by drebanks | Oct 23, 2011 | Blog, Dementia, healthy aging, Longevity, Nutrition, Obesity, Preventive Wellness, Youthful Aging
As an unprecedented number of Americans approach middle and old age, there is growing public concern about the loss of mental acuity that often is attributed to aging. Medical advances have dramatically increased the likelihood of surviving into the period of life...
by drebanks | Sep 22, 2011 | Blog, Cancer, Exercise, healthy aging, Nutrition, Preventive Wellness, stress, Youthful Aging
Healthy aging is a topic that gets more and more vital each year. More than 40 million Americans are 65 years old or greater and the proportion the U.S. population over 65 is anticipated to keep increasing. Human lifespans are now at the longest they have ever been...
by drebanks | Jun 20, 2011 | Bioidentical hormones, Blog, Executives' Health, healthy aging, Heart Disease, Longevity, Men's Health, Preventive Wellness
More than fifty years ago the psychologist Abraham Maslow had a revolutionary impact on the field of psychology when he wrote about the Hierarchy of Needs. His theory is often portrayed as a pyramid with the most basic fundamental needs in the broad base and the...
by drebanks | May 17, 2011 | Blog, Exercise, healthy aging, Heart Disease, Longevity, Men's Health, Preventive Wellness, Youthful Aging
Progress in our society has been measured in large part by events like the Industrial Revolution and the Information Age. As a result, more of us are working with our brains instead of our bodies. But that may not be such a good thing after all. In our current...
by drebanks | Apr 17, 2011 | Blog, Cancer, healthy aging, Heart Disease, Longevity, Nutrition, Obesity, Preventive Wellness, Type-2 Diabetes, Youthful Aging
Mary Poppins may have recommended adding a spoonful of sugar to make some things a little more palatable, but Americans have taken that benign suggestion and run amok with it. American consumption of added sugars has increased drastically over the last several...
by drebanks | Apr 1, 2011 | Blog, Cancer, Exercise, healthy aging, Longevity, Nutrition, Obesity, Preventive Wellness, Youthful Aging
So what does that say about most Americans? An increasingly large segment of the US population is overweight or obese, and nearly as many admit to being couch potatoes. Convincing evidence shows that weight gain and obesity increases the risk of several different...