Health & Wellness

Living With Hot Flashes

I’m 79 and still having hot flashes. I had a total hysterectomy when I was 45 and was put on hormone replacement therapy (HRT). I took the estrogen medication Premarin until about 10 years ago, when I developed an irregular…

How to Break or Create a Habit

Breaking bad habits is usually a challenge, but so is learning new, more positive behaviours; here are four errors that…

Get a Better Quality of Sleep

As we get older, our sleep patterns shift—but that doesn’t mean you have to go through life feeling fatigued By…

Mobile Health Apps and Privacy

By Wendy Haaf A recent analysis of nearly 21,000 health, wellness, and medical apps revealed that 88 percent were capable…

Whole Grains Bring Benefits

By Wendy Haaf Bring on the brown rice and bran flakes: For older adults, a diet rich in whole-grain foods…

Secrets of Successful Aging

We’re learning more and more about how personality can affect mental health in our later years; here are some insights…

Drinking Habits

Due to changes in our biochemistry, we become more sensitive to the effects of alcohol as we age. By Wendy…