Tait Trussell has written for The Wall Street Journal, The Saturday Evening Post, Congressional Quarterly, Nation’s Business and Front Page Magazine (online). He was vice president of the American Enterprise Institute, a Washington public policy think tank, and served on the Bicentennial Commission on the Constitution. A fourth generation journalist, there are few topics Tait hasn’t written something about…even bananas. He’s an old guy!
TAIT'S ARTICLES
- Quilting: What’s Old Is New Again (September 2014)
- Fashionable Even While Rolling Around (August 2014)
- Some Choice Words for Fending off the Telemarketers (February 2014)
- Suicide Highest in Over-65 Age Group (September 2013)
- The Art of Downsizing (February 2013)
- The Odor of Old – Better than the Younger Folks, Actually (October 2012)
HUMOR
- Melanoma Care and Treatment Advancing Rapidly (February 2015)
- My Niece Needs a Transplant (February 2015)
- Could the ‘Fountain of Youth’ Be a Reality Someday? (January 2015)
- Depression: Not Normal but Common in Older Folks (January 2015)
- Desperately Seeking Solutions: Chronic Pain Can Turn Some Patients into Drug Addicts (January 2015)
- Getting It Right Means Saving More Lives (December 2014)
- Massage – The Rub Down that Does You So Much Good (December 2014)
- Risk of Dementia and Alzheimer’s Much Reduced by Vitamin D (December 2014)
- Risk of Dementia and Alzheimer’s Much Reduced by Vitamin D (December 2014)
- Caregivers Die First (November 2014)
- Shingles on Your Roof Are Good – On Your Body, Not So Much (November 2014)
- Consider Saying ‘Nay’ to NSAIDs (October 2014)
- Older Men Are Changing (October 2014)
- Emailing May Reduce Dementia (September 2014)
- Statins Make Men Sedentary (September 2014)
- Vitamin D Found Surprisingly Helpful in Lowering Risk of Dementia and Alzheimer’s (September 2014)
- Advocate for Your Own Health to Bring Down Avoidable Hospital Deaths (August 2014)
- No More for Me, Thanks (August 2014)
- Over 50 Years of Studying What It Means to Get Older Still Shedding New Light (August 2014)
- Forget the Bees’ Knees – Take Good Care of Your Own (July 2014)
- New Depression Treatments Moving Beyond Just Drugs (July 2014)
- Alzheimer’s Toll on Women often a Double Whammy (May 2014)
- Healthy Aging Requires Safe Walking Policies (May 2014)
- The Risks You May Be Taking by Taking Testosterone (May 2014)
- The Value of a ‘Fathead’ (May 2014)
- Dem Old Bones (April 2014)
- The Senior Balancing Act (April 2014)
- B-12 Deficiency? Dementia May Be Coming On (March 2014)
- Blindness Cure Advancing with New Studies (March 2014)
- Busting the Cholesterol Myth (March 2014)
- The Unknown Dangers of Everyday Activities (March 2014)
- Decline in Moderate Alzheimer’s Shown with Intake of Vitamin E (February 2014)
- Training Your Brain Can Provide Some Significant Long-term Results (February 2014)
- Delayed Aging Is the Best Investment (January 2014)
- Organ Donation Myths and Facts (January 2014)
- Menopause Strikes Men, Too (December 2013)
- Women’s Best Friend; Cancer’s Best Finder (December 2013)
- Cells Breaking Bad: Aging DNA and You (November 2013)
- Eat to Sleep (November 2013)
- Hmmm, Could This Be ADHD? (November 2013)
- Meet and Greet: Surgical Robots and Your Belly Button (November 2013)
- Statins and Cholesterol: Possible Rewards, Probable Risks (November 2013)
- Bathroom Updates for Comfort and Safety (October 2013)
- Do You Really Want to Strut Your Stuff in Spike Heels? (September 2013)
- Drug Company Collaboration Rather Than Competition a Boon to Consumers (August 2013)
- From Stem Cells to New Teeth (August 2013)
- Imagine You Can Remember Anything (August 2013)
- NSAIDS May Turn ‘Relief’ into ‘Risk’ (August 2013)
- Yogurt for a Healthier You (August 2013)
- Here’s a Real Yawner (July 2013)
- Senior Shrinkage (July 2013)
- Help for Dry Mouth, But You May Want to Hold the Caffeine (May 2013)
- Implantable Devices Suspected in Physician Fraud (May 2013)
- Obama Proposes Ambitious Research to Map the Brain (May 2013)
- Stopping Surgical Infections During Joint Replacement Procedures (May 2013)
- Sprucing Up Your Memory (April 2013)
- Big Pharma Reaping Benefits to Pursue ‘Orphan Drugs’ (March 2013)
- Cutting Surgical Errors (March 2013)
- Plan Now for End of Life Treatment (March 2013)
- Technology Developing on Many Fronts to Help the Blind See Again (March 2013)
- Getting Enough Doctors – Technology to the Rescue? (February 2013)
- Coping with Arthritis (January 2013)
- Does Your Heart Need Help? How to Find the Best Surgeon for You (January 2013)
- Eight Glasses of Water a Day? Pure Fiction (January 2013)
- Heart Stoppers All — Stress, Fear and High Blood Pressure (January 2013)
