Microsoft’s search engine, Bing, recently released a new and improved health search. By sum­ma­riz­ing the search results, adding highly rel­e­vant con­tent from part­ners and high­light­ing key infor­ma­tion, Bing hopes to pro­vide a bet­ter search for…

For those of you con­cerned with brain health, here is another site to check out. Lumosity.com offers some free and paid resources for peo­ple who want to keep their brain in good shape. In either case, the first week of pre­mium mem­ber­ship is free, and does not require any credit card infor­ma­tion or the likes, so…

In a recent newslet­ter from Posit Sci­ence, a com­pany that spe­cial­izes in brain fit­ness, there is an inter­est­ing report about how exer­cis­ing ones mind can improve people’s qual­ity of life while aging. It is writ­ten by Lau­rie Orlov, from Aging in Place Technology Watch.

She refers to sev­eral stud­ies that show how mature adults can train their brains to age bet­ter, enabling them to keep liv­ing at home.…

In the Brook­dale Senior Liv­ing newslet­ter and web­site, we came across an inter­est­ing arti­cle about the dif­fer­ent dimen­sions of well­ness – things to think about in order to stay as healthy as pos­si­ble. The arti­cle is orig­i­nally intended for peo­ple with chronic health con­di­tions, but makes some points that are universally valid.

If you feel like tak­ing care of your health is a strug­gle, or if you’re…

If you are wor­ried that you or some­one close to you might have caught the H1N1 virus, or Swine Flu, the H1N1 Response Cen­ter can help. The web­site pro­vides a set of free resources, such as a self-​​​​assessment for flu-​​​​symptoms, help to decide what to do if you think you may have caught it, and advice…