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
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.