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Spring is in the air (even if the weather doesn’t always match)! And the usual impatience to break free and run outside is certainly exacerbated this year, as so many of us are approaching saturation point with the pandemic and are ready to re-embrace our former worlds. But are we…

In many respects, the past many months have been awfully quiet. Fewer planes are flying above, fewer trucks are driving on streets, and generally, we’ve been confined to quieter, indoor activities. In fact, researchers have found that from March-May of 2020, noise generated by human activity was cut in half,…

For some, the transition to gray has been long overdue and welcomed. For others, they’re still getting used to the image of gray hair every time they pass a mirror. For all of us, the onset of the coronavirus has meant a slew of changes, some life-threatening, some thankfully minor….

By now, many of us have lost count of the number of boring, mainstream movies we’ve watched during the pandemic, so much so that we may lose our desire to head back to theaters when they eventually re-open. But before you lose your movie mojo, you need to learn about…

Many of us right now are probably good living examples of what happens when you become physically inactive and begin to lose muscle mass (called sarcopenia when the loss becomes serious and accelerated). Because of the pandemic, activity levels have plummeted, time on the couch has expanded, and as a…

Those of us fortunate enough to have avoided COVID probably have something else to celebrate: no real flu and few common colds this winter. In fact, only about 1400 people in the US have tested positive for the flu this season, just a small fraction of the usual numbers. And…