Health

If you’re an older adult or heading in that direction, chances are at some point, you will experience back pain. Estimates are that 70% of adults suffer from back pain, which is considered the leading cause of disability and tends to reach its height during your later years. In particular,…

You may remember back in January the Mediterranean Diet was proclaimed the best overall diet for 2020. With its focus on fruits, fish, veggies and olive oil, it’s consistently been touted as one of the best approaches to keeping you healthy as you advance in years. Now, new studies out…

For many of us, the day doesn’t (and can’t) formally begin until at least one cup of coffee has been consumed. It’s not a matter of choice or pleasure but rather a matter of survival. But every so often rumors circulate about whether coffee is healthy. The good news is…

No matter how committed you are to staying healthy as you age, no one is perfect. So we hope we can compensate for our vices in other ways to maintain our health. For example, an estimated ⅔ of us take dietary supplements. We spend $35 billion/year on these pills and…

There’s nothing like a night of heavy drinking to remind you that you’re not as young as you used to be. As we’ve previously profiled in agebuzz, drinking as an older adult can cause much more impact on your body and brain than it did when you were younger. In…

It’s been said that, “Cancer is not a death sentence, but rather it is a life sentence; it pushes one to live.” Those who have cancer are not only pushing to deal with the physical consequences of the disease but also with the attitudes and platitudes of others who may…