You can add another name to the list of berries that are good for you. Blueberries, blackberries, cranberries, the goji. All are considered to have health-enhancing properties. Now say hello to the haskap berry, whose proponents claim it has three times the antioxidants of wild blueberries. “Our want is to make Lunenburg County the centre [...]

The scientific advances of the last century – and even of that last ten years – have been dizzying. The ability to turn ordinary skin cells into stem cells that can become any type of cell in the body; organ, limb and face transplants; gene therapy – a…

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I do. I get bored doing things in the yard, in the garden, but managed to wash floors today.That’s what I love about photography. I can go out, take photos, come back in, upload photos. I could never sit still long enough to do…

Dear Readers; I knew there was a reason why I never read instructions! Wednesday 24th August, 2011 Older brains get more benefit than younger brains from learning information the hard way, via trial-and-error learning, a study led by scientists at Baycrest’s world-renowned Rotman Research Institute in Toronto has confirmed. The finding will surprise professional educators [...]

You might think that you’re pretty content now, but just wait until you hit late middle age. A recent story by Libby Copeland over at Slate – “Obama at 50: Older, Wiser…Happier?” – explores how studies of happiness are finding that once we get past middle age, the rest feels like relatively smooth sailing. In [...]

It’s been a long, emotional day; one part “transition” and one part celebration – but both involved milestones. MIH and I moved her 98 year old mom from a long term care facility that had all of the trappings  of a “nice place”, however they were …

There is growing evidence that whey protein triggers the activity of osteoblasts, the cells in bones which are responsible for building new bone. It can play an significant part in increasing bone density and improving the quality of collagen in the co…

Today, more than ever, aging women need to look after their health. As life has become steadily more pressurized, so the stresses and strains to which women are subjected have increased. An aging woman may be preoccupied so much working and holding tog…

During life women undergo the age-specific reduction of female hormones production and content in their organism. The word ‘menopause’ means only a point of time concerned with a menstrual cycle cessation. In fact, the aging of woman’s genital sy…

A modern woman lives usually about 70-80 years. She’s still young at heart and sometimes she thinks that she has only started to enjoy her life, but cruel statistics says: hey, it’s time to be gathered to fathers. Such a pity. Ancient Greeks believ…

This is a quite full and exhaustive list of aging signs. 1. Muscle mass decreases. (muscle/weight/height Body Mass Index Increases) 2. Fat increases as a percentage of body weight. 3. Strength, energy and speed of the body decreases. 4. Base Metabol…

Skin changes are the most obvious signs of aging. The influence of environment factors upon genetic structures is most obvious here. The clones of mutant cells in the form of pigment spots (dermatoheliosis) appear on the parts of skin that undergo sun …

Even if you look younger than you are, you shouldn’t forget regular care for your body. Here are the simplest tips you are to follow to maintain youthful look for ages. Drink more water This is a vexed question if it’s really necessary to drink eig…

You surely do, anyhow if you still aren’t forty. Forty years is a turning point of woman’s life. When you turn forty, you start realizing that the half of your life is behind. The fear of this number is a fear of aging. The approaching of the forti…