Craig Cox

1 week ago | experiencelife.lifetime.life | Craig Cox |Lauren Bedosky |Eliza Thomas |Joe Friel

Research has well documented the tendency of older folks to take a tumble: , about one in four American seniors fall each year, often landing in emergency rooms for treatment and nursing homes for recovery. Geriatricians and general practitioners have long cautioned their elderly patients to watch their step, but a trio of studies I stumbled upon last week could help these healthcare providers identify those who may be more likely to fall — and help them rise again after they topple.

2 weeks ago | experiencelife.lifetime.life | Craig Cox |Heidi Wachter |Jon Spayde

My Lovely Wife and I earlier this year finally got around to preparing our descendants for our eventual demise by drafting a will, power of attorney, and healthcare directive. We are not normally as forward-looking as we probably should be, so we left the lawyer’s office feeling like responsible adults for a change. But results of the latest National Poll on Healthy Aging suggest that we — and most of our contemporaries — may not be as ready for the end as we think we are.

3 weeks ago | experiencelife.lifetime.life | Craig Cox |Jessica Migala |Courtney Helgoe |Reza Alizadeh

For many who experience migraine, certain types of light can trigger a painful episode. In an effort to get ahead of this, researchers have begun developing glasses that block those troublesome wavelengths before they reach the eyes. Two types show promise in reducing migraine symptoms. The most common of these lenses, invented in the 1980s by Arnold Wilkins, PhD, is the fluorescent 41 (FL-41).

3 weeks ago | experiencelife.lifetime.life | Lauren David |Craig Cox |Mo Perry |Courtney Helgoe

Humans have a complicated relationship with hexapods. They buzz us, pester us, spook us; they find their way to our food, sip our drinks, eat our plants; they can bite us, sting us, and infect us with diseases. It’s not for nothing we term any creepy-crawly thing — whether it’s a true insect or not, such as spiders and ticks — a “bug.”But the truth is, we can’t live without them.

3 weeks ago | experiencelife.lifetime.life | Craig Cox |Katherine Lewis |Laurel Kallenbach

You might say it’s curious that the scientific community has spent so much of its intellectual energy exploring the relationship between curiosity and aging while producing so little in the way of useful information. Everyone from Ivan Pavlov to B. F.