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Craig Cox

Craig Cox

Craig Cox

Craig Cox is an Experience Life deputy editor who explores the joys and challenges of healthy aging.

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PUMPING IRONY: A Little Lifting Can Lift You Up

Strength training is a well-documented key to healthy aging, but government guidelines provide little direction. A batch of recent studies, however, offer a range of effective options
By Craig Cox

Why Exercise May Be the Best Medicine for Joint Pain

Creaky knees and other sore joints often send us to the medicine cabinet in search of pain relief. But recent research on osteoarthritis suggests we may be better served by simply moving more.
By Craig Cox

PUMPING IRONY: The Cognitive Costs of a Reclusive Retirement

Recent research suggests that loneliness and social isolation may lead to postretirement cognitive impairment. Overcoming those obstacles may take some practice.
By Craig Cox

PUMPING IRONY: For Cancer Patients, Motivation to Move

With as many as three of four cancer patients facing cognitive impairment and other troublesome maladies during treatment, researchers are looking to exercise for answers.
By Craig Cox

How Air Pollution Damages Cognitive Function

The air you breathe may be harming more than your lungs, according to a recent study.
By Craig Cox

PUMPING IRONY: No Regrets

We all carry some level of regret into our senior years, but recent research suggests aging actually helps to lighten the emotional burden of once-regretful decisions or actions.
By Craig Cox

PUMPING IRONY: Easy Does It?

There’s no question that labor-saving products and services, including the emergence of AI, have made our lives easier, but recent research suggests a more effortless life may not mean a better one.
By Craig Cox

PUMPING IRONY: A Joint Reconstruction Project

Fueled by an obscure federal grant program, three U.S. research teams are developing novel treatment approaches that may offer some relief for people suffering from knee osteoarthritis.
By Craig Cox

Exercise Rewires Your Body — At the Molecular Level

Exercise affects health at the deepest level. Learn more.
By Craig Cox

PUMPING IRONY: Microbes and Memory

Researchers have been exploring the relationship between the gut microbiome and the brain for decades. Two new studies seek to explain how that microbial mix may affect cognitive function.
By Craig Cox
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