Health and Fitness

In today’s world, many of us receive spam (and scam!) phone calls every day. The caller may say that they’re calling about your Medicare benefits, or perhaps they promise to save you money, or offer extra benefits that your current plan does not cover. They may even warn you that your current plan is changing or being discontinued…

For decades, women’s health conversations have focused heavily on the heart, the brain, and the waistline. We track our cholesterol, schedule routine bone density scans, monitor our blood pressure, and swear by joint-friendly cardio. Yet, the literal foundation of our entire physical autonomy is frequently left completely out of the wellness conversation…

I have spent a ridiculous amount of my life standing in front of an open refrigerator. Usually around six o’clock. I would stare at perfectly good food I had purchased only days earlier with the best of intentions. Chicken. Vegetables. Salad ingredients. Fruit. Maybe something I had specifically bought because I had promised myself this […]

Author Duston Spear’s debut novel, Birdgirl, launched in mid-August of 2026. She had garnered advanced five-star reviews and reserved bookstores for her launch party and readings. The book is situated, in part, in the 1970s art culture scene in SoHo, New York, the place and time Duston’s career as a visual artist was established…

As we age, the common advice we hear from medical professionals when it comes to protecting our bone health is often the same: make sure you are getting enough weight-bearing exercise. For many of us, that advice equates to an exhausting mental image. We imagine ourselves sweating through heavy weightlifting, or pounding our knees against […]

You’ve probably received them in the mail. Those colorful flyers from companies that advertise a variety of preventative health screenings. I used to think they were scams and immediately tossed the flyers into the wastebasket…

The time for excuses is over. In this article I will discuss the 6 top mind sets you have to overcome if it is weight loss you are looking for. And not just weight loss, but sustained weight loss…

Alcohol use among senior citizens is on the rise. Although historically older adults were less likely to drink than younger adults, recent studies show that older adults are now drinking more frequently and in larger quantities than in the past…

I’ve been fasting for nine weeks – eating only dinner. During my working hours, when I am not busy, the hunger hits and the desire to eat is strong. Fasting has revealed a lot of dynamics. We often think of hunger as a purely physical signal – a biological alarm clock telling us our body needs fuel…

Chronic pain, age and depression often go hand in hand. Studies have shown chronic pain and depression can worsen each other. Therefore, it is very important to treat both. Here are some modalities of treatment…