elderly substance abuse

Senior Substance Abuse:  Prepare for an Increase – Really!

  Elderly Substance Abuse It’s something that we never associate with the elderly, but it does, in fact, exist —- it’s substance abuse.  According to the NYS Office of Alcoholism and Substance Abuse Services (OASAS), this is a “hidden national epidemic”.  While 60% of substance abusers in younger demographics are diagnosed, only 37% in the…

exercise and Alzheimer's prevention

Exercise and Alzheimer’s Disease Prevention

The New York Times reported on a fascinating study published in the Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience in an article entitled, “Can Exercise Reduce Alzheimer’s Risk?” by Gretchen Reynolds. They examined people aged 65-89 who possess a gene related to Alzheimer’s development, APOE epsilon4 allele (e4 gene for short). They looked at the hypothesis that even…