This may sound crazy to someone suffering from it, but it’s true: Exercise helps ease arthritis-related joint and muscle pain. Now that winter has settled
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By Peter Carrillo A good night’s sleep is harder to come by as you grow older. Although you used to be able to sleep for
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Thinking of going on a quick one-day bus trip, or perhaps a three-week European vacation? Before booking those tickets, consider your overall fitness level. Will
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At 85, Jim Gullion still has ‘the moves’ honed from 70 seasons on a ballfield. Now he and other granddads are sharing what they know, including Jim’s fitness philosophy: Actions beats inaction every time.

For two hours each week, 83-year-old Lynn Proctor sheds life’s most difficult labels and climbs back into the saddle of her childhood. The years disappear,
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“Hara hachi bu” is an Okinawan phrase that means “eat only until 80 percent full.” It’s also a focal point of a book I’ve just
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Remember “that talk” your folks had with you when you entered the teen years and started dating? If you are over 50 and considering a
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Groveland’s Frank Oyung, 78, has worn out a lot of shoe leather and tire rubber on the road to good health. His advice: Keep moving – and keep singing, too.

For the fifth day in a row, Martha Silva woke with a crushing headache. She had tried to ignore the pain, but it was unrelenting.
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It’s not just about the axis of rotation or angle of entry for these avid bowlers. Wild shots and gutter balls? No problem, For the Senior Merrymakers, friendship is the kingpin.