Lifestyle Medicine

In many places across the country, it’s very hot, the air quality is not so good and the humidity is exhausting- not exactly a combination that gets you in the mood to go out and exercise (nor should you go outside and exert yourself if the conditions could imperil your…

Judging from reader responses to last week’s post on a possible way to slow down aging, many of us would jump at the chance to stop the clock- or at least add more time to allow us to enjoy a longer life. Anti-aging “biohackers” are experimenting with ways to stay…

Despite being classified as one of the 4 most dangerous health issues facing us today, and despite the fact that each year, 2 million broken bones are attributable to it, there’s still a lot of mystery and misunderstanding among older adults about osteoporosis. In fact, in a recent study of…

 As we’ve previously posted, social connections in your life appear to be critical for all sorts of health parameters as you get older. Covid underscored that even for the best of reasons, isolating older adults can cause serious negative consequences to their physical and emotional well-being. Even “weak ties,” i.e.,…

With Father’s Day around the corner, and Memorial Day behind us, many may have visions of relaxing in the hammock or sitting on the beach and diving into some new reads. There are loads of reading lists just out for your summer reading pleasure, some with breezy fiction titles, others…

If you’ve harbored any doubts about the value of a healthy diet for healthier aging, it’s time to put those aside. Having built the case with all of our previous posts, and now with even more new evidence reported, it’s clear that diet is one of the primary determinants of…