Healthy Aging
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Can Reading Glasses Weaken My Eyes?
Only if you don’t get the magnification you truly need, says our expert.
Strength Training for Your Feet
Improving strength and mobility in your feet can help alleviate pain, boost athletic performance, and enhance your quality of life.
The Healing Arthritis Protocol
Functional-medicine doc Susan Blum, MD, outlines her basic plan to treat arthritis.
Exercise Now, Avoid Depression Later
Why midlife fitness may reduce the risks of depression later in life.
Heal Your Gut, Heal Your Joints
A leading functional-medicine physician explains her gut-healing protocol for overcoming arthritis.
What Are the Best Strength-Training Exercises for People With Osteoarthritis in Their Hands?
There are many great strength-training exercises that don’t require any gripping.
Are You Getting Enough Calcium?
This essential mineral is key to bone health and much more. Learn how to keep your calcium stores strong.
4 Ways to Embrace Youthful Living
What might happen if we relinquished our quest for youthful appearance in favor of living more youthfully?
How Do I Talk to Someone With Dementia?
The key, say experts, is to adapt your communication in these five ways.
All About Menopause: Q&A With Marcelle Pick, OB/GYN NP
An integrative-health practitioner discusses the symptoms of menopause, and how women can make this time in their lives positive and meaningful.
Can Intermittent Fasting and Protein Cycling Slow Down the Aging Process?
The author of a new book, Glow15, describes how an innovative dietary combination can help you lose weight and keep your cells youthful.
Tips for Reinventing Retirement and Exploring Your Passions
You work and work, and then what? Best case: You step into a reality designed around your passions and priorities. Here are some tips for making it happen—when and how you choose.
6 Keys to a Happy and Healthy Life
A functional-medicine pioneer explains how to make small choices that build lasting well-being.
Polypharmacy: The Other Drug Crisis
Why elderly Americans are on multiple prescription drugs.
6 Essential Functional Exercises to Stay Strong and Fit at Any Age
This functional, all-ages workout builds strength, balance, agility, and confidence.
A Guide to Exercise at Every Age
Your body evolves as you age — and your workout program should, too. Here’s a guide to staying active through the decades.
How Do I Adjust to an Empty Nest?
Your youngest child just moved out and you feel lost. Here’s how to transition.
Dog Owners Live Longer
Increased longevity is yet another benefit of dog ownership.
How to Balance Your Blood Sugar
Blood sugar and insulin work together to support your energy and health. Learn how to keep them in balance.
16 Ways to Move More
Resist the call of the couch! For our basic well-being, we need to get moving.
On Dying Well
A pioneering palliative-care expert shares his insights on the power of finding peace and possibility at the end of life.




















