aging

The first thing I would do if I woke up as a 15-year-old girl again: go back to sleep. My 34-year-old body and mind doesn’t get enough “off” time anymore.

If you’re like most people, you can expect to lose 30 percent of your muscle mass in the 20-year period between 50 and 70. But I am not like most people, and you shouldn't be either.

We can’t stop the clock, but it’s possible that by choosing the right foods in our diets, we can slow it down a little. The Most Effective Ways to Live Longer Cookbook features meals that attack what the authors refer to as the “Four Horsemen of Aging”: oxidative damage, inflammation, glycation and stress. When we choose meals that prevent these effects in our bodies, we can protect ourselves from getting old before our time.

Learn how to live a more fulfilled, less self-critical life — therapist (and casual surfer) Sarah Brokaw shares the secret to rediscovering joy. Yes, it’s possible.

You've no doubt noticed that in developed countries, women almost always have a higher life expectancy than men. Being a woman, it would seem, can add not just months but years to your life. Over at the Good Men Project — Macho Men Die Early — Hugo Schwyzer offers some thoughts on one of the reasons men die earlier, on average: many of them are simply "too macho" to seek out health care.