Posts for category Aging

Physical activity for aging adults
Physical activity has benefits for everyone, but it’s critical for people over 40. HealthySteps ...

Boosting brain health
Most of us experience temporary lapses of memory, like misplacing our keys or forgetting where ...

Living longer: Reaping the rewards
Human life expectancy has increased significantly in the 21st century — a remarkable achievement, but also ...

Spinal health: Straightening out facts from fictions
Back pain can literally break your day. Judging by how many thousands suffer, and many ...

Don’t get burned
Susan Swetter, MD is a professor of dermatology and director of the Stanford Pigmented Lesion ...

Middle age + weight challenges
Weight management is challenging in our “middle-age” years. Whether because of genetics, aging, hormones, lifestyle, ...