Several other publications had the same idea as I about a title for this blog. It simply had to be “Use It or Lose It”—your brain, I mean. If you’re grousing about not being able to retire, know that … [Read more...] about Keep thinking | Don’t retire your brain
The great crime writer Agatha Christie had it right when she wrote: “I have enjoyed greatly the second blooming...suddenly you find—at the age of 50, say—that a whole new life has opened before … [Read more...] about Attention women age 50+ who are not done yet!
If you belong to a gym and use it regularly, good for you! I go a few times a week for upper body strengthening, for I like to mix up my workouts with outdoor and indoor activities weighted fairly … [Read more...] about “Do sweat” germs at the gym
This number that may astound you, as it did me. I knew a lot of us take prescription drugs, but until I started today’s blog, I had no idea that in 2011 we Americans spent $227,551,806,436 popping … [Read more...] about Bitter pill? Prescription drug use steadily rises
The headline reads, “A dementia that rivals Alzheimer's strikes before age 65.” NBC News featured this touching story recently and having watched what Alzheimer’s disease did to my mother, I silently … [Read more...] about The devastation of frontotemporal dementia
You carry your purse with you and then—here’s the rub—you set it down in places like public restrooms, or worse, on the restroom floor instead of using handy hooks. Microbiologist Chuck Gerba of the … [Read more...] about What are you carrying? Beware handbag bacteria
