By the year 2030, the state of California is expected to have about 380,000 LGBT residing senior citizens. A new law signed by Governor Jerry Brown is backing this community and will be a positive change for the future of its states elders. 

Jodelle Maglaya | Aug 29, 2018

Elderly crime is up 45% in South Korea according to recently released police and government data. The country is facing higher elderly poverty rates and the country’s elderly increasingly face mental health problems. Interestingly, the general crime rate dropped, but in four years over 30,000 more...

Alec Pronk | Aug 29, 2018

The Chinese government has been withholding samples of a flu virus from the United States for well over a year. These are samples that are needed to create an effective flu vaccine for a rapidly changing influenza virus. This is despite research institutions and officials within the US...

Catherine Marucci | Aug 29, 2018

Researchers have found in a new study that senior citizens with impaired mental status have a higher chance of death after experiencing a heart attack.  The group of researchers studied 600 patients aged 75 and older who were admitted to the hospital for a heart attack...

Jodelle Maglaya | Aug 28, 2018

A smile and some comfort may go a long way to providing senior citizens with a longer, better life. The British Geriatrics Society published a Singapore-based study which found an increase in happiness decreased the mortality rate of elderly participants.  4,478 Singaporeans were surveyed for the...

Alec Pronk | Aug 28, 2018

There has been a debate for a while regarding if aspirin is the right thing to take for the prevention of heart attacks. The U.S Preventative Services Task Force recommends it for individuals with increased cardiovascular risk, while the

Catherine Marucci | Aug 28, 2018

Senator John McCain died at the age of 81 after stopping his treatment for a brain tumor on Friday. McCain was diagnosed with the tumor in July 2017, but he still played a pivotal political role until his last days.  Shortly after his diagnosis he gave a...

Alec Pronk | Aug 27, 2018

It’s a busy time of the year for an animal shelter in Northwest Wyoming so, a group of senior citizens decided to lend a helping hand to the dogs and cats looking for a home. KULR8 Montana spoke with Park County Shelter Manager Brittany Vaughn who...

Jodelle Maglaya | Aug 27, 2018

Katherine Johnson is a legendary NASA mathematician known as a “human computer.” She was one of the first mathematicians to help the nation’s space program to get off the ground using not much more than a slide ruler and pencils.  Born on August 26th, 1918, in...

Catherine Marucci | Aug 27, 2018

In the past few years, there have been warnings to the medical community about prescribing benzodiasepines for the elderly, but a report by Athena Health shows that those aged 65 and over are the population using this drug the most.  “Since 2012, the American Geriatrics Society (AGS) has urged clinicians...

Jodelle Maglaya | Aug 26, 2018

A Chicago banker has recently pled guilty to stealing over $328,000 from three elderly bank customers. She had originally been charged with financial exploitation of the elderly, aggravated identity theft, and financial institution fraud. Christine Lange, a 48-year-old banker, was an account executive at the Trust Company of Illinois in...

Catherine Marucci | Aug 26, 2018

John McCain’s family have released a statement saying that the senator will no longer be receiving brain cancer treatment: “Last summer, Senator John McCain shared with Americans the news our family already knew: he had been diagnosed with an aggressive glioblastoma, and the prognosis was serious. In the...

Catherine Marucci | Aug 26, 2018