Medical gaslighting: How to advocate for yourself with a doctor
If you’ve ever walked into your doctor’s office with a feeling that something just seems off, but you can’t…
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What are ‘brushing scams’ & how to protect yourself
You go to collect the mail, and among the bills and flyers sits a small package. It has your…
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One kidney, two friends … and a life saved
Twenty-five years ago, Rudy Vasquez was running an athletic training facility in San Antonio, Texas, when Nick Alvarado drove…
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How Your Hair Reflects Heart Health and Aging
We often call hair our “crowning glory” because of how it frames the face and shapes how we look…
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Challenges of caring for elderly family add up; get expert tips to help
About 106 million U.S. adults, including 39% of working Gen Xers and 25% of working baby boomers, care for…
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Biohacking for Active Aging: Top Wearables Explored
Biohacking’s been a thing since The Washington Post coined the term in the late 1980s. I vaguely remember hearing…
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30 years of March Madness: Running a college basketball pool for over a quarter century
Don Ventre remembers exactly what he was doing 47 years ago, on March 26th, 1979. He was 10 years…
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The truth about screen time, brain health concerns for older adults (yes, adults)
Part 2 of a two-part series on the challenges of screen time and technology advances; Part 1 looked at…
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Parenting in the AI age: Challenges grow with each tech advance
Part 1 of a two-part series on the challenges of screentime; in Part 2, we look at how technology…
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What’s so compelling about older fighters pummeling each other?
I am geeking out over the long-anticipated fight between Ronda Rousey (age 39) and Gina Carano (43), which will…
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She handwrote a letter to all 580 of her Facebook friends. Here’s why
In a world built on scrolling and typing on a computer or phone, Amy Weinland Daughters did something radical….
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15 surefire ways to kill boredom in retirement
Many people transitioning out of full-time work face “retirement boredom.” After leaving the 9-to-5 life, it can be hard…
