Health

It can be hard to carve out the time, especially if you’re busy or not motivated. Committing yourself to get to the gym (if you’re even comfortable going back at this point) or finding dedicated time on your home exercise equipment may not always be feasible (raise your hand if…

If you’ve put on weight as you’ve gotten older (and frankly, who hasn’t?) you’ve perhaps chalked it up to a slowing metabolism. After all, as a younger adult, you could eat practically whatever you wanted because your youthful metabolism would burn up those extra calories. But once you hit middle…

We’ve certainly posted articles in agebuzz over the years about strategies for extending both your health span and life span. While there are innumerable ideas about diet, exercise, brain engagement, and stress reduction, it can be overwhelming in your daily life to remember what you can do to improve your…

So here we are in September, with the Delta variant surging, schools re-opening, masks and vaccines being mandated, and boosters likely to be soon implemented. With all that going on it’s confusing as to how safe you are and what risks you face. We know that even if vaccinated, you…

Many of us expect the worst: as we get older, we presume that our brainpower will diminish, our cognition will decline and our brains will be vulnerable to the ravages of dementia. That’s certainly the prevailing imagery we see in the mainstream media. But in fact, there’s something not quite…

We’ve raised the connection before and now, with research described as a “tour de force,” researchers out of Ireland have found a correlation between the microbiome of your gastrointestinal tract and the aging of your brain. Published in the journal Nature Aging, this new study from University College Cork transplanted…