Longtime agebuzz readers already know that walking briskly may have positive health benefits. And now, with the results from a new research study, it seems your excuse for not taking a brisk walk just got flimsier. It turns out,  just one hour of moderate-to-vigorous exercise per week (10 minutes/day) can help…

Those of us who’ve reached middle age and beyond often become new members of a rather dreadful “club:” that of the “expanding waistlines,” for whom accumulated fat, especially around the waist, can cause significant risk for Type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular disease. Are you a card-carrying member of this “club?”…

As we get older, there are important life events to be celebrated- significant birthdays, the birth of a grandchild, milestone anniversaries- and it’s perfectly normal to raise a glass of alcohol in celebration. Many of us also drink a glass of wine with our nightly dinner and appreciate a good…

By the time we reach our later years, we carry a lifetime of experiences and relationships, with all of the complexities that can accompany a richly lived life- not to mention the physical and mental health challenges that can also arise as we get older. Occasionally these complexities create legal…

While loss may be an inevitable fact of life, none of us easily gets over the trauma of losing a loved one. The outrage, the grief, the sadness all take a toll on our physical and mental health, to the point where our own health and even mortality may be…

Where do you see yourself living in the years to come? While the majority of us hope to “age in place,” not all of us can or want to do so in the homes in which we raised our families. It’s clear from surveys that many of us want to…