Sustainability| More...
 

Aging

What You Don't Know About Osteoporosis

Joseph Sciabbarrasi, M.D. | Posted 11.10.2009 | Living

Read More: Health, Women, Aging, Smoking, Supplements, Menopause, Post-Menopausal, Wellness, Vitamin D, Vitamins, Osteoporosis, Bone Health, Alcohol, Women's Health, Calcium, Calcium Supplement, Living News
Joseph Sciabbarrasi, M.D.

This is the first of three articles on what helps keep bones healthy and strong -- and what does not. We will be covering both prevention of and treatment for osteoporosis for women as well as men.

Read Post

WATCH: 87 Year-Old Woman Dance, Rock, and Blow Your Mind!

Ed and Deb Shapiro | Posted 10.29.2009 | Living

Read More: Elderly, Dance, Aging, The Balanced Life, Inner Life, 87 Year-Old, Happiness, Living News
Ed and Deb Shapiro

Do you think you can dance? Wait till you see the lady in this video!

Read Post

TEDMED 2009: Do You Want To Live Forever?

Alana B. Elias Kornfeld | Posted 10.31.2009 | Living

Read More: Resveratrol, David Sinclair, Aging, Ted Med, Ted Med 2009, Health, Eric Dishman, Tedmed 2009, The TED Conference, Intel, Aubrey De Grey, Tedmed, Living News
Alana B. Elias Kornfeld

The elderly have lost the vigor and mental agility they had as young adults and while it's nice that they have more experience and wisdom, they don't have the strength to do much with it.

Read Post

Ageism 2009

Jim Selman | Posted 10.29.2009 | Living

Read More: Ageism, National Organization of Pissed Off Elders, Aarp, Discrimination, Elders, Aging, Generation Gap, The Balanced Life, Living News
Jim Selman

At a time when we need family and community solidarity more than ever, we are witnessing a growing wave of age-based debate and controversy.

Read Post

The Ravages Of Time

Stephanie Gertler | Posted 10.26.2009 | Living

Read More: Elderly, Aging, Time, Death & Dying, Death and Dying, Memory, Parenting, The Inner Life, Ageing, Family, Living News
Stephanie Gertler

Time colors and shades memories in many ways. So, although I think that I remember clearly the day that my family moved into our "new" apartment on November 1957, I probably don't.

Read Post

N.O.P.E.: National Organization of Pissed Off Elders

Jim Selman | Posted 10.26.2009 | Living

Read More: Aging, Social Security, Elders, Drag Race, Bureaucrats, Power, Capitalism, Common Sense, Compassion, Ideology, Decency, Politics, Scooters, Freedom, Principles, Slogan, Goodwill, Customer Service, Nope, Zoomers, Sex, Living News
Jim Selman

I want to create a new organization to stamp out stupidity and indifference and restore common decency and goodwill into society. I think I'll call it the National Organization of Pissed-Off Elders (N.O.P.E.).

Read Post

Working After Retiring Can Be Good For Health

reuters.com | Posted 10.23.2009 | Living

Read More: Aging, Mental Health, Work, Health, Retirement, Work-Life Balance, Physical Fitness, Disease Prevention, Living News

People who keep doing some work in their field after they retire may enjoy better physical and mental health than those who stop work completely or sw...

Read Whole Story

The Best Aging Secret: Make Time Your Friend

Deepak Chopra | Posted 10.23.2009 | Living

Read More: Aging, Time, Beauty, Vanity, Deepak Chopra, Living News
Deepak Chopra

We've all been conditioned to look upon time as our enemy. This belief is wrong, but it's so deeply ingrained that if affects even the most gifted people.

Read Post

The Awkward Age

Daniel Krotz | Posted 10.21.2009 | Living

Read More: Arkansas, The Awkward Age, Aging, Bucket List, Henry James, Bookseller, Berryville, The Balanced Life, Living News
Daniel Krotz

I'm caught between a lingering fantasy of a Roman Holiday, and the aspirations of a Care Consultant who hopes I am infirm enough to require batteries for effective locomotion. Goodness, what an awkward age!

