What's Ahead: Rates of cancer rise with age but then level off around 85, so if you've gotten that far cancer-free, you may reach a very old age. The Good News: Older hearts pump about the same volume of blood with each beat as younger hearts. One way to improve your heart health?
Keep moving. Research recently showed that women and men age plus who spent as little as a half hour a day on activities like walking and dancing had a 20 to 40 percent lower risk of dying from heart disease than those who reported no activity.
A skipped beat or a racing heart could be atrial fibrillation, a type of heart arrhythmia that becomes more common with age. Since it can increase the risk of stroke, mention it to your doctor. You should also say if you're experiencing unusual fatigue, weakness when exercising or dizziness. What's Ahead: Heart disease incidence rises; it's the leading cause of death for people 75 through The Good News: If you're generally healthy, your urological system likely functions pretty well.
And an array of therapies can help when problems crop up. The Not-So-Good News: Bladder tissue contracts and expands less efficiently as you get older, often leading to overactive bladder, incontinence and infection. About 60 percent of women in their 70s will experience some type of urinary incontinence. Ask your doctor about bladder training, medications and pelvic floor exercises "Kegels" , which can strengthen the muscles around the bladder.
More than half of men in their 70s experience symptoms of an enlarged prostate gland, called benign prostatic hyperplasia BPH. Symptoms include a weak urine flow or difficulty urinating, but medications like tamsulosin and finasteride can help. Gotta go during the night? Not to worry; that's normal. Terlecki, M. And 25 to 35 percent of those in their 70s get up at least twice. Try decreasing fluids after 6 p. If you're on diuretics for high blood pressure, speak to your doctor about taking your pill in the morning.
What's Ahead: Urinary tract infections are common as you age. The counterintuitive advice? If you're not experiencing symptoms, sometimes it's better to do nothing. Antibiotics can clear up the infection, but they often disrupt other bacterial balances. The Good News: We're pretty happy.
A recent AARP survey showed that of all the decades surveyed, the 70s tend to be some of the happiest years of your life. One explanation for the trend: years of experience. The Not-So-Good News: You might stay away from stressful situations, thereby missing out on new opportunities.
Just make sure all of your social interactions stay strong. They may be key to facing future challenges with resilience. Does your spouse seem mellower than he or she once did? What's Ahead: As long as your health remains good, you can expect to be happy. Studies also suggest that negative emotions like anger and sadness become less frequent with age, perhaps because older adults get better at tuning out negativity. As you age, your eye muscles slow down, causing your eyes' pupils to react more slowly to changes in light.
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Geldof is widely recognised for his activism, especially anti-poverty efforts concerning Africa. In , he and Midge Ure founded the Descriptive statistics were obtained for the variables studied, followed by the Kolmogorov-Smirnov test to assess the normality of the variables physical activity level PAL , number of chronic diseases, number of medications, number of falls and pain intensity.
The chi-squared test was applied to analyze PAL by age range and sex. Of the older participants, The occurrence of falls was more pronounced in 70 to year-olds Table 3 shows the average number of hours spent on physical activity per week. These data corroborate Bueno et al. Krug et al. Prevalence of commuting physical activity and associated factors in long-lived older adults.
Rev Bras Cineantropom Desempenho Hum. A study based on interviews conducted by the National Health Survey describing involvement in, knowledge of and the reasons why the young old and very old do not participate in public physical activity programs outlines a worrisome scenario.
Results indicated that of the 9, young old and 1, very old participants, Additionally, These data indicate a need to improve diffusion of public programs that encourage physical activity among older adults, besides examining and rethinking the communication strategies used to publicize them.
It is essential to raise awareness about the importance of PA in any age group and adjust programs to the needs and aspirations of individuals throughout their lives. Another finding of this study was that 70 to year-old men are more active Moreover, a higher percentage of the insufficiently active were women from both age ranges, with Both men and women exhibited a decline in PAL with advanced age, with higher levels among older men in both age groups.
A similar result was shown in a study with older individuals average age Regarding the type of activity, men favored walking and vigorous exercise, while women performed more moderate activities 18 Rev Esp Salud Publica. Tribess et al. Rev Assoc Med Bras.
When physical activity domains were analyzed separately, there were significant differences in the means, with men spending more time on work, transport and leisure activities and women on household tasks. A study by Krug et al. The authors emphasized that what contributes most to helping older adults stay active, regardless of sex, is household chores.
These occupied the most time in this age group, who largely performed them at moderate intensity, keeping them active and autonomous in their daily lives. Exploring the differences between the sexes in predictors of PA in older individuals, Chen et al.
Gender differences in the predictors of physical activity among assisted living residents. J Nurs Scholarsh. Factors that negatively affected physical activity in older men were age, number of chronic diseases and depression; and in women the number of chronic diseases and depression.
In this study, Oliveira et al. Estud Interdiscipl Envelhec. Brito et al. Rev Bras Enferm. Nowadays, life expectancy is about 70 years, for the very oldest boomers. This may come as a surprise to those boomers about to turn 70, who have just renewed their gym memberships. So, what does all this mean if you are about to blow out 70 candles? The good news is that as you age, your life expectancy actually increases.
Each year you live means that you have survived all sorts of potential causes of death. It means you didn't die of infectious diseases when young, car accidents, or a broken heart in your teens. So the trick is to just stay alive.
To give you a visual aid for all this, imagine your life as a huge Olympic sport of hurdle jumping. You've got your sneakers on, you've had a hearty gluten-free breakfast, and you've remembered to floss.
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