Seniors

ScienceDaily.com tells us that Dr. Denise Houston from the Sticht Center on Aging at Wake Forest University and her team studied the relationship between
Vitamin D status and physical function in a group of relatively healthy seniors living in Memphis, TN and Pittsburgh, PA. .

This study was part of the Health, Aging, and Body Composition (Health ABC) study initially designed to assess the associations among body composition, long-term health conditions, and mobility in older adults.

Marieke Van Puymbroeck, assistant professor in the Department of Recreation, Park and Tourism Studies in IIndiana University's School of Health, Physical Education and Recreation and her team of researchers have found promising results in an investigational study that involvied the practice of yoga by seniors who had a fear of falling.