Health

Does this sound familiar? Someone invites you to take a seat- on the floor- and you stop to think: Will I be able to gracefully sit on the floor and then get back up without a helping hand? If that sounds like you, then you may feel some real worry…

Face it: If you’re like most people, when you hear the term “dementia,” you most likely assume the conversation is about Alzheimer’s. But in fact there are a lot of other causes of dementia, some having little to do with the sort of brain plaques and tangles that come from…

How your skin appears on your face, your neck or even your hands is one of the first telltale signs of how old you are. No matter how youthful you dress or behave, your skin usually doesn’t lie. And while most of us try to slather on the balms and…

Eating healthy for yourself is tough enough. Trying to do that while also being aware of the environmental impact of your food choices is even more challenging. But as a recent report makes clear, we’ve reached the point where the negative environmental impact of the way we currently eat could…

It may not come as a surprise, but the statistics are nonetheless distressing. In a new national poll of adults ages 50-80 from the University of Michigan, one in three respondents admitted they feel a lack of companionship and many also conveyed a feeling of social isolation. Women were especially prone…

No two people age alike. Some of us feel like the proverbial “spring chicken” despite advancing age while others feel like we’ve hit a wall well before we consider ourselves “old.” In essence, there can be no hard and fast rules about what should precisely happen once you reach a…