“Am I Losing my Memory or my Mind?”
Forgetting where you put your glasses or why you went to the refrigerator? After 50, what is normal memory loss and what isn’t?
What do you really know about Getting Old?
We know, they’ll have to drag you kicking and screaming into old age. These 20 True or False questions will help prepare you.
Tai-Chi Beats Back Late-Life Depression
UCLA study reveals improvement in levels of depression, better memory and cognition, and more overall energy. Who knew?
Ease the Impact of Age-related Hearing Loss
There is no cure. The damage is permanent once present and part of the aging process. But there is help.
Live Longer with Sex, Dark Chocolate & Dogs
Many things that feel good are also good for you. “Everything I love is either illegal, immoral or fattening,” is just B.S.
I’m 50+ Dammit! I want my younger body back.
And my younger face and my younger thighs. I think young,
I look old. A real disconnect. And I am not adapting well.
Over 50, Over Weight
Gone are the days when you could eat and drink whatever you wanted and not gain an ounce. So, what’s a body to do?
Seven-and-a-half Secrets to Living to 100
Even though Centenarians are the fastest growing demographic
in America, life expectancy is only 78.
Men Over 50 Lifting Weights
For each decade of a man’s life after 50, he loses 5 to 7 pounds of muscle if he does not exercise. Can you handle that?
Laughter is Good Medicine
Researchers have determined that heart healthy people are more likely to laugh frequently and heartily.
Harvard Medical’s 11 Cholesterol Cutting Foods
Harvard Medical School, one of the most respected sources of nutritional advice for consumers, has recommended 11 foods including nuts and fatty fish that make easy work of lowering cholesterol. The newly published list contains quite different foods that are all capable of lowering cholesterol but do so in different ways. Some deliver soluble [...]
5 Ways to Conquer Empty Nest Syndrome
By Kim Kirmmse Toth Empty Nest Syndrome is a feeling of great loss or sadness when a child leaves home to go to college or just to get out on their own. If you are the child’s mother or mother figure, you may experience a true sense of loss, loneliness or even worthlessness. You [...]
Interview with an Aging Penis
By Joel Block, Ph.D. JB: So, what’s up? AP (Aging Penis): Is that your attempt at humor? Not funny! The future has me worried. Kinda like the housing market. The forecast is soft. JB: Sorry. I should have known that it’s hard, uh, difficult looking into an uncertain future. But, you’ve [...]
The Best Years of my Life
By Elaine Williams Recently I was asked to describe the best years of my life. Being a widow of 4 years and mother, there are many different times I considered to be the best years of my life. When I was younger, I remember summers going on seemingly forever. What wonderful times, playing tag [...]
