A 99-year-old woman in Portland, Ore., has found that she can now resume two of her favorite pastimes--reading and writing--thanks to the iPad, according to a report in the Oregonian. Virginia Campbell, who lives in Mary's Woods Retirement Community, is the star of a viral YouTube video that shows her reading and typing on her new iPad. ...

A recent pilot study has found that regular use of ''exergames''--video games, like Nintendo Wii, that combine entertainment with exercise--can improve symptoms of subsyndromal depression (SSD) in seniors.   SSD is much more common than major depression in seniors, and is associated with substantial suffering, functional ...