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For those of us with the back pain or stiff joints that can accompany aging, getting a massage can feel like a minor miracle. And while massage can relieve aches and pains, experts advise that there are many more benefits from massage for older adults: increased circulation and blood flow…

When you look in the mirror, what do you see? Do you see sinister signs of the war you’re waging against aging? Or do you see the satisfying results of a life well lived with memories etched on your visage? This is not to pass judgment: depending on where you…

You may remember when she first came on the modeling scene in the early 1970s- a beautiful picture of “imperfection” with her gap-toothed smile and earthy sensibility. Lauren Hutton, now 75-years-old and the new global ambassador for the skincare company StriVectin has had a five-decade modeling career with only a brief…

Some startling statistics to consider: Adults over age 65 make up 16% of the US population yet account for 33% of all out-patient surgeries and 40% of all in-patient surgeries. That’s a lot of older people going under the knife, and not always with successful outcomes. As Paula Span recently…

Perhaps there’s no clearer sign that you’re getting older than the face that stares back at you in the mirror. Generally, for both men and women, the image you see over the years is one that shows a flatter face, deeper lines between the nose and mouth, longer noses and…

You probably didn’t need a new study to confirm this fact: the costs of the most popular medications keep rising and there seems no end in sight to the uptick. Published in JAMA, this new study looked at drug pricing for 49 common, top-selling brand-name drugs, and the findings were…