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I am a recent recipient of a brand new eye. Actually, I just had cataract surgery on October 22, 2018. As of that day, I have been able to see the world much better since I discovered that I had this ...

A New Zealand-based startup is pioneering foods to improve the quality of care and health outcomes for those with swallowing difficulties. We explore why this nutritional advance is such an important ...

A New Zealand-based startup is pioneering foods to improve the quality of care and health outcomes for those with swallowing difficulties. We explore why this nutritional advance is such an important development for those dealing with Alzheimer's and Dementia.

Scream, it’s your first breath. Rolling over to sitting up, then crawling to walking and before you know it, you're running. Long blissful days turn into school hours of fun, your recess turns to stud...

"So you think I’m crazy?" It was shortly after my husband was diagnosed with vascular dementia that he had another minor stroke. He had just turned 71 but you wouldn't guess that by his smooth complex...

And do I really want to be on the other side?

I want to see what happens to the human race and this planet for one. For another, I would like to finish my life’s work. I know that type-1 diabetes means my life expectancy is 69, but come on. Serio...

Do you remember the nostalgia of your childhood? Running down the streets, playing tag amongst other things, and summer vacations. God, I loved summer vacation. The feeling of the last day of school. ...

Ask anyone when they reach a certain age if they are more fearful or less adventurous? My guess is that the older one gets the more apprehensive and fearful with each passing year we seem to be. When ...

It's safe to say that being sexually active has its fair share of benefits. It helps lower your blood pressure, boosts your immune system, improves heart health, and the list goes on. But what about t...

Seventeen is an interesting age. You're not freshly a true teenager, but you're also not a legal adult. You're senior, but you're not in college yet to do fun college things. You are self-righteous an...

We live in a culture that worships youth and beauty and often disregards, disrespects, and diminishes age. This is silly for so many reasons, not the least of which is the fact that everyone is growin...

There is a dysphoria of the millennial. They were born in the era of hands on mechanical with just the beginning emergence of technology as we know it. So, at their core, in their formative years they...

Over this past year, I have realized a lot of things. The natural progression of growing up includes levels of maturing and changing, which is completely natural. As you get older, your priorities and...

Things that underline the fact that your no longer in your twenties.

Every now and then, I think back to the days when I was small and fragile. I didn't have a care in the world. I could jump off of the garage roof, into the sandbox, and all would be okay. That was jus...

For a long time, I felt as though I was stuck in a place where I wasn't quite an adult but not a child. Usually, people get this feeling when they're in their teenage years, but mine migrated to my ea...

I just turned 61-years-old, and for the most part I don't feel it. I have arthritis in my knees, and some minor aches and pains that tell me I'm getting older as well. At 61-years-old, I have also hit...