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
Music has the power to soothe, entertain, and potentially inspire healing, no matter your age or health status. Both anecdotal …
Humans are hosts to trillions of microbes that live in and on the body. Inside the gut, the microbes signal …
With all the political wrangling about climate change, it may feel like there’s little one person can do to make …
Every 40 seconds someone in the United States has a stroke. That person is more than likely age 65 or …
At its core, anger serves an important purpose. It signals a threat and demands a reaction. Defining the threat and …