March 2017 - Alivity Care Advocates

Why US communities should be designing parks for older adults

Jay Maddock, Texas A&M University As America grays, healthy aging becomes essential. Physical activity or exercise is an important piece of this. Getting regular exercise of just 150 minutes of moderate physical activity per week has been linked to a reduction in heart disease, cancer, falls and cognitive impairment due to dementia, including Alzheimer-type dementia. [Read More...]

A serious and often overlooked issue for patients with brain diseases: Swallowing

Don Bolser, University of Florida Recall that last time you had something “go down the wrong pipe”? You spent the next several minutes coughing, choking and feeling like something bad was in your throat. [Read More...]

Influenza: The search for a universal vaccine

Ian Setliff, Vanderbilt University and Amyn Murji, Vanderbilt University No one wants to catch the flu, and the best line of defense is the seasonal influenza vaccine. But producing an effective annual flu shot relies on accurately predicting which flu strains are most likely to infect the population in any given season. [Read More...]