Beauty

Have you noticed? It seems that the fashion world has finally realized that plenty of us are no longer (or never have been) size 2 and that women over 40 still have interest in (and purchasing power for) fashionable clothing. A good example are the changes you now see on…

For almost all of us, when we look in the mirror, we realize that as the years pile on, the hair on top of our heads (and elsewhere) is changing. It’s thinning, or graying, or disappearing or even newly arising on some parts of our body. Why is that? Your…

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…

With the arrival of fall, some of us head north to seek out this year’s maple syrup crop. But some new research out of the University of Rhode Island may prompt you to seek out the maple leaves instead. Hot off the presses, this new research suggests that extract from…

These days, if your thoughts don’t fit into a Twitter rant or social media posting, you’re often ignored as a writer or social commentator. But thoughtful consideration of aging, and all that it entails, really requires more than a pithy phrase or soundbite. If you feel that way as well, and…

If you follow health food fads at all, you know there’s always some new craze or suggestion for the latest ingredient you should eat or spread over your body, and there are always fabulous results promised as a consequence. Some of this is outright quackery, but some have more basis…