Health Topics for People Over Age 50 Years

by Joy Koenig, M.D., M.S.
Board Certified in Preventive Medicine
© Joy Koenig 1999-2008 All Rights Reserved

WRITING TOPICS for People Over 50+ Years of Age

  1. Current Events / Health in the News
    1. Outbreaks and Rising Rates
    2. Publicized Research Studies
  2. Health Care & Wellness Industries
    1. Insurance and Managed Care
    2. Access and Coverage/Payment Issues
    3. New and/or Recalled Pharmaceuticals and Devices
    4. Health Care / Wellness Provider Guidance
  3. Behavior Change
    1. Readiness to change
    2. Motivation
  4. Fitness
    1. Staying fit despite aches & pains
    2. Flexibility
    3. Body Composition (muscle mass / fat)
  5. Eating Healthfully
    1. Feeling Well & Disease Prevention
    2. Disease Treatment
    3. Conflict with Medications
    4. Weight Management & Metabolism
  6. Stress
    1. Health Effects
    2. Stress that can eliminated or reduced
    3. Stress that can be managed better
  7. Effect of Relationships on Physical Health (e.g., sex, stress, stress management)
  8. Our Changing Bodies
    1. The Five Senses (hearing, seeing, tasting, smelling, touching)
    2. Hormones (men and women)
    3. Skin
    4. Hydration
    5. By Organ System
      1.   Digestive
      2. Urinary
      3. Sexual / Reproductive
      4. Musculo-skeletal
      5. Neurological
      6. Immune system
      7. Respiratory
  9. Self Care
    1. Over the Counter Medicine
    2. Common Complaints
    3. Holistic Health
      1. Nutriceuticals (pills & potions)
      2. Devices (magnets, copper bracelets, brain wave machines)
      3. Body Centered Therapies
      4. Spiritual Practices
  10. Occupational Health
    1. Chronic exposures
    2. Ergonomics
    3. Occupational cancer clusters
  11. Environmental Health
    1. Air quality (indoor and outdoor)
    2. Water quality (tap and groundwater)
    3. Soil (fertilizers and pesticides)
    4. Specific Disease Risk Reduction
      1. Heart Disease
      2. Diabetes
      3. Osteoporosis
      4. Cancer
      5. Dental Disease
  12. General Risk Reduction
    1. Smoking Cessation
    2. Unintentional Injury Prevention
      1. Driving
      2. Falls
    3. Getting Enough Sleep
    4. Screening Tests and Procedures

NOTES:

According to the CDC - (http://www.cdc.gov/aging/info.htm)

Nearly 40% of deaths in America can be attributed to smoking, physical inactivity, poor diet, or alcohol misuse-behaviors practiced by many people every day for much of their lives.

Between 8 to 20 percent of older adults in the community and up to 37 percent in primary care settings suffer from depressive symptoms.

In the United States, one of every three persons aged 65 years and older falls each year. Among older adults, falls are the leading cause of injuries, hospital admissions for trauma, and deaths due to injury.

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