Created in Newsletter Library, Staying Young Let’s imagine that today is your birthday. One of the things you might do on or around your birthday is to take a look back at what you’ve accomplished in the year gone by. You might be glad at all the things you’ve done and a little sad at
Read moreCreated in Newsletter Library, Staying Young The Macintosh operating system contains a subprogram called “Time Machine” that allows you to reset your status to any previously saved state. Provided that you have designated a location for backups, you can literally go back in time and recover documents, directories, and applications you may have overwritten, deleted,
Read moreCreated in Newsletter Library, Staying Young Many people experience increasing musculoskeletal joint stiffness as they get older. Shoulders, knees, and ankles don’t seem to be as flexible as they once were. It seems more difficult to bend over and pick up a dropped object. It may be uncomfortable to turn your head around to see
Read moreCreated in Newsletter Library, Staying Young “60 is the New 40” is more than a marketing slogan. The phrase is also a metaphor for optimism, as well as a metaphor for good health. How can 60 really be the new 40? First, there are the demographics. Forty years ago, when today’s 40-year-olds were just being
Read moreCreated in Newsletter Library, Staying Young Poets throughout the centuries have helped us see that being young is a state of mind. That special state of mind impels us to take actions on our own behalf, actions that have specific consequences for our health and well-being. But so many people believe in the power of
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Created in Newsletter Library, Staying Young An adult human spine typically consists of 26 moveable segments: seven cervical vertebras, twelve thoracic vertebras, five lumbar vertebras, one sacrum, and one coccyx (tailbone). Intervertebral discs separate the segments from the second cervical vertebra down to the sacrum and a thinner disc is present between the sacrum and
Read moreCreated in Newsletter Library, Staying Young Most of us like to think of ourselves as young: young in heart at least, if not actually young in years. But is it possible to stay “forever young” in terms of health and wellness? Of course, probably no one would want to remain forever young in terms of
Read moreCreated in Newsletter Library, Staying Young As with the rest of our physical selves, we don’t think about our bones until something goes wrong. Bones are just there, under the surface and unseen, normally never taking up space in our conscious thought processes. Trauma, of course, can injure a bone. But in most circumstances a
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