Er%2Fb5media%2FAHeartyLife%2F%7E3%2FX5NAlG93Q3U%2F – Gynecologist and author Lissa Rankin on her philosophy of talking openly about women’s sexual health (and society’s reaction to it), from our post: We Probe Lissa Rankin, Author of What’s Up Down There? on Vaginas, Sex, and Aging Post from: BlissTree Society has this image of doctors as disembodied brains walking around without body parts, kind of like pastors or kindergarten teachers — you know they have body parts but you don’t really want to think about it. So they don’t know what to do with me when I talk about my own experience. Doctors are trained to be very clinical about it, but I’ve gone out of my way to not be that way, and people aren’t quite sure what to make of that. It makes people uncomfortable. (Source: A Hearty Life) A Hearty Life blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4121938 Sat, 30 Oct 2010 14:00:00 +0100 4121938 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4097866&cid=t_380281_87_f&fid=34872&url=http%3A%2F%2Fblisstree.com%2Ffeel%2Ffive-years-ago-i-thought-i-was-all-done-with-vaginas-i-had-been-working-full-time-as-an-obgyn-was-expected-to-see-40-patients-a-day-and-was-really-miserable-so-i-ended-up-leaving-my-job-a-huge%2F – Gynecologist and author Lissa Rankin on heeding the call to help women in a different way than how she was trained as a medical professional, from our post: We Probe Dr. Lissa Rankin, Author of What’s Up Down There? on Vaginas, Sex, and Aging Post from: BlissTree Five years ago I thought I was all done with vaginas. I had been working full-time as an OB/GYN, was expected to see 40 patients a day, and was really miserable. So I ended up leaving my job -- a huge leap of faith because my husband was a stay-at-home dad and we didn’t have any savings. I thought I was going to be a full-time artist and writer, but realized nine months later that you can quit your job, but you can’t quit your calling. I realized that I was supposed to be in service to women in some way. (Source: Hea... Healthbolt blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4097866 Sat, 23 Oct 2010 14:00:13 +0100 4097866 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4073996&cid=t_380281_87_f&fid=34872&url=http%3A%2F%2Fblisstree.com%2Ffeel%2Fi-think-that-as-women-get-older-their-sex-lives-just-keep-getting-better-%25e2%2580%2593-that%25e2%2580%2599s-my-experience-with-my-patients-friends-and-people-i%25e2%2580%2599ve-talked-to-i-know-that-i-felt-the-s%2F – Dr. Lissa Rankin, on women and sexuality after 30, from our exclusive Q&A: We Probe Dr. Lissa Rankin, Author of What’s Up Down There, on Vaginas, Sex and Aging Post from: BlissTree I think that as women get older, their sex lives just keep getting better – that’s my experience with my patients, friends, and people I’ve talked to. I know that I felt the sexiest-looking in the mirror when I was 28, but the older I get the more I feel sexy in other ways. It’s not that I have the world’s greatest pair of legs anymore, but there are other things that have changed, and I’m open to things in a new way. (Source: Healthbolt) Healthbolt blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4073996 Sat, 16 Oct 2010 14:00:11 +0100 4073996 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4060552&cid=t_380281_87_f&fid=34872&url=http%3A%2F%2Fblisstree.com%2Ffeel%2Fwe-quiz-dr-lissa-rankin-author-of-whats-up-down-there-on-vaginas-sex-and-aging%2F If you don’t already have a copy of Dr. Lissa Rankin’s new book, What’s Up Down There? Questions You’d Only Ask Your Gynecologist If She Was Your Best Friend, you should. Rankin, a practicing gynecologist and founder of The Owning Pink Center in Mill Valley, California, sifted through thousands of questions from her friends, patients, blog readers, and Twitter followers to create a book filled with real questions about our ladyparts — including stuff like: “What’s the most common labia size, and please don’t say that all vaginas are different and special. Seriously, what’s the most common?” Her answers are hilarious, candid, personal, racy (she confesses everything from what her vagina tastes like to her STD history, something we&#821... Healthbolt blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4060552 Tue, 12 Oct 2010 19:08:05 +0100 4060552 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4036599&cid=t_380281_87_f&fid=34872&url=http%3A%2F%2Fblisstree.com%2Ffeel%2Fthe-best-sex-of-your-life-at-40%2F photo: Thinkstock