By Gretchen Rubin, author or The Happiness Project, from Psychology Today. Here's a resolution that might sound counter-intuitive: Ask for a favor. Ask for help, for advice, for suggestions. Ask...

By Gwendolyn Bounds, The Wall Street Journal. Every week, Greg Berman squeezes in a total-body workout at home. He doesn't lift barbells and there's no room in his 1,000-square foot condo for a tr...

PressofAtlanticCity.com, by Vincent Jackson. EGG HARBOR TOWNSHIP - Janet Fleishman's life changed after her sister told her the results of her palm reading. Fleishman, of Linwood, heard she has a...

Examiner.com, by Paul Briand. The Urban Institute raises questions as to whether the future cost of health care will "leave many older Americans with substantial out-of-pocket expenses." Its study...

By David Stipp, Huffington Post. When I tell people that anti-aging drugs are no longer a distant prospect, they often assume I'm talking about the quest for immortality. That's not surprising, gi...

By Aaron Ben-Zeev, Psychology Today. "There can be no rainbow without a cloud and a storm." John H. Vincent In order to explain and understand emotions, we can divide them into two groups: The emo...

By Bill Hendrick, WebMD Health News. Reviewed by Laura J. Martin, MD. June 17, 2010 -- Drug abuse among Americans aged 50 and older has risen sharply in recent years, with admissions for treatment...

By Darryl Fears, Washington Post Staff, June 14, 2010. Since the passage of the health-care law in March, much has been said about the coming swarm of millions of retiring baby boomers and the str...

Chicago Tribune, By Wina Sturgeon, McClatchy/Tribune News. Hey baby boomers: Whether you spend much of your day on a couch or being youthfully active, don't waste the opportunity of getting an eas...

By Michelle Fay Cortez, BusinessWeek.com, April 21, 2010. April 21 (Bloomberg) -- Playing memory, reasoning or other brain games won't make you smarter or mentally stronger, researchers said. A st...

by Gavin O'Malley, MediaPost, April 8, 2010. Amidst a crisis in national health care, consumers say health and related product Web sites are as vital to their well-being as physical interactions w...

Apr 3, 2010 Carolyn Morgan, Suite101.com As the fastest growing segment of the U.S. population, baby boomers are enjoying romance and sexuality well beyond retirement age. Once thought to be ...

By Paul Briand, The Examiner.com, March 30, 2010. Apparently, Baby Boomers graze for food more often than any other generation. And, to make us feel less guilty about what we're grazing on, Frito ...

Seattle Post Intelligencer Reader Blogs, Posted by Rita R. Robison at March 24, 2010. What's in it for baby boomers? Boomers, along with other consumers, will benefit because the new health c...

Seattle Post Intelligencer Reader Blogs, Posted by Rita R. Robison at March 24, 2010. What's in it for baby boomers? Boomers, along with other consumers, will benefit because the new health c...

By: Shelly Gigante, CNBC. As the first wave of Baby Boomers reaches retirement age, predictions for the nation's health care system have been nothing short of apocalyptic. Many predict the surge i...

By DAVID BROOKS, The New York Times, February 1, 2010. We like to think that in days gone by, the young venerated the elderly. But that wasn't always so. In "As You Like It," Shakespeare's mo...

By Matt Thornhill, January 25, 2010. Media Post. The national debate on healthcare may be part of most cocktail party conversations these days, but in our recent interactions with older Boomers, t...

Posted January 22nd, 2010 by Amy Munday, Huliq News. Goodbye thigh master, Tai Bow and Jazzercise...hello fitness trends that are targeting an older audience: baby boomers. Kathy Smith, recognized...

By Mark Fadden Special to the Ft. Worth Star-Telegram. While many Baby Boomers may be headed toward the slow lane of retirement, it seems they are moving into the fast lane when it comes to fitnes...

  By Sara Mansfield Taber, Washington Post, January 10, 2010. In the final months before her death in May, my mother kept her shoes on all day, even when napping. She had to -- at h...

By JEANNE MILLSAP For Sun-Times Media, January 13, 2010. Baby boomers have often been thought of as the active generation. They are the "think-outside-of-the-box" men and women who make it a habit...

Lexington Business, January 7, 2010. Lexington, KY - When Jeff Rubin first saw a group of senior citizens, some of them in their 90s, stretching and exercising at the headquarters of Body Recall i...

UPI.com. SAN ANTONIO, Jan. 5 (UPI) -- A U.S. researcher says age-related muscle loss is caused by free radical damage to muscle cell mitochondria. The mitochondria supply the cell with chemical en...

by Frank Newport and Brett Pelham, Gallup.com. PRINCETON, NJ -- A new analysis of more than 650,000 Gallup-Healthways Well-Being Index interviews conducted in 2008 and 2009 shows that "worry" is a...

