While it’s critical that everyone contemplate what his or her needs will be in retirement, the planning may require extra consideration for women.  Given that women have often endured pay inequity, time out from the workforce and other actions that have affected their finances, it’s important that women receive retirement…

Dementia can be a devastating diagnosis. It often leaves patients and families grasping for whatever ideas they can find to lessen or forestall the difficult symptoms. Without knowing the scientific validity, it’s not uncommon for families to reach for such alternative therapies as dietary supplements or herbal remedies for the…

If you’ve ever gone through labor and delivery, or knows someone who has, you’ve probably heard of a “birth doula,” a person trained to be a calming and comforting presence at the bedside as a woman goes through childbirth. Similarly, at the end of life, the presence of a calm…

There’s a lot of nonsense out there to listen to these days- but for many of us, the genius of podcasts is that they provide intelligent, interesting listening in a world that sometimes has gone mad. For those of you who are podcast devotees, or just have a computer on…

Have you ever wondered where that bruise on your arm came from? Or how that latest black and blue mark appeared when you don’t remember bumping yourself? Turns out, it’s not just a figment of your imagination but another consequence of getting older. Bruising seems to come easy as you…

Are you the same person you were when you were a young child? That question raises profound philosophic considerations but also has more pragmatic implications: how, if at all, has your personality changed as you have grown up and gotten older?  According to new research, your younger personality may have…