Here are this month's suggested topics to begin conversations with others. Where it goes is up to you!

Topol identifies five important dimensions impacting health for people of a certain age: lifestyle+, cells, omics, AI, and drugs and vaccines. Lifestyle+ are the things that we control as individuals: Diet and exercise, social engagement, mental engagement, and limited tobacco and alcohol use.

When the cold weather comes in hard, it's safer to stay inside and let it pass. But for those who want to experience the outdoors as it...

I recently hiked a stretch of the Appalachian Trail in Maine known as the “100 Mile Wilderness” with my two sons; and even being...

My son is hiking the Appalachian Trail this spring, so I decided to join him for a week while I’m old enough to appreciate it, but still...

We were on a skiing vacation the week before the Coronavirus popped, and this is the story of getting home to deal with it here. With the...

Our discussion of Jordan Peterson's 12 Rules for Life - an Antidote to Chaos began with criticism of his verbose prose and slightly...

If you are a reasonably active 40 or 50-year-old person, then this is the book for you. But allow me to tell my personal story first. For...

Note: This blog is a working copy of an in-person presentation to my Bowdoin College class reunion, limited to 4 1/2 minutes. A...

A recent study by the University of South Australia has concluded that exercise is 1.5 times as effective as therapy or pharmaceutical...