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Take a Deep Breath: Understanding Lung Health and Immunity
Our lungs are essential to life — and our immunity. Learn what you can do to support them in the face of increasing air pollution — plus, lung-healing foods.
Finding Purpose in the Second Half of Your Life
What do you have planned for the second half of your life? Executive coach Richard Leider offers insight on working, living, learning and loving what’s to come.
Healthy Heart = Healthy Brain for Seniors?
Tending to your cardiovascular health may ward off dementia in seniors, a recent study says.
How Does Screen Use Affect My Eyes?
“Computer vision syndrome” is an actual thing. Here are some tips to protect your eyes when using screens.
The Happiness Curve
Feeling gloomy in your middle years? Award-winning journalist Jonathan Rauch tells us why life gets better after 50.
How to Choose the Best Shoes for Your Feet
Here are some tips to pick the best shoes for foot health.
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.
How to Stay Fit At Any Age
This functional, all-ages workout builds strength, balance, agility, and confidence.