Healthy Aging

If we’ve learned one thing this past year, it’s the value of a strong immune system- and why older adults, who tend to have weakened immune systems, may be at special risk when it comes to infectious diseases. Even if you’ve been vaccinated against Covid, it’s still in your best…

We’ve long known there can be a difference between your chronological age and your “subjective age,” i.e., the age you actually feel you are, whatever the biological number may technically be. Researchers have already demonstrated that those who feel subjectively younger than their chronological age have brain images that in…

It’s probably been drummed into your head: Just as we’ve been told (not very accurately) that we need 10,000 steps a day to stay healthy, we’ve also been advised to drink 8 glasses of water a day. But just as with the number of steps, the amount of water you…

As the population ages and the incidence of dementia keeps rising, the need to be proactive and lessen your risk of being diagnosed with dementia becomes critical. We continue to have few viable treatment options and no cures on the horizon. So our best bet continues to be healthy living…

With Mother’s Day around the corner, some of us may be struggling to find an appropriate gift, especially given the year we’ve all had. While frivolous items may come to mind, in fact, we’ve all learned the lesson this year of the importance of safe and healthy aging. With that…

It’s one of the oldest mysteries of mankind, not yet solved but with innumerable theories and millions of dollars devoted to the definitive answer. The mystery is: Why do we age, how do we age, and is there a way to thwart the aging process? (Of course, a whole separate…