By Lynn Moore, The Gazette, Montreal, December 12, 2009.  Nealy Chea starts working on a better tomorrow for her 56-year-old body before her feet hit the floor in the morning. Eyes not fully ...

By KAREN YOUSO, Star Tribune, Minneapolis - St. Paul, 11/29/2009. Technology is bringing big changes in health care - ending transplant organ shortages and blunting the effects of aging. Will baby...

By Kristina Fiore, Staff Writer, MedPage Today, Medical News Today,  Only a quarter of baby boomers take advantage of preventive services such as flu vaccines and cancer screenings, a ne...

By KEVIN SACK, New York Times, November 17, 2009. While Congress searches for ways to slow the growth of health care spending, a new study suggests that its efforts may be overwhelmed by the ...

By PAM BELLUCK , New York Times, November 17, 2009. Despite new recommendations that most women start breast screening at 50 rather than 40, many doctors said Tuesday that they were simp...

Marco Island Sun Times, November 17, 2009 11:27 AM, Staff Report. A large study released this week by a team of researchers, including researchers at the U.S.Centers for Disease Control and Preven...

By Shari Roan, Los Angeles Times, November 13, 2009. Boomers may not enjoy 'such a rosy older age' as past generations did. Obesity is a major factor, a study finds. Americans entering their ...

By David Brown, Washington Post Staff, November 13, 2009. About 22 million Americans have become ill with pandemic H1N1 influenza in the past six months and 3,900 have died, according to new ...

By Daniel J. DeNoon, WebMD Health News, Reviewed by Brunilda Nazario, MD, Nov. 6, 2009 - You can get your H1N1 flu vaccine, but it will take perseverance, patience, and priority status.  &n...

SeattlePI.com, Reader Blogs, November 4, 2009. The interest of baby boomers in anti-aging is fueling brisk testosterone sales. Despite the fact that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration is delayi...

By Paul Briand, Examiner, October 27, 2009. A lot of research these days focuses on the health -- physical and mental -- of the vast Baby Boomer generation. The healthier we are as a group, given ...

By GINA KOLATA, The New York Times, October 20, 2009. The American Cancer Society, which has long been a staunch defender of most cancer screening, is now saying that the benefits of detectin...

Jack Canfield, Co-creator, Chicken Soup for the Soul series, Posted: October 14, 2009 08:45 AM.  It's never too early to start planning for next year, especially now that we've marked 2009 as...

By ERIN MILLS, The East Oregonian, October 1, 2009.  Baby boomers are like money in the bank for the wellness industry, said Stacey Morgan, a Nuskin representative."Boomers don't want to grow...

Aaron E. Carroll, Associate Professor of Pediatrics, Indiana University School of Medicine, Posted: September 30, 2009. Is there anyone left willing to talk about health care reform calmly?  ...

Dr. Terrell Joseph, Vail Daily, September 21, 2009.  Most baby boomers living in Colorado's Vail Valley enjoy a very active lifestyle. Whether its out exercising, working on projects around t...

by Ken Alltucker - Sept. 20, 2009, The Arizona Republic. A good doctor can help guide us to a healthy lifestyle. A hip or knee replacement can ensure mobility and relief from pain. A well-run ho...

By Lini S. Kadaba, Philadelphia Inquirer, September 20, 2009. Bob Willette clocks 110 miles each week on his road-racing bike, mostly while he commutes the 26-mile round trip to work. He also whac...

September 16, 7:02 AM, Baby Boomer Examiner, Paul Briand. Baby Boomers lack health insurance at a bigger rate than any other age group in America. According to a new U.S. Census Bureau report, the...

By KEVIN HELLIKER, Wall Street Journal, September 2, 2009. After 50, Avid Athletes Find That to Stay Healthy, They Must Let Go of the Need to Win -- During Sunday's Chicago Triathlon, I kept my h...

September 1, 2009, Baby Boomer Examiner, Paul Briand. The man who was once known as the world's fittest man, is backing off when it comes to exercise. That's because, at 51, Mark Allen is slowing ...

What a Texas town can teach us about health care. The New Yorker, June 2009. by Atul Gawande. It is spring in McAllen, Texas. The morning sun is warm. The streets are lined with palm trees and pic...

By Karen Kaplan, Los Angeles Tiimes, August 23, 2009. "Sin taxes" on cigarettes have turned out to be the most effective weapon in the campaign to reduce smoking.   Read this Article &...

By Tara Parker-Pope, New York Times, August 19, 2009. Americans are living nearly two-and-a-half months longer, according to new life expectancy statistics released today. In 2007, life expectancy...

By GUY KOVNER, THE PRESS DEMOCRAT, August 18, 2009. At 63, Dan Southard of Santa Rosa says he is in the best shape of his life, and he intends to stay that way for decades to come.   Read t...

Medical News Today, August 15, 2009. In the year 2030, the youngest members of the baby boomer generation will hit 65, making up nearly a quarter of the country's population, according to the U.S....

