What weird quirk of human nature makes us more excited about a cure than prevention? Imagine the headlines: “Cure for Dementia!” Wouldn’t you want to be one of the lucky ones to have bought stock in that company? I have a friend who’s a dental hygienist, and you couldn’t pay me to do her job: […]
It’s Really Hard to Lose Weight, and Now You’ve Just Depressed Me I get it. It is really hard to lose weight, and I would have depressed myself, too – except I know it can be done. I am shaping up, myself, and I’m seeing results. My kids got me to start going to the […]
I am so happy. I’ve been writing for the Prostate Cancer Foundation for several months now; everything I’m writing is for men with prostate cancer and their families. It’s right up my alley – telling men what they need to know, what their doctors might not tell them or may not even know, and most […]
This is the second part of a series on aging well. – Janet It all makes sense, but sometimes we need to hear this stuff anyway. Eat right, get vaccinated, and get some sun, because Vitamin D protects your body and helps prevent cancer. This is from How to Age Well, Part 1. Part […]
Quality of life is the key: our goal shouldn’t be just to live to a ripe old age. No one wants to be old and decrepit (or decrepit at any age, frankly). But old and healthy – now that’s an exciting goal. Jeremy Walston, M.D., a gerontologist at Johns Hopkins, co-directs the Biology of Frailty […]
The day of discharge from the hospital – any hospital — is like being at a bad party or uncomfortable family reunion. It’s interminable. Everybody’s ready for it to be over, including you; you just want to go home. Shortly before it’s time to go, a nurse goes over your discharge instructions. Maybe you nod […]
Medicine wears off. If you take a pill, its benefit might last for 12 or even 24 hours, and then you have to take another one. The same holds true for acupuncture. Although administered differently – inserting very thin needles through your skin at strategic points – its effects tend to fade just as […]