Read Post

New Documents Show Increased Cancer Risk For Baby Boomers After Nuclear Testing

Politics Daily | Posted 10.21.2009 | Living

Read More: Baby Boomers, Cancer Deaths, Aging, Nuclear Weapons, Cancer Rates, Generation, Nuclear Testing, Nevada, Cancer, Cancer Risk, Cold War, Living News

Even with a half century's hindsight, the U.S. government's willingness to risk the health of the nation's children seems somewhere between unfathomab...

Read Whole Story

We Need Health Care, Not Disease Care

Scott Mendelson, M.D. | Posted 10.19.2009 | Living

Read More: Heath, Alzheimer's Disease, Dementia, Prevention, Disease, President Obama, Alzheimer's, Obama, Health Care, Scott Mendelson, Wellness, Barack Obama, Elderly, Aging, Living News
Scott Mendelson, M.D.

The dollar costs of caring for the increasing numbers of elderly Americans expected to develop Alzheimer's dementia over the next 30 years will decimate the personal savings of millions of families.

Read Post

A Triathlete Amputee's Thoughts On Her Body: Missing An Arm, But Not Courage, Part 1

Susan Harrow | Posted 10.16.2009 | Living

Read More: The Balanced Life, Perfectionism, Healthy Body, Self Care, Negative Body Image Amputee, Eating Disorders, The Inner Life, Wellness, Self-Help, Look Better Naked, Active, Body Image, Body Image Mastery, Living in the Moment, Fitness, Self-Improvement, Weight Loss, Triathlete, Confidence, Physical Benefits of Yoga, Healthy Eating, Triathlete Amputee, Yoga, Aging, Forget Perfect, Athlete, Self-Esteem, Self Love, Acceptance, Sports, Self Esteem, Consciousness, Health, Self Mastery, Benefits of Yoga, Living News
Susan Harrow

Leadership expert, triathlete and mother of quadruplets, twins and three other children, DeeDee Myers is never without lipstick in her purse. She's always prepared, always presentable, no matter what.

Read Post

NY Department Of Aging Employs Idle School Buses For Senior Day Trips

New York Times City Room | Sarah Maslin Nir | Posted 10.14.2009 | New York

Read More: School Buses, Senior Mobility, Meals on Wheels, Department of Aging, Aging, New York Department of Education, New York Department of Aging, Senior Citizens, New York, New York City, Ageism, New York News

Gossiping and laughing, they climbed onto the big yellow school bus on Atlantic Avenue in Brooklyn on Tuesday morning. But the 20 people clambering ab...

Read Whole Story

Two Kinds Of Deaths

Susan Smalley, Ph.D. | Posted 10.14.2009 | Living

Read More: Elderly, Creativity, Fear, Aging, Dying, Jack LaLanne, Novelty, Death, Death & Dying, Death and Dying, Susan Smalley, Living News
Susan Smalley, Ph.D.

It is an interesting dichotomy - one group seems to open with age, the other seems to close. With openness, it seems that death is much less frightening as if it is merely another viewpoint of sorts.

Read Post

Two Women Bare It All

Holly Robinson | Posted 10.12.2009 | Living

Read More: Resorts, Women, Aging, Friendships, Nudist Colony, Body Image, Naturists, Nudists, Nudism, Living News
Holly Robinson

Our first morning at Berkshire Vista Resort, my friend Mandy sleeps late while I muster the courage to leave our room. The question isn't so much what to wear, here, as what not to wear.

Read Post

Philip Roth's The Humbling Is, At 140 Pages, His Best Book In Years

Jesse Kornbluth | Posted 10.08.2009 | Books

Read More: Theater, Fiction, Aging, Philip Roth, Ian McEwan, On Chesil Beach, The Humbling, Goodbye Columbus, Simon Axler, Books News
Jesse Kornbluth

Roth is 76 now. He's outlived all of his rivals. He's our most prominent novelist. And over 30 books, he's learned how to disturb us -- and keep us reading.

