Health

By Tula Karras Have you ever frantically searched for your phone — using the light on your phone? It’s embarrassing for sure, but that and other things — forgetting a word or missing an appointment  — aren’t signs that you’re on the road to dementia. In fact, we shouldn’t accept that our memory will get...

By Ross Pomeroy Humans are living longer than ever before. Since 1950, global average life expectancy has risen from 47 to 73. This remarkable gain has been won through reducing poverty and eradicating disease, among other humanitarian advances. But in countries whose citizens are now living to advanced ages in the 80s and beyond, a...

By Connie Chang When we’re young, exercise can enable us to run a race after an all-nighter or snowboard on a diet of Doritos. But as we age, fitness has a much more far-reaching impact, boosting our energy levels, preventing injuries and keeping us mentally sharp. Aging causes muscles to lose mass, bone density to...

​By Patricia S. Daniels As we age, our senses become less acute through changes in the organs themselves, as well as changes in the brain. An aging brain becomes less able to perceive sensations, process information, create and store memories, and learn as some neurons die through normal aging or through disease or injury. But...

By Ian Sample The brew is so potent that practitioners report not only powerful hallucinations, but near-death experiences, contact with higher-dimensional beings, and life-transforming voyages through alternative realities. Often before throwing up, or having trouble at the other end. Now, scientists have gleaned deep insights of their own by monitoring the brain on DMT, or...

By Bruce Y. Lee Recently, Cochrane Review published a study that some have claimed as evidence that face masks don’t work. Well, have some of these claims been a bit, shall we say, too cocky and not Cochrane-y enough? Well, in a statement issued on March 10 by Cochrane Library, Karla Soares-Weiser, MD, PhD, MSc, Editor-in-Chief...

By Tyler Read We all know exercise is important for keeping us healthy as we age. However, not all exercise is created equal. It’s important to emphasize certain types of exercise over others if your goal is maximizing your health, longevity, and independence. In this article, I’m going to discuss five of the worst exercise habits that...