A new survey suggests that women have the best sex after they turn 40. Why? We’re less self-conscious about our bodies, and feel more adventurous and assertive. In other words, when we’re in our 40s, we know what we want and we aren’t afraid to ask for it. Have you noticed that your sex life has improved as you’ve gotten older? Comment below (anonymously, if you like) and let us know. via Daily Mail Post from: BlissTree The Best Sex of Your Life...At 40? (Source: Healthbolt) Healthbolt blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4036599 Wed, 06 Oct 2010 21:53:36 +0100 4036599 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4031191&cid=t_380281_87_f&fid=34872&url=http%3A%2F%2Fblisstree.com%2Ffeel%2Fpoll-would-you-go-under-the-knife-for-your-vanity%2F Lisa Rinna (photo: Adriana M. Barraza/WENN.com) It’s easy to judge women (and men) who opt for plastic surgery or liposuction, just because we think we’d never do it. But we’re still young-ish. How can we be sure we won’t change our minds later on? Of course, there’s no way we want end up looking like the current Courteney Cox or Christa Miller from ABC’s Cougar Town, or Lisa Rinna (what the hell were they thinking?), but maybe we’d just need to find a better plastic surgeon. Or maybe no matter how expert the hands are that hold the scalpel, plastic surgery just never turns out well in the long run. So would you take the risk? Either way, take our anonymous poll: And if you have had plastic surgery and/or liposuction, tell us about your experience... Healthbolt blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4031191 Mon, 04 Oct 2010 20:29:40 +0100 4031191 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4031192&cid=t_380281_87_f&fid=34872&url=http%3A%2F%2Fblisstree.com%2Ffeel%2F203184%2F Post from: BlissTree (Source: Healthbolt) Healthbolt blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4031192 Mon, 04 Oct 2010 20:20:25 +0100 4031192 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4013118&cid=t_380281_87_f&fid=34872&url=http%3A%2F%2Fblisstree.com%2Ffeel%2Fbye-bye-bifocals-new-glasses-allow-you-to-see-both-near-and-far%2F photo via AOL Health We thought you’d be interested in this post from Catherine Donaldson-Evans at AOL Health. A new kind of glasses can help those hitting middle age do what their eyes no longer can: see objects clearly, at any distance. The glasses, called TruFocals, allow the wearer to adjust the lenses depending on what they’re trying to see and how far away it is. The company that makes them, Zoom Focus Eyewear in Southern California, says their product means an end to the need for multiple pairs of glasses and the limitation of having only one field of vision in focus at a time. “It’s a dramatically different technology from bifocals and all other glasses,” the product’s inventor, Stephen Kurtin, told AOL Health. “They actually change focus ... Healthbolt blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4013118 Tue, 28 Sep 2010 16:30:47 +0100 4013118 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4002877&cid=t_380281_87_f&fid=34872&url=http%3A%2F%2Fblisstree.com%2Ffeel%2Fmen-become-more-forgetful-than-women-now-theres-proof%2F We thought you’d be interested in this post by Deborah Huso from AOL Health. How often have you complained that your husband can’t seem to remember anything? You ask him to take out the trash, and fifteen minutes later he’s still watching TV, claiming you never spoke to him. You remind him to pick up milk on the way home from work, and he shows up empty-handed. Yet he never seems to forget when his favorite football team is playing or when that race is airing on ESPN. Is it selective memory? Well, maybe not. As it turns out, the guys may have an excuse for their inability to keep up with things as well as women do. According to a new study, mild cognitive impairment (MCI), what typically exhibits itself as mild memory loss, is one-and-a-half times more common in men than ... Healthbolt blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4002877 Sun, 26 Sep 2010 15:05:47 +0100 4002877 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3968974&cid=t_380281_87_f&fid=34872&url=http%3A%2F%2Fblisstree.com%2Ffeel%2Fhow-long-can-i-wait-til-i-have-to-admit-ive-become-my-mother%2F It’s happening. I forget conversations I had with people yesterday. Lately I’ve been talking a lot about the weather. Sometimes I watch Jeopardy (but only on the treadmill). And I