Genetic Tests for Alzheimer’s and Heart Disease
Last week, I wrote about the growing prevalence of genetic testing to help assess disease risk. In that letter, I stated my deep concern that many people believe that their genes completely...
Anti-Aging
Your guide to slowing the aging process. Look younger and feel younger by using these nutrition and exercise tips.
Genetic Testing: Helpful or Harmful?
If you could do something as simple as spit into a test tube, and in exchange learn more information about your health than you ever imagined possible, would you? Millions of people...
Mediterranean Diet Prevents Brain Aging
As we advance in age, we may think that forgetfulness just comes with the territory. But in reality, memory loss—and especially dementias such as Alzheimer’s disease—aren’t “normal” parts of aging. The lifestyle...
The Stress That You Desperately Need
You’ve more than likely heard this saying, “What doesn’t kill you makes you stronger.” Perhaps you have repeated this mantra to yourself after a bad breakup, job loss, or some other upsetting...
How to Increase Your Lifespan—and Health Span
Do you want to spend your golden years disabled, increasingly frail, and a burden to your family? Of course not. No one does. At 58 years of age, I can tell you...
The Anti-Aging Potential of Exercise
Forget the expensive creams and magical serums that promise to keep you young. Want the real secret to anti-aging? It’s simple: Exercise. I know, I know, you’ve heard it all before, and...
This Amino Acid Shows Great Promise for ED
Remember back to the late 1990s when former politician Bob Dole took our country (and airwaves) by total surprise when he promoted a then little-known drug called Viagra? Not only was erectile...
The Health Benefits of Coffee
If there’s one beverage the majority of us can’t seem to live without, it’s coffee. More than half of Americans drink it every day, and by some estimates, more than 100 billion...
How Long, And Well, Will You Live?
Have you ever noticed at class reunions that some of your former classmates seem much older than you, and some seem younger, even though you’re all the same age? There’s strong evidence...
A Hidden Cause of Alzheimer’s Disease
When you think ahead to your senior years, you likely envision a retirement filled with travel, socializing, and spending time with your precious grandchildren. But this isn’t the reality for an estimated...
