Let’s be honest: by the time we hit 50, we’ve all spent a fair amount of time squinting at the fine print—whether it’s on a bottle of ibuprofen or a 401(k) statement. But there’s another “fine print” we’ve been carrying around since birth: our DNA. For decades, genetic testing was [...]
Let’s be honest: at our age, “endurance” usually refers to our ability to sit through a three-hour graduation ceremony without nodding off or how many grocery bags we can carry in a single trip to avoid a second trek to the car. We’ve always been told that building stamina is [...]
Remember the days when the most high-tech thing in your doctor’s office was a rolling stool that made that satisfying “whoosh” sound? Well, times are changing. While we’ve been busy figuring out how to get the TV remote to talk to the soundbar, medical science has been giving the humble [...]
If you’ve ever found yourself standing in the middle of the kitchen wondering why on earth you walked in there, you’re not alone. We’ve all been told that the secret to staying sharp as we age is to lace up our sneakers and hit the pavement. But let’s be honest: [...]
It’s that time of year again—the weekend when a mysterious, invisible thief creeps into our homes and steals exactly sixty minutes of our lives. While losing an hour of sleep might have been an easy trade-off for a late night out in our twenties, at this stage of the game, [...]
If you’ve spent any time lately negotiating with your knees just to get out of a low sofa, you know that “planned obsolescence” isn’t just for iPhones—it apparently applies to human joints, too. But a recent breakthrough from Stanford Medicine suggests that we might finally be able to cancel those [...]
