In a perfect world, every day of the year would be wellness day and we'd be well every day of the year. But as you know, the world is not perfect...and sometimes it takes being unwell to realize that wellness deserves a special celebration and day of its very own. Can just one day change your life? That's the idea. It all started with an illness, a vision and a commitment from a special someone to make June 8th a day to celebrate wellness around the world. Eight years ago, it started with one celebration at one Turkish spa, blossoming over the years into events in over 150 countries and 5,000 { Read More }
6 Scary Side Effects of Sitting
It’s been called both dangerous and harmful, and we’re told we are, as a society, doing way too much of it. And that it can hurt our health in a big way. When you hear these descriptions of sitting – something we all do from infancy all the way through to old age – it’s hard to believe something that seems so, well, harmless is instead so harmful. Since physical inactivity is the fourth leading risk factor for global mortality, responsible for 3.2 million deaths each year, it makes sense that the epidemic of sitting is the new scary. And the fact is that we are doing { Read More }
So This is Why We Can’t Let Go of Our Cell Phones
I’ve been reading a lot lately about how harmful our phones can be to our health. And these articles aren’t referring to the long-debated concerns about radiofrequency radiation and cancer risk. No, this time they’re suggesting a different animal. There’s an increasing body of evidence that suggests the time spent on our smartphones interferes with everything from sleep to self-esteem. And some suggest that putting down your phone may just help you live longer. We all have a phone. And we all want to live longer. The problem is, we can’t all put down our { Read More }
Ten Things Everyone Over 50 Needs to Know About Strokes
I recently found out that a friend of my husband’s had a stroke a few weeks ago. That jolted me, big time. Although we are in this so-called midlife, after all - and I'm fully aware that health risks increase with age - I suppose I don't feel that we're "old enough" for something like this to happen. But that way of thinking is faulty, and this is proof. My husband is hoping to speak to his friend sometime this week, and I’m sure we’ll learn more then. Although his wife has been in touch and assures us that the stroke was “mild,” it’s still worrisome. And in thinking about it, I realized { Read More }
How to Hear Better When Your Hearing Goes South
Pop quiz: What, besides sex and sleep, change with age? “It’s not just sex and sleep that change with age,” wrote Frank Bruni in a recent New York Times article. “It’s supper.” If you’re over 50 there’s no doubt you understand perfectly well what he’s referring to here. Never mind the type of food you prefer. Forget about the popularity of the restaurant. Or its raving reviews. And how important, really, is the restaurant’s lighting, mood or ambience? If it's too noisy, all bets are off. Because there’s no greater appetite-killer than trying to enjoy a meal and a conversation in a { Read More }
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