Mortality

Happy Fall Prevention Awareness Week! From September 21 – September 25th, the Academy of Orthopedic Surgeons is marking this awareness campaign by publishing materials designed to highlight the threat of falls to older adults and the measures you can take to lower your risk and keep yourself injury-free, especially inside…

We’re entering the time of year when you can grab a warm sweater, put on some comfortable walking shoes, and get outside to walk among the awe-inspiring fall leaves. Hopefully, most of the heat and humidity from the summer is behind us, and the cold and inclement weather hasn’t yet…

As we noted in an earlier post, exercise is one of the most valuable activities you can undertake for your heart health. And while you might think cardio exercise is the most important physical activity for heart health, it turns out that a combination of cardio, strength training, and even…

While there may be some who still insist that climate change isn’t real, no one can credibly deny that heat waves are becoming more persistent and more intense as time goes by. Even the CDC admits that “Climate projections indicate that extreme heat events will become more frequent and intense…

By Kathleen Murphy New research challenges the idea that age alone should determine when women stop hormone therapy   For years, many women were led to believe that hormone replacement therapy (HRT) was something they could use for a limited time in midlife – but something they should certainly reconsider…

As you’re most likely aware, an entire “anti-aging,” bio-hacking culture has erupted in this country, so that thousands of online influencers and billionaire tech entrepreneurs have invested millions, if not billions of dollars, trying to slow down and even reverse the biological aging process. While advances in science have been…