Read Post

Saving Face: Cosmetic Options for the Modern Man

Nelson Montana | Posted 10.12.2009 | Style

Read More: Burt Reynolds, Kenny Rogers, Aging, Brad Pitt, Wayne Newton, Bruce Jenner, Dr. Neil Sadick, Cosmetic Surgery, Thermage, Style News
Nelson Montana

I had considered surgery, but after some investigation I decided it wasn't the way to go. Face-lifts on men don't fare as well as with women.

Read Post

Health Is A Function Of Participation

Jim Selman | Posted 10.16.2009 | Living

Read More: Aging, Purpose, Eldering Manifesto, Eldering, The Hunger Project, Breakthrough Foundation, Health, Est, Vietnam, Participation, WErner Erhard, Transformational Technologies, Wellness, Living News
Jim Selman

My focus is on working to transform the culture of aging so that our later years in life are as meaningful and filled with possibility as when we were younger.

Read Post

The Fountain of Youth- Attitude: An Interview With Werner Berger

Gail Lynne Goodwin | Posted 10.06.2009 | Living

Read More: Fountain of Youth, Inspiration, Age, InspireMeToday.Com, Werner Berger, Mount Kilimanjaro, Mount Everest, Gail Lynne Goodwin, Matterhorn, Aging, Wellness, Living News
Gail Lynne Goodwin

The more people I meet, I'm convinced there is no age that's young or old, but rather, people that choose to be young or old. Age is nothing more than an attitude that we get to choose.

Read Post

Nobel Prize For Chromosome Find

BBC NEWS | Posted 10.05.2009 | Living

Read More: Aging, Nobel Prize, Stem Cell Research, Health, Living News

This year's Nobel prize for medicine goes to three US-based researchers who discovered how the body protects the chromosomes housing vital genetic cod...

Read Whole Story

5 Ways To Age Naturally

Dr. Maoshing Ni | Posted 10.04.2009 | Living

Read More: How to Age Naturally, Aging, Dr. Maoshing Ni, Dr. Mao, Maoshing Ni, Natural Aging, Chinese Longevity Medicine, Healthy Aging, Chinese Medicine, Wellness, Aging Naturally, Living News
Dr. Maoshing Ni

While modern medicine has neglected to address the effects of aging in any meaningful and fundamental way, Chinese Longevity Medicine has been making qualitative differences in improving the undesirable effects of aging in patients for centuries.

Read Post

Amazing Grace

Darryle Pollack | Posted 10.03.2009 | Style

Read More: Vogue, Grace Coddington, Aging, Anna Wintour, The September Issue, Style News
Darryle Pollack

Grace Coddington of Vogue has it all: talent, power, courage, confidence, and comfortable shoes.

Read Post

Most Babies Born This Century Will Live To 100, Research Shows

AP | MARIA CHENG | Posted 10.02.2009 | Living

Read More: Long Life, Aging, Aging Research, Baby, Anti-Aging, Health, Immortality, Engineer-Human-Immortality, Lifespan, Babies, Wellness, Living News

LONDON — Most babies born in rich countries this century will eventually make it to their 100th birthday, new research says. Danish experts say ...

Read Whole Story

The Workforce is Aging, but Where Are the Age-Friendly Employers?

Mark Miller | Posted 09.30.2009 | Business

Read More: Workforce, Aarp, Aging, Unemployment, Employers, Age Discrimination, Business News
Mark Miller

The Great Recession is pushing older workers to postpone retirement, but will employers accommodate them?

Read Post

Legacy: A New Vision of Aging

Rachael Freed | Posted 09.30.2009 | Living

Read More: Church of the Brethren, Aging, Dying, Purpose, Writing, Ethical Will, Legacy, Gerotranscendence, Reminiscense, Death, Living News
Rachael Freed

Older adults are developing new values and new perspectives: redefining self, relationships, and fundamental existential questions like time, space, life, and death.

Read Post