Break Your Fall: The Value Of Exercise To Prevent Falls
March 6, 2019
You’re lucky if you don’t know this feeling: upright one minute and the next, down on the ground. For anyone who’s taken a fall, you know you’re fortunate to get away with just a few bruises or scrapes. But for many, a fall becomes a critical and even life-defining event:…
The Gift That Keeps Giving: How Volunteering Supports Health in Seniors
February 28, 2019
It’s well known that giving makes us feel good, but did you know giving in the form of volunteering can actually benefit our health as we age? A recent study conducted by the Corporation for National and Community Service has shown that the social, mental, and physical aspects of…
Gut Feeling: Putting Aside Food Rules and Following Your Intuition
February 27, 2019
Raise your hand if you’re exhausted by all of the food rules and diet advice that restricts your instincts when it comes to eating. Some of us never eat a meal without a sense of guilt or shame or bargaining with ourselves about our urge to eat something “bad.” And…
A Man And A Plan: Healthy Aging Strategies For Men
February 27, 2019
While articles abound regarding women’s health and aging, it’s less common to see guidance for healthy aging in men. However, given sex differences in aging, it’s important that men (and the women who care for them!) understand specific concerns regarding aging in men. For an overview of health tips for…
At A Loss: How To Achieve And Sustain Weight Loss As You Age
February 20, 2019
It’s a perennial problem for many of us: how to get rid of those pesky pounds we’ve put on in recent years and then how to maintain the weight loss after we’ve successfully lost it. The typical advice of burning more calories through exercise and cutting the number of calories…
Dancing Your Age Away: How Dance Supports Healthy Aging
February 19, 2019
Martha Graham once said, “Dance is the hidden language of the soul.” For many of us, it’s as essential as breathing or eating. We dance as a way to celebrate or in acknowledgment of a special day. We even shake our hips to our favorite songs … as long as…