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Not Just Living Longer, But Better, with Diabetes Management

by Jenson Mak | Sep 13, 2016 | Dr. Jenson Mak, Healthy Ageing, Healthy Bodies, Vitality

Intensive management of type II diabetes may make a huge difference on how long, as well as how well, you will live, according to this study. Even if you failed to manage your diabetes until beyond middle age, beginning management now could have a dramatic impact on...

Keeping Your Brain Agile with Music

by Jenson Mak | Sep 10, 2016 | Dr. Jenson Mak, Healthy Ageing, Healthy Minds, Vitality

You may not be considered one of the professional performers out there. But that doesn’t mean you don’t benefit from learning the way to play musical instruments. Music will always be an exciting and enthralling experience, and later on, you will realise that playing...

Smell Test May Be Able To Predict Alzheimer’s

by Jenson Mak | Aug 26, 2016 | Dr. Jenson Mak, Healthy Ageing, Healthy Bodies, Healthy Minds, Vitality

Can a smell test predict Alzheimer’s? According to research conducted at Columbia University Medical Center (CUMC), New York State Psychiatric Institute, and NewYork-Presbyterian, it just might. When aging people take an odour identification test, their inability to...

Seniors Learning to use Technology are More Connected Socially

by Jenson Mak | Mar 24, 2016 | Dr. Jenson Mak, Healthy Ageing, Healthy Bodies, Healthy Minds, Vitality

A significant part of healthy ageing is being connected to a community, to participating in society actively. In a world that in increasingly more digital, this can lead some seniors unable to connect. Seniors who are unfamiliar with -or made uncomfortable by-...

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