- Concierge Medicine — A New Way to Pay for Your Doc’s Services (December 2012)
- Hepatitis C Blooming in the Boomer Population (December 2012)
- I’m Me, Doc, Not a Stereotype (December 2012)
- The Despair of ED and the Potential Dangers of Treating It (December 2012)
- Big Savings Inside and Outside the Traditional Emergency Room (November 2012)
- Going Bald? Some Possibilities for Hope and Help (November 2012)
- Got Rhytids? You Could Try to Get Rid of Them, But Are You Sure You Want To? (November 2012)
- Hold the Radiation, Please (October 2012)
- Death by Hip Fracture: Take Steps Now to Try to Avoid It (September 2012)
- Hold That Pill and Swallow Calcium-rich Food Instead (September 2012)
- Little Help for Seniors’ Mental Health Issues (September 2012)
- Is There a Day of Birth/Day of Death Connection? (August 2012)
- Lung Cancer Screening Proves Valuable Despite Lack of Most Insurance Coverage (August 2012)
- Money Needed for Obesity in Seniors as Well as in Children (August 2012)
- Sitting Out Fewer Years of Life (August 2012)
- Stealth Strokes: ‘Silent’ and Deadly to Your Brain (August 2012)
- The Reassurance of a Personal Security Device (August 2012)
- Pain: Gender Differences and Complementary Approaches to Relief (July 2012)
- Predicting Hear Attacks Still Elusive but New Studies are Promising (July 2012)
- Ever Hear of 'Exergames?' (June 2012)
- More Problems with Statin Medications - Now Also Linked to Increased Risk of Diabetes (June 2012)
- Hospitals on Wheels (May 2012)
- Sugar - Shackle it or Keep Scarfing It? (May 2012)
- Alzheimer's Research Advances with New Discovery of Genetic Influences (April 2012)
- Going Bananas for Health (April 2012)
- Teach Your Brain to Help Alleviate Your Pain (April 2012)
- The Looming Nursing Shortage Not a Good Sign for Aging Boomers or Seniors (April 2012)
- Obituaries Tell All – Sometimes (July 2014)
- Laughing While Old (March 2014)
- Finally Putting Away the Golf Clubs, But Not the Jokes (October 2012)
MONEY
- Should You Buy Your Adult Child a Home? (August 2014)
- Seniors Continue Short on Income (February 2014)
- Huge Penalties Possible for Older Smokers (April 2013)
- Grandparents’ Gifts in Hard Economic Times (November 2012)
- Not Everyone is Betty White (May 2015)
- Social Security Fraud Ongoing and Growing (October 2013)
- New Health-cost Tax Break for Seniors Starts this Year (September 2013)
- Americans Overseas (April 2013)
- Talk Is No Longer Cheap – Cell Phone ‘Sin’ Taxes (April 2013)
- Florida Cop a Model for Volunteer Help for Seniors (February 2013)
- Seniors Still Read a Lot of News. But Where and How? (July 2012)
- What Age Retirement Given Ever-Increasing Longevity (July 2012)
- Innovative Health Programs Initiative Will Create New Jobs Quickly (April 2012)
- Seniors Still at Work (April 2012)
NOSTALGIA
- Clare Booth Luce – Lunching Like Old Friends (November 2014)
- An Old Man’s Memories (June 2014)
- Definitely Bigger But Has That Made TV Better? (June 2014)
- Middle of the Night Memories (January 2014)
- Wrestling Grandpa (December 2013)
- Hearing the Words, If Not the Voices of the Past (June 2013)
- Once When Nancy Reagan Was Wet and Cold (June 2013)
- The Andrews Sisters (March 2013)
- A Century Ago (February 2013)
- Remembering Satchmo the Satchelmouth (January 2013)
- Remember Willie & Joe? (December 2012)
- Calvin Coolidge, The Idealist (October 2012)
- Milton Friedman’s Philosophy (July 2013)
- Ready to Tackle a Loose Moose in Alaska (February 2015)
- A Long-lasting Holiday Star – Shirley MacLaine (December 2014)
- Colonel Sanders and His Famous Fried Chicken (November 2014)
- Changing My Mind about Truman (October 2014)
- Taps: Signaling the End of the Day, The End of a Life (October 2014)
- Playful to the Happy End (September 2014)
- How Are You Facing the Ups and Downs of Age? (April 2014)
- Wisdom By and About Elders (April 2014)
- Shooting Congress (February 2014)
- Full of Yourself? (January 2014)
- Living to 100: Centenarians’ and Boomers’ Views Vary Widely (December 2013)
- Different Strokes for Older Folks (October 2013)
- Words of Wisdom from the Past: My Interview with Dwight Eisenhower (October 2013)
- Are You Healthier if You Are Religious? (September 2013)
- Gen Xers – Our Next Generation of Caretakers? (June 2013)
- What Makes a Community Senior-friendly? (June 2013)
- Activity and Involvement in Later Life Enhance Seniors’ Well-being (May 2013)
- Who’s Most Empathic? (May 2013)
- Cats and Dogs (February 2013)
- Going Bald? Some Possibilities for Hope and Help (November 2012)
- Take Time to Fill Your Need for Your ‘Space’ (August 2012)
- Mustaches March Across Time (May 2012)
- Beans' Ear for Football (April 2012)
- Not Going Away (April 2012)