Genetics

If you’ve been fortunate enough to live well into your later years, you may have a few bits of wisdom to share or ideas to suggest on how you’ve managed to live so long and prosper. Well, a new survey released by United Healthcare offers an in-depth look at some…

As we noted earlier this fall, hair loss and the psychological distress that can result continue to be a target of scientific research and technological advances. It seems that even though hair loss does not cause serious illness or life-threatening conditions, it is commonplace (by age 65, about 53% of…

While presumably we all hope for a long and healthy life, many of us fall short on both counts, and some of us live longer but not always healthier. In the US, the average life expectancy for men is about 75 years old, while for women, it’s about 80 years…

It’s a point we’ve made over and over, but it bears repeating: Many of the factors that can lower your risk of dementia are within your control. Through lifestyle changes and with support and encouragement, you can do an awful lot to lessen the likelihood that you will someday be…

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…

As you may know from prior posts, there is a difference between your chronological age- based on the day and year when you were born- and your biological age, which reflects the internal aging process of your major organs and the internal physiological deterioration of your body, leaving you susceptible…