Lessons About Aging from COVID-19
You may have seen the staggering news that 1 in 500 Americans have died of COVID-19. The numbers are much higher for older...
Orthodontics at Any Age
In 1970, I missed the first two classes of my junior year in high school because I was getting braces on my teeth that morning....
An Age of Vulnerability
In a post–COVID-19 society, what must we do to reduce old-age vulnerability to illness and death? The answer may surprise...
When Life Happens
Finding serenity when change knocks us off course In 2016, I was diagnosed with Stage 3 cancer. I’d always said that...
Emotional Granularity
Expanding Our Lexicon to Describe How We Really Feel My wife Judith and I recently completed our first real vacation...
Simple and Delicious Meatless Meals
Eating a plant-centered diet is good for your health and the planet’s, too I remember the first time I was served a...
Our Inner Ageist
How Our Hidden Attitudes and Images of Age Shape Our Actual Experience—and What That Means for the Fight Against Ageism About...
At Any Age
Don’t let outdated ideas about age keep you from sports and activities you enjoy Last fall during my annual cardiology...
Do Less and Move More with the Feldenkrais Method
Two years ago, I received a flyer at my office informing me that I was probably getting in and out of chairs the wrong way....
From Cat Litter to Barbells
Several years ago, Edie Edmundson stood in a store, staring down a 25-pound bucket of kitty litter. There was a problem—she...
