As you’ve gotten older, have you shied away from lifting weights or challenging your ability to improve your strength? Are you afraid your muscles have gotten weaker, or that you might injure yourself if you lift heavy weights? Well, if you haven’t done much to work on your muscles in…

It’s a tough question to think about, but it could yield a life-altering response depending on how you decide. If you’re having memory or word-retrieval problems, or in some other way are beginning to experience symptoms that may reflect cognitive decline, would you want to know if you are in…

How messy is your environment? Do you struggle to find a place for your everyday items? Do you own more possessions than you can fit in your cabinets? Are your storage areas bursting with an overload of items? Is it difficult or dangerous to navigate your environment? Are you embarrassed…

A recent survey by the Fuji Film Company, in collaboration with mental health expert Dr. Lauren Cook, explored the emotional impact and meaning that photographs have for people, whether looking at photos or taking photographs yourself. As Dr. Cook states, “Photography provides a shared language for expressing our emotions, whether…

Now that we’re approaching summer and with it, the warmer weather, there’s very little excuse for not getting outside for a stroll, even if only for a short period. As we’ve highlighted in numerous previous posts, the health rewards from just a short outdoor walk can be significant. Some obvious…

How long you live, and how well you live, especially in your later years, is the result of a complex array of factors. While genetics can play a role, it’s usually more likely that where you live and how you’ve lived your previous years are much more influential in how…