Cut Your Losses: Ideas For Addressing Hair Loss
July 10, 2019
If you’ve confronted thinning hair or outright hair loss, you know the feeling: scrambling to find a way to slow the progression, wondering what you could be doing to prevent bald spots or further hairline erosion. It’s estimated that the average person loses 50-100 hairs a day, but if you’ve…
A Man And A Plan: Healthy Aging Strategies For Men
February 27, 2019
While articles abound regarding women’s health and aging, it’s less common to see guidance for healthy aging in men. However, given sex differences in aging, it’s important that men (and the women who care for them!) understand specific concerns regarding aging in men. For an overview of health tips for…
Gender Gap: Differences Between The Sexes As We Get Older
February 13, 2019
The biologic differences between men and women are probably obvious to you, but what’s also becoming clear is that men and women age differently. There are disparities in life span, diseases which afflict them, how they respond to different treatments, and even how they gain weight and store fat. There’s…
Remember This: Eating More Fruits & Veggies Is Associated With Less Memory Loss In Older Men
November 28, 2018
These days there’s so much advice about what to eat in order to stay healthy that it’s hard to keep it all straight. But here’s one new piece of advice that’s worth remembering: According to a new study out of Harvard, men who consume many daily servings of leafy greens,…
Screen Tests: Suggested Health Exams For Men Over 50
June 16, 2016
Most women are familiar with the sorts of regular health exams they should seek out as they get older- but is the same true for men? Experts have put together a list of screening health tests that men should regularly seek out as they begin to age. Depending upon one’s age…