Healthy Aging

The Roman statesman Cicero once said, “Life is nothing without friendship.” For most of us, that statement rings true, even if we may not always live up to its promise. There are so many “involuntary” (yet important) relationships in our lives: our family, and our work colleagues, for example, and…

While we’ve previously described both the pros and cons of supplementing your nutritional intake with various vitamins and supplements, the United States Preventive Services Task Force recently released a systematic review and set of recommendations regarding the use of multivitamins that should have all of us sitting up and taking…

Experts tell us that once we hit our mid-50s, our balance begins to diminish somewhat quickly. While we may joke about becoming wobbly, losing our stability and becoming unsteady are no joke: Falls are the second leading cause of unintentional injury-based deaths worldwide. Each year, it’s estimated that globally over…

The news was already not so good when it comes to your aging immune system. We’ve seen from the Covid pandemic that older adults have been more vulnerable to the ravages of the coronavirus than younger people, and we know that, in fact, your aging immune system is less effective…

It’s perhaps one of the most frequent recommendations we make on agebuzz: Keep moving and keep walking. The data is incontrovertible when it comes to the health value of walking: To support, maintain and even improve your physical, emotional, and cognitive health, it’s essential that you regularly and consistently walk,…

We’ve noted it before and we can now say it again: Looking on the bright side of life may allow you to experience a better and longer life. Two newly reported studies seem to confirm that those of us who take an optimistic view toward life may be rewarded with…