By Jesse Grady, Mississippi State University “Just how old do you think my dog is in dog years?” is a question I hear on a regular basis. People love to anthropomorphize pets, attributing human characteristics to them. And most of us want to extend our animal friends’ healthy lives for […]
By Brandon Turbeville, Natural Blaze Millennials are Behaving More and More Like Their Grandparents… Millennials, once considered the most rebellious of all generations, are confounding their parents’ generation and onlookers yet again with the newfound realization that the current generation has more in common with their grandparents than their parents. As […]
By Natural Blaze 4-year study finds that veggie and fruit heavy diet is the key to lasting vigor. Mediterranean diet may help protect older adults from becoming frail, Wiley reports An analysis of published studies indicates that following the Mediterranean diet may reduce the risk of frailty in older individuals. […]
By Heather Callaghan, Editor Betty White has got to be the most beloved nonagenarian alive today. She’ll be 96 years young on January 17 and shows no signs of stopping her active life. Seriously, look her up on IMDB and you’ll see some of her work is in post-production – she is […]
By Brandon Turbeville, Natural Blaze Do you want to get vaccinated just to visit someone in a nursing home? The University of Michigan is joining the battle to end individual rights when it comes to vaccine choice. In effect, it is joining the battle to end individual rights when it comes to […]
Carolyn Hartz gave up eating processed sugar almost 30 years ago after years of being ‘addicted’ to sweets. Today she boasts a bikini body and glowing complexion that many people who are decades younger than her dream of having. But she believes that in order to get what you want […]
By Joe Battaglia Researchers in Finland have found that when you’re working out, the level of endorphins released in the brain directly correlates to the intensity of exercise you’re doing. That’s a good thing for people doing high-intensity interval training, or HIIT, because HIIT can be miserable. The results were […]
Before the 21st century, you’d probably call a person crazy if they talked about aging as a “treatable condition”. And while this viewpoint isn’t fully mainstream, it’s not totally unimaginable either. There are many factors that cause the signs and sensations of aging, each of which would have to be […]
By Marco Torres Memory performance decreases with increasing age. Cannabis can reverse these aging processes in the brain. Low doses of the active ingredient in cannabis, THC, has the opposite effect on the elderly, reversing brain aging and restoring learning and memory. This was shown in mice by scientists at […]
By AnonWatcher Emma Morano, the world’s oldest person has died, aged 117. Ignoring current medical advice, Morano followed advice given to her when she was 20 and outlived everyone. The world’s oldest person has died, aged 117. Emma Morano died peacefully in her armchair in her own home on April 15. […]