garnish my white wine with ice cubes. I know the inevitable is almost here: I am becoming my mother. Not that becoming my mother would be the worst thing in the world. She’s a nice lady and everything. But I’m still in my 30s, so I’d like to think I’m still a few decades? years? months? from having to confront this clichéd inevitability. I don’t look like my mother or dress like her or sound like her, but today I found myself playing a rousing game of “peek-a-boo” on a train with a stranger’s toddler who was sitting across from me, which is exactly what... Healthbolt blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3968974 Tue, 14 Sep 2010 22:02:16 +0100 3968974 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3946423&cid=t_380281_87_f&fid=36050&url=http%3A%2F%2Fblisstree.com%2Flive%2Fbecome-our-facebook-fan-and-get-a-chance-to-win-a-nautica-bathrobe-and-relaxation-prize-pack%2F Summer’s winding down and we’re consumed with thoughts of cool, autumn evenings sipping red wine by the fire. We’re picturing ourselves curling up on the couch on lazy fall Sundays just taking it easy (and catching up on all things Blisstree, of course). And we want to help one of our Facebook fans do just that – in style. To mark Susan G. Komen for the Cure’s new breast cancer awareness event, Sleep In for the Cure, Blisstree and Nautica have created a lazy Sunday package that will keep one lucky Facebook fan in cozy comfort, while raising funds and awareness for breast cancer research through Susan G. Komen. The Sleep In for the Cure event takes place this Sunday, September 12, 2010 (the same day as the Komen NYC Race for the Cure). But the Sleep In option allow... Breastfeeding 1-2-3 blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3946423 Wed, 08 Sep 2010 16:05:11 +0100 3946423 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3942765&cid=t_380281_87_f&fid=36050&url=http%3A%2F%2Fblisstree.com%2Flive%2F106-year-old-lady-credits-abstinence-for-long-life%2F photo via The Scotsman Isabella Blyth just turned 106. Her secret? Never being romantically involved with anyone. (Why didn’t we think of that?) Ms. Blyth has never kissed – much less had sex with – anyone, and it doesn’t bother her one bit. She claims she’s had a full life, and was too busy with church, family, and friends to even think about romance. Do you think entirely avoiding all romantic interaction could possibly make you live longer? You might be less stressed out if you didn’t have to deal with all the bullshit that comes with relationships, but you’d sure be lacking in the “life experience” department. So would you trade every relationship you’ve ever had (not to mention all that sex) if it meant you’d see the ripe old a... Breastfeeding 1-2-3 blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3942765 Tue, 07 Sep 2010 16:30:50 +0100 3942765 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3920795&cid=t_380281_87_f&fid=34872&url=http%3A%2F%2Fblisstree.com%2Ffeel%2Fold-folks-love-bashing-young-folks%2F photo: Thinkstock Every time your elderly parents or grandparents shake their heads in disapproval at today’s youth, don’t feel badly for them. The old crones actually like it. Apparently, German researchers claim that the old bats enjoy reading negative news about us confounded whippersnappers, because it makes them feel good about themselves. We could’ve figured this one out on our own if we’d just been counting the number of times we’ve heard Nana and Pop tell stories starting with, “In my day, young people never…” via MSNBC Today Post from: BlissTree Old Folks Love Bashing Young Folks (Source: Healthbolt) Healthbolt blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3920795 Tue, 31 Aug 2010 15:20:03 +0100 3920795 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3706638&cid=t_380281_87_f&fid=36050&url=http%3A%2F%2Fblisstree.com%2Flive%2F185764%2F Coffee may prevent Alzheimer’s, but what’s the catch? According to a story yesterday on NPR’s Morning Edition, researchers recorded improvements in lab mice with Alzheimer’s, but only if the critters got a ton of caffeine. Theoretically, the human equivalent would mean drinking at least five cups of regular coffee every day, but at this point these findings are inconclusive. So keep doing your crossword puzzles. Post from: BlissTree (Source: Breastfeeding 1-2-3) Breastfeeding 1-2-3 blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3706638 Mon, 28 Jun 2010 22:19:26 +0100 3706638