Health

Virtually everyone has had a bad headache at some point: the pounding and pressure in your head that can leave you in pain and wondering what you did to bring it on. If you’re lucky, the pain subsides in a short period of time and you move on. Sometimes the…

For many of us, the arrival of nice weather means it’s time to get out the gloves and shears and head to the garden. The demands of your garden can mean a good physical workout and can bring immense pleasure- but it can also be a challenge if bending is…

We all know that exercise is essential to staying healthy as we age, and that walking is among the best activities to take up- the price is right, the equipment is minimal and you can do it no matter where you are. However, for many of us, either arthritic knees…

Most of us know the feeling: how a certain song or piece of music can live with us forever and transform us in space and time when we hear it played. For people with Alzheimer’s, listening to familiar music may not only be a pleasurable and calming experience but it…

No one likes to feel stressed-out. And the evidence is clear: as we age, stress can take its toll on our bodies, both physically and mentally. And it doesn’t even need to be the result of a major life trauma- small stressors, day in and day out, over time, can build…

Maybe you’re tired or confused about all of the advice out there: Eat this, don’t eat that, oh wait, now you can eat that but you shouldn’t eat this. It’s too much to remember and it’s tiring to keep track of the changing advice. Well, enter food writer Mark Bittman and Yale physician Dr. David Katz, both…