The busy festive season is upon us. But as we’re making our lists and checking them twice, scammers are just as busy—and, alas, increasingly inventive. Consider this. Last year alone, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) reports that Americans lost a record $12.5 billion to scams and fraud—up 25% from the prior year. And while older […]
There is a moment in nature when everything becomes still — when a bird lands at a feeder, looks around, and chooses to trust the world enough to eat. This week’s Magnifying Peace Project video captures exactly that: a small bird relaxing into the safety of the moment, trusting its surroundings, and nourishing itself without […]
We’ve reported extensively on the benefits of quality sleep for healthy aging, from enhanced cognitive function to helping fend off chronic conditions like heart disease and diabetes. Here, Joanna Fong-Isariyawongse, an Associate Professor of Neurology at the University of Pittsburgh, writes about yet another benefit of sleep, saying that getting enough of it is “as […]
A potentially worrisome trend is emerging among young adults. Instead of landing a job and moving to the big city after graduation, many are moving back into their childhood homes instead. About 1.5 million more adults under 35 live with their parents today than a decade ago. That’s a 6.3% jump, more than double the […]
For more than 20 years, hormone replacement therapy (HRT) carried one of the strongest warnings the FDA can issue — a “black box” caution about possible heart, stroke, and cancer risks. That label, added after early 2000s studies caused widespread alarm, led many women (and their doctors) to steer clear. Now, the FDA has removed […]
For years, the two patients had come to the Penn Memory Center at the University of Pennsylvania, where doctors and researchers follow people with cognitive impairment as they age, as well as a group with normal cognition. Both patients, a man and a woman, had agreed to donate their brains after they died for further […]
As we move through the busy and sometimes stressful holiday season, many of us crave peace — not just as a word, but as a felt experience. What if peace wasn’t something we had to seek outside ourselves, but something we could create through the way we connect with one another? The Magnifying Peace Project […]
As winter approaches and daylight saving time has ended, many people are bracing themselves for shorter days, colder weather and what’s often dismissed as the “winter blues.” But these seasonal shifts are more than a passing inconvenience, and can disrupt people’s energy, moods and daily routines. Seasonal affective disorder (SAD) is a condition that heightens […]
In this third episode of Be Well with Dr. Michelle Greenwell, Laurin Wittig returns to explore how deep presence in nature can transform our mental health, reframe the experience of dementia, and restore peace to the body, mind, and spirit. After her time away immersed in the stillness of forests and lakes, Laurin reflects on […]
We’re pleased to feature another podcast from Dr. Gillian Lockitch, renowned physician and healthy aging expert, and a member of the SuperAging News Network. In this strategy packed episode of Growing Older Living Younger, Dr. Gill speaks with Allison McCune Davis, author of 60 Is a Good Start and creator of the Reignite 60-Day Dare Planner. Allison […]
