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Healthy Aging

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What Can I Do to Make Perimenopause and Menopause Easier?

It comes down to the basics: regular exercise, good sleep routines, and gut-supporting nutrition.
By Courtney Helgoe
Healthy AgingWellness
an elderly woman rests her hands on a cane

What Are Seniors’ Most Common Mental Health Issues?

Depression and physical decline are just two issues many seniors face.
By Alexandra Smith, MA, LPCC
Brain HealthHealthy Aging
Indoor cycle studio

Why Indoor Cycling Is for Everybody

A Q&A with the designer of the ARORA Cycle format on how indoor cycling can be an accessible workout for people of all fitness abilities.
By Emily Ewen
CyclingFitness Tips
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PUMPING IRONY: Drug Dealing

The latest miracle cure for Alzheimer’s is likely to receive accelerated approval from the FDA, which benefits as much from the cash that accompanies these requests as Big Pharma does from the agency’s lax standards.
By Craig Cox
Healthy Aging
a man holds his knee

Can Cultivated Cartilage Help Repair Joints?

Some 55 million Americans suffer from joint pain and arthritis. Recent developments, however, offer hope for new ways to deal with this epidemic.
By Craig Cox
Healthy AgingPain Relief
flowers arranged to look like a uterus and ovaries

What Is Menopause?

It's a natural part of a woman's life, not a disease, says our expert. Here's what to know.
By Courtney Helgoe
Healthy AgingWellness
a woman riding a bicycle

PUMPING IRONY: Use ’Em or Lose ’Em

Arthritic knees often send seniors looking for various surgical solutions, even as recent research — and personal experience — suggests the most reliable remedy may simply involve moving those troublesome joints more frequently.
By Craig Cox
Healthy Aging
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Can Exercise Help Me Live Longer?

Yes, according to lots of recent research. Here are five key stats.
By Craig Cox
Active AgingHealthy Aging
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What Is Perimenopause?

Many of the worst symptoms we associate with menopause actually occur during perimenopause.
By Courtney Helgoe
Healthy AgingWellness
a person puts a coin into a piggy bank with the word funeral on it

PUMPING IRONY: The Postmortem Muddle

While the Federal Trade Commission works to tighten regulations on the funeral industry, which often uses obscure pricing policies to prey on grief-stricken mourners, seniors like me need to start thinking more seriously about how we want to be laid to rest.
By Craig Cox
Aging ParentsHealthy Aging
an illustration of a woman with a sands of time capsule in her torso and arms growing into tree branches

Making Peace With Menopause

This stage of life is often shrouded in mystery. But it doesn’t have to be.
By Courtney Helgoe
Healthy AgingHormones
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The 3 Cs of Lifelong Fitness

How consistency, curiosity, and compassion can keep your fitness and health on track for a lifetime.
By Andrew Heffernan
Active AgingFitness Tips
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PUMPING IRONY: Movement and Memory

Physical activity has long been shown to improve cognitive function, but a new study suggests we may be able to modify our workouts to boost specific types of memory.
By Craig Cox
Active AgingBrain Health
Renee Main

Talks — S5, EP18 / Why ARORA?

Becoming a grandparent, caring for aging parents, getting unfavorable health news, not moving the ways you used to — there are several points in our lives, especially when we get older, when age becomes a front-of-mind topic. To support older adults who want to be healthy and fit as they age, Life Time created the ARORA program. The co-founder, Renée Main, joins us in this mini episode to talk about its genesis and all that it offers to members.

With Renée Main
Healthy AgingMembership
A group of older people at a table playing a card game together.

Game On!: 3 Ways Games Boost Your Health

Card and dice games have come to Life Time — and an ARORA co-founder shares three reasons getting dealt in is good for your health and well-being.
By Annie Kragness
Brain HealthHealthy Aging
Life Time member Mike V. and a friend on the tennis court.

Life is Good

91-year-old Life Time member Mike V. shares how he’s learned how to enjoy each day.
By Life Time
Attitude/MindsetHealthy Aging
brain cells connecting

PUMPING IRONY: Zapped!

Can we cure dementia by zapping our brains with electrical currents? Some enterprising researchers would certainly like us to think so.
By Craig Cox
Alzheimer’s & DementiaBrain Health
a person at the eye doctor

The Cognitive Benefits of Cataract Surgery

Untreated cataracts could contribute to dementia and depression, according to recent research.
By Craig Cox
Brain HealthHealthy Aging
Frank Lipman

Talks — S5, EP17 / 10 Rules for Aging Well

Every second of every day, all of us are aging, and yet we often wait to address — or altogether avoid — age-related concerns about our health until we reach a certain point in our years or our capabilities begin to diminish. Frank Lipman, MD, shares 10 essential factors he’s outlined for aging well, emphasizing that it’s never too late — or too early — to start embracing them, and that it’s not as difficult as you might think.

With Frank Lipman, MD
Active AgingAlzheimer’s & Dementia
a man writes on a notpas

PUMPING IRONY: Working on Purpose

I’ve discovered plenty of good reasons for postponing retirement and continuing to pursue purposeful work, but a new study suggests I may have overlooked an important one: It could help prevent a stroke.
By Craig Cox
Healthy AgingPumping Irony
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PUMPING IRONY: A Tough Pill to Swallow

The Inflation Reduction Act will make some prescription drugs much more affordable for strapped Medicare beneficiaries. But will it deepen our dependence on Big Pharma?
By Craig Cox
Healthy AgingPumping Irony
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