UCLA Health's Healthy Years (HY)
Volume 21 • Number 11 • November 2024
After decades behind the wheel, driving might feel like second nature, but time can bring changes that affect your driving skills. “When we age, our vision and reaction time may decline, along with visual-spatial skills,” explains Helen Lavretsky, MD, MS, Professor of Psychiatry In-Residence and Director of the late-life mood, …
Issue Highlights
There’s nothing like Valentine’s Day to make people ponder the pleasures and perils of romantic partners. Intimate companionship can be …
When physicians prescribe medications for high blood pressure (hypertension), the selection is based upon several factors. These include a person’s …
Dementia is a very upsetting diagnosis that slowly robs a person’s ability to think, learn, remember, and take care of …
The phrase “time is brain” is often used by health experts to emphasize the need to act immediately when a …
Skeletal muscles, such as biceps and quadriceps, are those that enable movement, for example, hitting a tennis ball, riding a …