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If you’re a woman over fifty, chances are that at one point or another, you’ve dealt with an incident of urinary incontinence. Maybe you coughed or laughed too hard and urine leaked out or maybe you’ve had the problem of just not making it to the restroom quickly enough. Whatever…

Whether you accept or deny it, none of us escapes the inevitable forces of mother nature that make our faces and skin reflect our aging. As gravity pulls, cartilage weakens and collagen disappears, you will likely see shifts and lumps and bags and lines in places previously smooth and silky. For…

We never know for certain when our loved ones will be at the end of life. While some will gradually come to the end others may pass more suddenly, without the opportunity to plan or say goodbye. Regardless, there are teachable moments when our loved ones are in their final…

Whether it’s a hazy memory from your youth or a swirl of smoke today, most of us have had some exposure to, and experience with, marijuana. And as a generation, baby boomers constitute the fastest growing demographic of cannabis consumers in the now- legal marketplace that exists for marijuana. In…

You may or may not have fond memories of your college dorm days- negotiating shared space, jockeying for some privacy in the bathroom, etc. For some, the idea of sharing space as a grown adult is unwelcome- unless and until we have no choice. However, it seems that the concept…

A few months ago I turned 58 years old. Old to some. Young to others. It is what it is. It is what you make of it.   My children are out of the house. My parents and in-laws, while overall in good health, are in their late 80s and…