The Cost of Being Uninsured Today Can Cost Your Life Tomorrow by Marly Bobillier Grosso A few years ago, my then employer announced reductions in staff to every department within the company, including the visual design team where I worked. I became one more casualty of the crumbling retail world. Along with my job, our health Read more
The Bennies of CBD By Tracy E. Hill, Ph.D. CBD has been around since the early 1900’s when chemist Roger Adams isolated cannabidiol compound while researching prophylactics to potential gas attacks during the trench warfare in Europe. Working at the National Research Council in Washington DC a few decades later, Adams presented a paper to Read more
Emotional Spring Cleaning by Donna Scrafano Spring is usually the season when we clean out our brick-and-mortar homes and closets for the coming year. But Spring is also a good time to clean out any toxic energy that may have infiltrated our lives. Such toxic energy may come in the forms of everyday stressors, pending Read more
A Little Birdie Told Me by Angie Littlefield I have known a number of Silver Sagers, particularly ones of retirement age, who have taken up birdwatching as a way to get outside more. In winter of course, this isn’t as easy, especially if, like me, you live in a snowy climate. But you can always Read more
All Joking Aside, Laughter Is Healthy for You by J’Nel Wright Why did the chicken cross the road? It doesn’t matter as long as it’s funny. Not only does a good gag make us giggle, experts say laughter is actually good for our health. If you are debating between downloading the latest chick flick versus Read more
Walking vs. Running by Tracy E. Hill, Ph.D. I’ve been running since I was in my early teens. It was my way to clear my head and have “Tracy time.” I used to be a triathlete and thoroughly enjoyed the cross training of cycling, running and swimming. The focus of an upcoming triathlon was perfect Read more
Oral Sex: Is it Better to Give or Receive? Tracy E. Hill, Ph.D. With funding from the National Institute on Aging, researchers from Michigan State and Texas A & M Universities took a deep dive into oral sex. Published in the Journals of Gerontology: Social Sciences (2019), Drs. Hui Liu, Shannon Shen, and Ning Hsieh investigated how giving Read more
Knowing that your loved one has dementia is difficult enough, but when that person refuses to accept their changing needs and abilities, it creates an even greater burden on the family. Sometimes it’s the caregiver who refuses to accept the declining behavior of a loved one, but more often, it is the person with dementia who fails to see the warning signs. Read more
Is It Hot in Here? Top 10 Ways I Deal with Menopause by Ute Mitchell It started with the night sweats. In the dead of winter, I woke up in the middle of the night completely drenched, my T-shirt clinging to my body. I wiped my forehead, and my hand was wet. So I got Read more
A Honeybee Apiary: Am I Helping Them or Are They Helping Me? by D’Cai Rhodes At fifty-four years old, I found myself unemployed, living in my travel trailer, and heartbroken. A successful safety professional, firefighter, and paramedic in my younger years, I never felt I’d be in this position. Refusing to allow myself to be down Read more
