Learning

For many of us, the arrival of a new year has a way of focusing our goals and priorities and we develop strategies for how we want to live in the year to come. What’s on your to-do list? Does it include addressing your health and well-being? Perhaps you’ve committed…

As you head into your later years, and the demands of work and family recede, how do you anticipate spending your time? Many of us will seek out part-time employment or find reward in volunteering with a favorite cause or community group. But even those activities are unlikely to fill…

If you listen to podcasts, you’re not alone. For sure. According to available data, over 450 million people worldwide listen to podcasts with over 4 million podcasts from which to choose. Previously we’ve suggested a range of podcasts that might interest agebuzz readers, on issues having to do with aging…

Over the years we’ve published regular posts on ways to keep your brain sharp and cognition strong through various types of stimulation, be they puzzles, college courses, or even just staying curious. What all of these have in common is not so much formal memorization of facts but rather, the…

If given the chance, most of us would welcome opportunities to strengthen our cognitive reserve and lower our risk for dementia. And if those opportunities coincided with enjoyable leisure activities, all the better. We already know that there are many lifestyle changes you can make to lower the likelihood of…

With Father’s Day around the corner, and Memorial Day behind us, many may have visions of relaxing in the hammock or sitting on the beach and diving into some new reads. There are loads of reading lists just out for your summer reading pleasure, some with breezy fiction titles, others…