What is prediabetes? Let’s start with what prediabetes is not. It’s not a disease, and it has no obvious symptoms. So why should you care? Because prediabetes indicates high blood sugar, just not high enough to be type 2 diabetes — yet. It’s an indication that you’re on the path to diabetes unless you alter your eating and fitness habits. The important message: You can probably fix the problem if you take the right steps. Who is at risk? The biggest risk factors are obesity a

If you’ve looked online to help find your parents an assisted living or independent living facility, a nursing home or a continuing care retirement community (CCRC), odds are you’ve seen attractive photos and detailed descriptions of the places. What you probably didn’t see: how much it costs to live there. Transparency is the buzzword in customer service and practically everything else today, except when it comes to senior housing. That’s pretty odd, considering how expensiv

As a volunteer, retirement can afford you the chance to work on a project or issue that is important to you — simply for the passion of it, rather than for a paycheck. Seniors have a unique set of skills and knowledge to offer as volunteers: a lifetime of experience can help you help others in a myriad of ways, from mentoring and tutoring younger generations, to providing career guidance, to offering companionship and care. Volunteerism isn’t just beneficial for those being h

My dad is 83 years old and going strong. He lives in North Carolina and when we visit with each other during the year I always have to laugh because his Breakfast is a 3-course meal. This recipe for Mushroom & Egg Toasts made me think of my dad. You know the saying, about Breakfast is the most important meal of the day. Obviously my dad is a true-believer in that statement. Ingredients: 1/4 cup Extra Virgin Olive Oil 1, 10 ounce package sliced mushrooms 4 slices sourdough t

Leo came to see me because he felt that his current array of doctors-an internist, a cardiologist, a rheumatologist, and a psychiatrist-just weren’t making him well. A lawyer in his mid-50s, Leo had gone for a routine physical and was found to have high cholesterol and mildly elevated blood pressure, two conditions that had led to a veritable cascade of medications. “My internist put me on Lipitor to lower my cholesterol and hydrochlorothiazide to lower my blood pressure. He

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When scientists began tracking the health of 268 Harvard sophomores in 1938 during the Great Depression, they hoped the longitudinal study would reveal clues to leading healthy and happy lives. They got more than they wanted. After following the surviving Crimson men for nearly 80 years as part of the Harvard Study of Adult Development, one of the world’s longest studies of adult life, researchers have collected a cornucopia of data on their physical and mental health. Of the