If you’re looking to keep your brain healthy as you age, you may want to lay off the packaged pastries for breakfast, frozen pizza for lunch and ice cream in the evening. Accumulating research suggests that a diet chock-full of highly processed foods could contribute to worsening brain health. A study published May 22 in […]
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7 Ways to Preserve Hearing When You Already Have Hearing Loss
If you already are one of the millions who use hearing aids, you know their value: You can hear your family members more clearly or enjoy dinner conversation with friends without saying “What?” all the time. According to the National Institute of Deafness and Communication Disorders,30 percent of adults ages 65 to 74 and approximately 50 […]
7 Medicines That Don’t Mix With Driving
You may be driving under the influence and not even realize it. We aren’t talking about alcohol or illegal drugs; we’re talking about common medicationstaken for everything from the common cold and seasonal allergies to anxiety to temporary aches and chronic pain. According to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), some over-the-counter and prescription meds […]
How to Set Boundaries as a Family Caregiver
Everyone needs boundaries in work and life, but in the world of family caregiving, the ability to make and understand your own line in the sand can be the difference between thriving or just surviving. Twenty years ago, when I was caring for my husband as he recovered from a traumatic brain injury, I was a frenzied, […]
5 Tests to See How Well You Are Aging
If we had a pill that accomplished everything that physical activity does for overall health, we would prescribe it for everyone,” says Donald Hensrud, M.D., former medical director of the Mayo Clinic Healthy Living Program. Overall fitness isn’t just about breaking a sweat; it’s about four specific areas — aerobic endurance, muscular strength, flexibility and balance, he […]
How to Stop Languishing and Start Flourishing
Feeling indifferent and unmotivated? Lethargic and unfocused? You may be languishing. So writes sociologist and Emory University professor emeritus Corey Keyes, whose new book, Languishing: How to Feel Alive Again in a World That Wears Us Down, explores why so many of us feel this “sense of low-grade mental weariness,” as he puts it, and suggests ways […]