Feeling wiped out? Welcome to the chronic fatigue club. The New Year is off to an utterly exhausting start. We’ve been double-teamed by a one-two punch of foul winter weather and a surge in both COVID-19 and flu. It’s demoralizing. It’s draining. And in some cases, it can be outright ... Read More ›

Drug side effects add up over time. And the more prescriptions you’re taking, the higher your risk rises for those disturbing drug reactions and interactions to occur. If you're feeling rotten due to your own meds, you're not alone. The average senior in the US takes somewhere between 9 and 13 ... Read More ›

If you weren’t too busy kicking up your heels during that brief pandemic pause this summer, you might recall I wrote to you singing the praises of the goji berry. A new study has given me yet one more reason to love them. Goji berries could help protect our eyesight. I'll have more on that ... Read More ›

There’s a running joke at my house that we ought to buy some stock in an olive grove. Because we plow through so much olive oil every week that at least we’d be paying ourselves back every time we buy a new bottle. You see, I use olive oil in just about every meal I make at home. And now, new ... Read More ›

During the last year or two, as we’ve gone into and out of “hunker down” mode during the coronavirus waves, there are a lot of things people have put off. Everything from shoe shopping to haircuts to dental cleanings has been skipped. Heck, my own hair has gotten so long at this point I'm ... Read More ›

In a perfect world, we wouldn't need to take supplements. Our diets would contain everything we need to stay healthy and independent well into our Golden Years. And our bodies would continue to process the nutrients we take in just as efficiently as they always have. But nothing is ... Read More ›

Zombies aren’t just monsters on TV or in the movies. They’re stalking us in real life too, fast-forwarding aging and sending us to an early grave. In fact, zombies are hiding right now in the last place you’d ever expect. Because they’re inside your own body. A type of cell commonly known as ... Read More ›

I’ve got a classic good news/bad news situation for you today. The GOOD news is the omicron variant of the coronavirus does appear to be milder than Delta. And that’s especially true for folks who are vaccinated. Individual cases can still be quite serious, of course. But it looks like the ... Read More ›

I don’t know anyone who stares at a selfie and LOVES it. After all, the cameras on our cellphones now are so good that it’s hard not to notice every flaw and imperfection. And that includes all the little signs of aging we work so hard to cover up. But one study finds your cellphone and other ... Read More ›

It’s the unspoken truth about aging. Most doctors know it, but few will admit it out loud. Many of the conditions we associate with aging and complaints we dismiss as “just getting older” have nothing to do with our age. At least not directly. Sure, things like fatigue, memory issues, muscle ... Read More ›