Brain Health / Cognition

Have the longer days and warmer weather inspired you to tie up your laces and get outside walking again? As we’ve continuously said, any physical movement is better than being sedentary, and the more you move, the better you’ll feel, especially if you’re outside surrounded by nature. So whether your…

Did you know that March 10-March 16th is Brain Awareness Week? It’s an opportunity to promote and highlight important brain research, an area of scientific inquiry that continues to evolve and produce important new understanding of how the brain works and what happens as the brain ages. In celebration of…

There’s no getting around the reality that for so many older adults, loneliness continues to be an overbearing part of everyday life. As we have noted in previous posts, even if you have contact with other people and you’re not socially isolated, you may still experience profound loneliness (the subjective…

Typically when you see your doctor, you might leave with a prescription for medication to address a specific problem. Or, you might receive a prescription for physical therapy to get you a limited number of sessions to help with some physical discomfort. But what you’re not likely to receive- but…

As we’ve noted in prior posts, the question of whether you should take a nutritional supplement beyond eating your regular diet very much depends on your personal health status, the medications you take, specific medical conditions you have, and your goal in wanting to take a supplement. If you’re eating…

We can (almost) all agree that climate change is wreaking havoc on our planet: More volatile and dangerous weather patterns, more erosion of waterfront land, more temperature extremes, and, as we’ve recently witnessed in California, more dangerous wildfires in inhabited places. And that’s not even addressing the land, water, and…