If you’re not planning on adding “lose weight” to your list of New Year’s resolutions, you’re in the minority. In fact, it’s one of the most commonly-made resolutions...but it’s definitely not the only one you should consider making for 2012. Read more...

Found in: Osteoporosis, Sleep and Rest, Hearing Loss

Little by little, we’re becoming addicted to technology. Our dependence on technology is affecting our brains, our relationships and our lives. Studies have found that as a society we are less able to focus on anything, even the things we enjoy. Read more...

Found in: Mental Health

At the end of our chromosomes there are caps, like the tips at the end of shoelaces, that protect chromosomes from fraying and deteriorating. These are called telomeres...and some researchers now think that telomeres might be the key to aging. Read more...

Found in: Exercise & Fitness, Aging

What we do is what we become. The Net is changing our brains and our bodies, and we better understand what shifts will occur. Then we can make the changes we want, and make them work for us. Read more...

Found in: Obesity, Body Clocks, Medicine and Technology

Many people live their lives in a double mirror. One reflects their live on the Internet; the other reflects their real life. When they compare the two images, they realize they are not the same. Which image they become more attached to may prove key. Read more...

Found in: Obesity, Body Clocks, Medicine and Technology

Part II: Body clocks affect everything you do. Ask shift workers—a group with higher cardiovascular mortality and higher cancer rates. The Internet is rapidly turning much of the population into biological shiftworkers—and they’re willingly going along. Read more...

Found in: Obesity, Body Clocks, Medicine and Technology

Part I: As most of our bodies are replaced in a matter of days to weeks, what we do is what we become. How we live changes not just our gene expression but how we, look, think, and move; it also resets how we rebuild and renew ourselves. Read more...

Found in: Obesity, Body Clocks, Medicine and Technology

Any change in our lives, good or bad, produces stress. Modern life constantly bombards us with stressful situations, so it's no wonder we get irritable and angry. Here are five simple steps to help you find peace in an unpeaceful world. Read more...

Job loss contributes greatly to the stress of aging, and can make men listless, angry, and withdrawn. This "Irritable Male Syndrome" can cause great harm to relationships...but it can also be understood and successfully treated. Read more...

Found in: Mental Health, Men's Health, Depression

Do you suffer from depression, aches, pains, fatigue, and infections when nothing is looming on the horizon? If so, you may have what is called "leisure sickness." Read more...

Found in: Retirement