August 12, 2019
UCLA Health experts offer tips for healthy travel
By UCLA50Plus 
UCLA Health experts are offer health tips, travel vaccines and consultations to ensure your dream vacation does not become a travel health nightmare.
Tags: 50 plus program, Dr. Anuradha Seshadri, Dr. Jennifer Yeung, internal medicine, measles, measles vaccination, UCLA Health Brentwood, UCLA Health Century City
August 12, 2019
By UCLA50Plus
Varicose veins affect about 25 percent of women and 15 percent of men during their lifetime. Fortunately, there are many ways to treat this condition.
Tags: 50 plus program, Dr. Cheryl Hoffman, endovenous thermal ablation, mechanochemical ablation, phlebectomy, ucla varicose vein clinic, varicose veins
August 12, 2019
Doc Talk: Q & A with Robert Ashley, MD
By UCLA50Plus
Dr. Robert Ashley is an internist and assistant professor of medicine at the University of California, Los Angeles. Advanced Directives Do I really need an advanced directive? Unequivocally, yes. Advance Directives are forms providing direction to both family members and the medical community about your wishes in emergencies. They specify your medical preferences when you cannot […]
May 8, 2019
Senior Scholars Stay Connected with Lifelong Learning
By UCLA50Plus
UCLA Senior Scholars is a membership program that provides opportunities for older adults to connect with UCLA’s academic community. Membership benefits include auditing privileges at more than 100 UCLA undergraduate courses in various subject areas. Members attend lectures and follow along with class readings, but do not take tests, write papers or receive grades. Studies […]
Tags: 50 plus program, Senior Scholars
May 8, 2019
Colon-Cancer Screenings Save Lives
By UCLA50Plus
March was “Colon Cancer Awareness Month” to help raise awareness of the importance of screening to help prevent one of the most common cancers in both men and women. Are you due for a screening? Colon cancer is the third most commonly diagnosed cancer in men and women. It affects 150,000 Americans a year and […]
Tags: 50 plus program, colon cancer, colonoscopy, Dr. Fola May, fecal immunochemical test, FIT kit, gastroenterologist, polyps, precancerous polyps
May 8, 2019
UCLA Health Mobile Stroke Unit
By UCLA50Plus
What is the mobile stroke unit? Approximately every 40 seconds, someone in the United States will have a stroke and every four minutes, someone will die as a result of the disease. Against that backdrop, UCLA Health launched the first mobile stroke unit on the West Coast, enabling rapid delivery of brain-saving medications to stroke […]
Tags: 50 plus program, ambulance, critical-care nurse, CT scanner, CT technologist, stroke, stroke neurologist, UCLA Mobile Stroke Unit
May 8, 2019
Volunteer, Love People and Share Your Story
By UCLA50Plus
Meet John “JJ” Goldrick, who volunteers at the information desk at UCLA Medical Center, Santa Monica. JJ, 72, volunteers three days a week, and has been doing so since 2013. He is also a member of the hospital’s patient-family advisory council, an ambassador for the American Red Cross-Santa Monica Bay chapter and an active member […]
May 7, 2019
Discovery of Dementia-Related Genes is Key Step in Finding Therapies
By uclahealth 
More than 5 million people in the United States have Alzheimer’s disease or related dementias. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) say that figure is likely to triple by 2060. Currently no treatment can alter the course of dementia associated with the death of brain cells (neurodegeneration). Dementia Genes Linked to Buildup […]
Tags: aging, dementia, Dr. Daniel Geschwind, genes, genetic testing, Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior at UCLA
November 8, 2018
Volunteer, keep busy and take naps!
By UCLA50Plus
With 25 years of volunteering under his belt, 93-year-old Norm Serra calls himself a “professional volunteer” – and understandably so. Two days a week, he volunteers for different UCLA Health departments, including its Spiritual Care office and UCLA Health 50-Plus program. On other days, you will find him delivering for Meals-on-Wheels or at the Corpus […]
November 8, 2018
Exercise Benefits for Older Adults
By UCLA50Plus
Older adults can benefit from regular physical activity. Fortunately, the activity does not need to be strenuous to achieve health benefits. Even a leisurely stroll around the neighborhood or a nearby park can benefit both body and mind. While activities such as hobbies can contribute to maintaining independent, healthy living, exercise has been shown to […]
Tags: health benefits, insomnia, physical activity, stress
