Living Well

"If you can move, you're alive."

I've carried that phrase with me since medical school.

Each year, scammers steal $3 billion from seniors.

And one of the easiest ways fraudsters steal from folks is over the phone.

Imagine you've started having trouble hearing. Maybe it's just slight changes, like struggling to follow a conversation with your friends in a busy restaurant. Or you have trouble understanding soft dialogue at the movies. Maybe you keep complaining that your spouse mumbles too much.

Over time, you stop going out as often. It's embarrassing to ask folks to repeat themselves. So, you stay in and slowly lose your social circle. The next thing you know, you start forgetting things. You feel depressed and it's hard to concentrate.

Even Alaska isn't safe anymore.

According to a study from the Journal of Medical Entomology, Alaska is now home to ticks.

Memorial Day weekend is upon us, which brings one thing... Dozens of weight-loss ads.

It's hard to listen to the radio or read the paper without seeing an ad promising a "beach-ready body" in just a few weeks.

We've turned into the "Indoor Generation." And it's killing us.

A new survey conducted for the Danish window and skylight company Velux found that on average, Americans spend 90% of their time indoors.

We live and breathe research studies.

My team scours journals to find the latest scientific studies and reports. Our goal is to provide you with the best information possible so you can make informed decisions about your health.

Ask anyone over the age of 65 what they worry about the most as they age. You're likely to hear many say dementia, memory loss, or Alzheimer's disease.

But there's a silent mental illness that's twice as prevalent as dementia. And you're up to eight times more likely to face it than depression, which is also common in seniors.

We've all faced this embarrassing problem. You're in the middle of a conversation and you stop. The word you want is just out of reach, on the tip of your tongue.

It's not only a nuisance, but a sign of aging.

Sometimes I feel like I just keep repeating myself.

And the truth is, I have repeated myself often. That's because so many people simply haven't listened to what I've said for years. In fact, I still have people come to me and explain why they've started taking fish-oil pills.