SUNSET— Tyrone Aranda is applying a principle he was taught early on while learning martial arts — if you learn something, you give it back. After studying karate for 35 years, Aranda is now giving ...

Tai chi practice helps to improve health and functioning in older adults, studies show. But will seniors stick with the ancient martial art long enough to see benefits? In a feasibility study aimed at ...

Seniors citizens in Willows are meditating in motion. Ever since taking up tai chi one year ago, Barbara Kistner, 86, has not only improved her strength and balance, but said her overall health and ...

Save the karate for the kids. To stave off depression among the elderly, a new study proposes the practice of a gentler martial art — tai chi. In a study published in the American Journal of Geriatric ...

Get to a certain age, and falling is no joke. It can mean broken wrists and broken hips, people helpless on the floor at home for hours or days and relatives deciding Grandma cannot live alone anymore ...

FREMONT (KPIX 5) -- Falls are one of the leading causes of serious injury for seniors. A Bay Area assisted living home in Fremont has found a way to keep more seniors on their feet, and it starts by ...

Community tai chi classes are “an effective and sustainable intervention” to prevent falls among elderly people, a recent study suggests. Researchers in Sydney, Australia, randomly assigned 702 ...

Exercise is important for everyday health, but one exercise in particular helps prevent falls and broken bones in seniors, according to recently published research. Dr. Robert Wermers, a Mayo Clinic ...

A body in motion remains in motion. Turns out that Newton’s First Law not only applies to physics, it also applies to humans as they age. If you want to stay active, vital and healthy as you get older ...

Alaska has the fastest-growing senior population in the nation, according to the Alaska Commission on Aging. Seniors now represent 17 percent of Alaska’s total population, with 6,281 of those ...