Category: aging well

No, You Can’t Reverse Aging by Injecting ‘Young Blood’ and Fasting

Like many celebrities and entrepreneurs, 45-year-old U.S. tech billionaire Bryan Johnson is trying to reverse the aging process. Spending an average of $2 million a year on an anti-aging regimen, Johnson claims he now ages slower than some children. He explains: “The pace my body accumulates aging damage is less than the average 10-year-old.” Many…


Reduce Your Fear of Falling

Improving your balance, strength, flexibility, and gait will give you the confidence to stay active. Falling poses a major risk for injury as we get older, and it’s no wonder that many of us have a real fear of it. Unfortunately, fear of falling often winds up increasing the chance of a devastating spill. To…


Healthy Eating for Older Adults

Our bodies go through a whole lot of wear and tear as we go about our daily lives, which leads to some challenging conditions during our golden years. We’re already predisposed to ailments thanks to genetics and our environment, but poor nutrition takes those risks even higher. The common diseases that come with age have…


How to Be a Super-ager

When I first learned that most people begin to experience a subtle but measurable decline in memory in their 50s, I was not a happy camper. As a baby boomer, I simply couldn’t understand why we can’t somehow manage to stay forever young in spite of the passing years. Then I learned about the important…


Families Complain as States Require COVID Testing for Nursing Home Visits

As COVID-19 cases rise again in nursing homes, a few states have begun requiring visitors to present proof that they’re not infected before entering facilities, stoking frustration and dismay among family members. Officials in California, New York, and Rhode Island say new COVID-19 testing requirements are necessary to protect residents—an enormously vulnerable population—from exposure to…


A Natural Approach to Preventing and Overcoming Dementia

Contrary to mainstream medical belief, safe, natural, and nontoxic treatments can alleviate the symptoms of senile dementia. Research has demonstrated how these remedies can aid in preventing the onset of senile dementia When people talk to me about growing older, they tell me that one of their greatest fears is that they will become forgetful….


Do You Hear What I Hear?

The phone started ringing at about 2 a.m. I think I picked it up with the second ring. It was the hospital, and I was needed. Not an emergency, but urgently. I got up, grabbed socks, scrubs, and my lucky “surgery shoes” before washing up and kissing my now wide awake wife goodbye. I was…


Are You Making These Medication Mistakes?

Americans might be the most medicated people in the world thanks to aggressive drug-maker marketing and favorable regulation. But drugs can be over-prescribed, conditions over-diagnosed, and less expensive non-drug treatments slighted. Here are common dangers to watch for in your and your family’s medication use. Too Long on Temporary Meds Many of us have taken…


Quick Test Tells You How Old You Really Are

Ryan Smith is the founder of TruDiagnostic, a commercial testing system that tests your biological age, as opposed to your chronological age. It’s can be a profoundly useful tool, because you need an objective barometer to tell you whether or not the things you’re doing to improve your health are actually having the desired impact….


Lifestyle Changes to Prevent Dementia

When we think of dementia, we often fear a loss of control. But the reassuring news is that up to 40 percent of dementia cases can be prevented or delayed if we change our health habits. Dementia shares key risk factors with cardiovascular disease, including high blood pressure, high blood sugar, being overweight, and smoking. Inflammation and oxidative stress…