Beyond Recall: Thinking About Your Aging Memory
May 7, 2025
You may not remember every factor or strategy, but over the years, we’ve regularly addressed memory problems in people as they age. But it’s always helpful to do a bit of review, and to add new insights and studies as they arise. After all, few of us can remember everything…
Deciphering Dementia: New Insights Into Lowering Your Risks
April 9, 2025
As research continues to push the boundaries of how we can treat various diseases that accompany aging, it’s also becoming apparent that these medical advances and innovations may also help us better understand and respond to the risk of dementia. In recent weeks, several major studies have demonstrated that treatments…
What To Believe: Dodging The Onslaught Of Health Misinformation
February 26, 2025
Information, be it truthful or false, is coming at us fast and furious these days. Whether coming from the political arena, social media sources or just information passed on from a friend, it’s becoming harder and harder to verify the accuracy of what you’re hearing and reading. It’s one thing…
Figuring Out Falls: More Insights Into Why We Fall And What Can Be Done
February 5, 2025
There’s just no getting around the fact that as an older adult, you are at risk of falling and potentially causing serious injury to yourself. The reasons for falling are numerous and complex (everything from balance problems to vision or hearing issues, to weak muscles or problematic medications), but the…
The Rookie Retiree By Renee Langmuir: Adaptations: If Giraffes And Penguins Can Do It, So Can We!
December 11, 2024
By Renee Langmuir I never thought I would be old. No – I didn’t think my life would end at an early age. I just couldn’t picture myself as an old person. Dr. Hal Hershfield, a professor of Marketing and Behavioral Decision Making at UCLA, has spent a decade…
Scientific Success: Research-Backed Skin Care Products For Aging Skin
November 20, 2024
No doubt as populations age worldwide, there will be an ever-expanding market for an array of options to push back against some of the inevitable aspects of aging, such as wrinkles and sagging skin. Especially with the influence of such social media platforms as TikTok, there will inevitably be strange…