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 […]
As we’ve reported here, travel contributes greatly to our health and well-being, and may even help us live longer. If you’re looking to spend more time with Mother Nature on your next trip, you’ll want to read about the next travel trend: Dark sky tourism. On a cold winter night in a rural area, I […]
Featuring our SuperAging News Network partner, Barb Desmarais, hostess of the popular podcast series: “What’s Next: Conversations With Boomers.” Vancouver-based Barb Desmarais, a Boomer herself, offers a series of engaging conversations with Boomers on a wide range of topics, from health to finance to fitness to relationships and more.We first met Barb when we were […]
The COVID-19 mRNA-based vaccines that saved 2.5 million lives globally during the pandemic could help spark the immune system to fight cancer. This is the surprising takeaway of a new study that we and our colleagues published in the journal Nature. While developing mRNA vaccines for patients with brain tumors in 2016, our team, led […]
There is something timeless about watching children explore their creativity — the way their faces light up as colors blend, the concentration in their eyes as they make each brushstroke, and the laughter that bubbles up when they discover something new. In Marian Egan’s latest Magnifying Peace Project video, this moment unfolds beautifully as she […]
We’ve spent the last two episodes exploring the power of bioenergetic wellness — how small techniques can release blocked emotions, support the body, and build resilience. Today, we go deeper: we explore the science of biofeedback, the skill of muscle response testing, and how these tools give us the confidence to prioritize self-care with precision […]
