Despite the date, the season for summer travel is not yet over. If you’re eager to hit the road, there’s time left to plan a late summer or early fall vacation. And it seems like age is not keeping many of us at home. In fact, recent research commissioned by…

The evidence keeps mounting and by now, you know the drill: Movement is essential to help us age in a healthier way, and yet many of us still don’t include sufficient movement and exercise in our daily routines. A recent study published in JAMA Network Open further confirms this: despite…

You may know her as Mary, Maria or Eliza. In fact, during her remarkable career, 83-year-old Dame Julie Andrews has portrayed a number of the most beloved and iconic female characters on stage and screen. Whether portraying Eliza Doolittle during the stage premiere of My Fair Lady in 1956, Mary…

The data suggest that few of us will escape the problem: It seems that more than ⅓ of us will spend time in a nursing home at some point in our lives, and 4 out of 10 will likely need paid help in order to remain at home in the…

Some startling statistics to consider: Adults over age 65 make up 16% of the US population yet account for 33% of all out-patient surgeries and 40% of all in-patient surgeries. That’s a lot of older people going under the knife, and not always with successful outcomes. As Paula Span recently…

Let’s face it: summertime is likely the time of year you think most about your facial skin. There’s no getting around the enormous damage that can happen to your face due to sun exposure (and are you wearing sufficient sunscreen?). But even if you’re good about slathering on the SPF…