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, ...