by Senior Scene | Dec 31, 2023 | Featured Article (01), General Interest, Magazine, Senior Health
Age-Related Vision Loss By Arvind M. Dhople, Ph.D., Professor Emeritus, Florida Tech January 04, 2024, marks the World Braille Day – birth of Louis Braille (1809-1852), inventor of the reading and writing system used by millions of blind and partially sighted people....
by Senior Scene | Nov 30, 2023 | Featured Article (01), General Interest, Magazine, Senior Health
Loneliness And Social Isolation By Arvind M. Dhople, Ph.D., Professor Emeritus, Florida Tech Everyone needs social connections to survive and thrive. But as people age, they often find themselves spending more time alone. Being alone may leave older...
by Senior Scene | Oct 31, 2023 | Featured Article (01), General Interest, Magazine, Senior Health
Keep My Mouth Young In Old Age! By Arvind M. Dhople, Ph.D., Professor Emeritus, Florida Tech Keep My Mouth Young In Old Age! The idiom “getting long in the tooth”, meaning to age, is believed to have first been coined to describe how horses’ teeth...
by Senior Scene | Oct 1, 2023 | Featured Article (01), General Interest, Magazine, Senior Health
Thanatophobia By Arvind M. Dhople, Ph.D., Professor Emeritus, Florida Tech Thanatophobia (fear of death) is an intense fear of death or dying. For some, this involves a fear of being dead. Others are afraid of the dying process. A person with thanatophobia can fear...
by Senior Scene | Aug 31, 2023 | Featured Article (01), General Interest, Magazine, Senior Health
Opioid Crisis By Arvind M. Dhople, Ph.D., Professor Emeritus, Florida Tech As the COVID-19 pandemic in the U.S. had eased well, the extent of devastation caused during this period by the opioid epidemic is no longer obscured. Data by the National Center for Health...
by Senior Scene | Jul 31, 2023 | Featured Article (01), General Interest, Magazine, Senior Health
Longevity In Health For Children By Arvind M. Dhople, Ph.D., Professor Emeritus, Florida Tech Over the past two decades, the world has made tremendous progress improving child and adolescent health and well-being. But challenges persist. Communicable diseases...
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