By Daniel J. DeNoon, WebMD Feature, August 2, 2009. It's been a hard day, and Joe's back is killing him. His wife has some Percocet left over from a trip to the dentist, and there's that big bottl...

Savvy Shopping Tips for OTC Medicines. WebMD, by Denise Mann. Overuse of acetaminophen, a common over-the-counter (OTC) painkiller, can result in liver failure and even death. Because of this, th...

Psychology Today, July 21, 2009. New perspectives on freeing yourself from shame and building self-esteem. by Jane Bolton. "No one can make you feel inferior without your consent." -Eleanor Roosev...

By Gretchen Rubin, Psychology Today, July 15, 2009. One of the main twelve themes of my happiness project is marriage. For me, as with many people, my marriage is one of the most central elements ...

By Kathleen Doheny, WebMD Feature. What's a midlife crisis? It's the stuff of jokes and stereotypes -- the time in life when you do outrageous, impractical things like quit a job impulsively, buy...

Cherry Creek News. By Phil Black. June 9, 2009 - With baby boomers growing older, lawmakers say it will cost $1 trillion to fix America's healthcare system. But according to former Navy SEAL Phil ...

By DAN CHILDS, ABC News Medical Unit, June 3, 2009.  CSPI's List of Most Unhealthy High-Calorie, Fat and Salty Restaurant Foods That May Clog Your Arteries. When ordering a dinner entr&eacut...

By Shankar Vedantam and Michael Rosenwald, Washington Post Staff.   The swine flu virus is a wily foe whose central weapon against humans is its ability to rapidly change its form. But...

6 Possible Cases Investigated in Md. as Global Alert is Raised. Washington Post, April 30, 2009. The World Health Organization took the unprecedented step yesterday of warning that the world is pr...

By Miranda HittiWebMD Health News   The swine flu virus in the U.S. is the same one causing a deadly epidemic in Mexico. What is swine flu? What can we do about it? WebMD answers your quest...

WebMD explains which supplements and herbs may help relieve rheumatoid arthritis symptoms and which ones you should never take.   Read More

By Mary Brophy Marcus, USA TODAY. Azam Anwar played competitive tennis in his youth, and trophies aren't the only thing he has to show for it. An arthritic right knee reminds him of the years spen...

Top allergy experts answer the 10 most pressing questions on treatment, care, and prevention of spring allergies.By Heather HatfieldWebMD the Magazine Spring is in the air. Literally. From weeds t...

By LAUREN COXABC News Medical UnitMarch 6, 2009   Doctors Find Link Between Optimism and Lower Risk for Heart Disease, Early Death If a chipper person in your life is annoying you, may...

 By Dan Eggen and Ceci ConnollyWashington Post Staff Writers Thursday, March 5, 2009; Page A01   Just four months ago, the pharmaceutical industry was prepared for the worst. Drugmaker...

Feeling those senior moments too often? Your diet may be the cause. "Older adults who cut down on the amount of calories they consume get a two-for-one special: weight loss and better memory." Rea...

As Proprietors Push a Calorie-Burning Beverage, Some Diet Experts Remain Wary By DAN CHILDSABC News Medical UnitMarch 3, 2009   If there is one category of products that could use a health...

Diet and exercise can go a long way toward keeping you young By Deborah Kotz Posted January 28, 2009   Baby boomers would like to believe that terms like "over the hill" will never apply t...

The Nutrition Diva is a podcast from a nutritionist who debunks common myths, like the one that says you should be eating 5-6 small meals a day. Check out a transcript here, and subscribe to the p...

I guess it only makes sense that there's a new "disorder" that we can diagnose ourselves with in today's economic climate. This one's called MAD or Money Anxiety Disorder. Read more about it and f...

From the health and fitness experts at Jazzercise   It's a new year. Time for resolutions. Time for making changes. And if you're like most Americans, your goals may include dropping a few ...

NEW YORK, NY, Dec 11, 2008 (MARKET WIRE via COMTEX) -- For the tens of millions of Americans afflicted with one of the 70 plus physician-identified sleep disorders, a good night's sleep can be as ...

If you are not exercising because your joints are problematic, WebMD might have the answer. There are a number of low impact exercises you can do to stay in shape and help improve joint funct...

The parent who taught self-sufficiency with great patience and wisdom is now fighting to keep her own. As his adult child, what can you do to find the delicate balance between his independence and...

 Senator Obama believes he and his advisors have come up with a reasonable combination of provisions allowing individuals to utilize private and government programs to obtain affordable healt...

  WHAT'S "HEALTHY"? THE NEW EQUATION FOR CONSUMERS WHO ASPIRE TO EAT WELL by Kim Lopez-Walters, Sr. Director, Consumer Strategist, Food/Beverageand Hillary Smith, Consumer Strategist Consu...