Work takes up a huge chunk of time in our everyday life, therefore retirement can be a difficult adjustment if you don’t have a plan in place for the free time you’ll suddenly have. As the initial retirement euphoria dries, you may begin to feel clueless with all the time that you have in your hands. Staying engaged in constructive activities is critical to ward off depression, an ailment that often accompanies seniors. My Health Guardian talks to real life seniors to get inputs on how to plan new innings post retirement. Also tell you how to make your post-retirement years fulfilling. Read in detail Retirement is no longer the end of the road tells Indira Gulati, Cofounder

Although games have traditionally been viewed as strictly leisure activities, and often only associated with kids’ and teens’ ‘time wasters’, but the fact is that there are lots of games that can help adults in improving their health and wellness. Seniors too can play video games and X boxes. Learn more about virtual games and how it affects the wellbeing of seniors with Priya Singh. Also know about 6 different games that will help keep you fit and mentally active, thereby improving your overall wellness. How video games affect cognition and mental alertness Games connect to the reward circuits of the human brain to make it active tells Dr Arti Anand, Clinical Psychologist Ganga

Age makes you sage, but it shouldn’t make you senile. Increasing age is not correlated with foggy memory. You can keep your brain active and agile irrespective of your age.  Moreover, do remember that it’s acceptable to forget where you’ve kept your glasses, but it’s just not acceptable, if you forget that you wear glasses. At any age you can keep your brain active. My Health Guardian tells you exactly what you should be doing for a sharp memory.  1. Remind yourself. Yes, reminders work. When you meet new people, repeat their names while talking to them. Also while talking to them, make a note of any of their feature which distinguishes them. This will help you

Pneumonia is concerns for older adults and people with chronic illnesses or impaired immune systems, but it can also strike young healthy people. Worldwide, it’s a leading cause of death in children. Pneumonia can be difficult to spot. It often mimics a cold or the flu, beginning with a cough and a fever, so you may not realise you have a more serious condition. Chest pain is a common symptom of many types of pneumonia. Pneumonia symptoms can vary greatly, depending on any underlying conditions you may have and the type of organism causing the infection. Adults aging 50 or more and very young children, whose immune systems aren’t fully developed, are at an increased risk of

Many elderly begin taking supplements to bridge the nutritional deficiencies. And there are many more who contemplate taking a nutritional supplement. Supplements have never been devoid of controversy. There are ‘believers’ and ‘non-believers’. We talk to real seniors on what supplements they take and if they would recommend it to others. 1. Supplement: Multivitamin General Vohra takes GNC Megamen 50 Plus for the last two and half years. The supplement was initially bought by his son who lives in USA for him. Since then, he has been hooked to it and visits Galleria store to refill his nutritional needs. GNC Mega Men 50 plus is a premium multivitamin. It has vitamins, minerals and

Age is but a number. However, as we age it’s but natural for the body to change with the advancing years. As we process food for energy, our body produces substances called, free radicals which damages cells and contributes to ageing. Continue reading to know about top five changes that your body tackles with age and how to cope with it. How our bodies change with age 1) You and your heart: With age your heart muscle will become less efficient, less pliant and will be less able to pump large quantities of blood. Your blood vessels may narrow and hard fatty deposits may form, as a result you may experience high blood pressure. What should you do Get your numbers checked regularly,

The natural lens in the eye is a unique physical structure that cannot be repaired or replaced, but instead accumulates any damage that may occur to it over time. About 90% of the material in the lens consists of long stringy proteins laid out that allow nearly perfect light transmission. Damage to this precise structure can lead to a cataract or white opacity. Cataracts are lens opacities that are the cause of 50% of the blindness in underdeveloped countries. Cataracts come in a variety of types. The most common type, called a senile cataract (old age related), becomes a vision problem almost exclusively in those over the age of 60, senile cataracts often start as a discoloration of the

The much awaited winter has arrived. Overall winter is a healthy season but seniors need to exercise extra care. The reason being that once men and women reach sixty plus they tend to develop lifestyle diseases: high blood pressure, diabetes, heart problems. As a result the customary precautions suggested like morning walks need to be done with caution too. Find more with Archana Jha Darshan..… Hypertensives find cold weather a difficult time to rein in their blood pressure. When the mercury dips our blood vessels constrict which hampers the smooth flow of the blood. Consequently the heart has to work harder to pump in the blood. It would be a wise step to meet your cardiologist, if

  Earlier it was believed that as men and women mature they should become sexual neuters and the physical act was limited only for the young. But, the recent study done in Sweden seems to disagree. The study says that more and more sixty year olds are turning active between the sheets. Archana Darshan reveals the facts in the Indian context. Dr Ajit Saxena, Senior Consultant Urology at Apollo Hospitals says, “As compared to the past I’ve seen a 100 percent increase in the number of senior men coming to me seeking treatment for their sex life.” Many a time senior men do not prefer to come directly to seek solutions for their sexual dissatisfaction and cloak their visits in the garb

Arthritis is the inflammation of one or more joints. It is characterised by pain and stiffness especially in the morning or after exercise, swelling, deformity and diminished range of motion. There may be audible cracking or grating noises when the joints move. The prevalence of the disease increases with age.   Arthritis is not a modern ailment. Archaelogists have discovered evidence of the disorder in the skeletons of Neanderthals and other prehistoric mammals and even dinosaurs. Conventional medicine is confounded on why arthritis occurs. Since the most prominent feature of arthritis is pain and inflammation, it is important that food helping in alleviating the pain and inflammation