Skin Care & Health

Oprah Winfrey interviewed over 30,000 people in her career and found one common trait among them all – everyone just wants to know that they matter.  But as we age, this becomes more difficult. We are no longer caretakers, mentors, bosses, employees or, often, spouses. We move away from the big families, the bustling workplaces and the intimate relationships of youth.  Often, we become socially isolated.  According to the Department of Health and Human Services, 28% of older adults, totaling 13.8 million people, live alone.  And this isolation takes a toll on us.  Social isolation has been proven to have...

We are on the verge of a demographic revolution as the number of people over 50 will double over the next 35 years. By 2020 over 36 percent of the population in the United States will be over 50 years old. People are living longer and staying fit after 50 is a big part of extending longevity. Aging is simply the process of losing cells as you grow older and your cells stop dividing like they used to. Regular exercise strengthens your muscles and joints and can slow the aging process down by up to 10 percent each year. What...

By: Firdos Shaikh The skin all over your body is made up of 3 major layers: epidermis, the outermost layer, dermis, the one in between, and hypodermis, the innermost layer. Thinning of skin occurs when the epidermis and the dermis start losing their blood vessels giving an appearance of a transparent or flattening skin. In addition to that, the skin on your face is already 10x more delicate and sensitive than that on the rest of your body. Thinning of skin is influenced by a wide range of factors such as genetics, diet, lifestyle, and medications. Here are a 7...

by: Lone Jensen Broussard Expats have been cool ever since Hemingway was running around Paris and Spain with his writer pals. But rather than just being a temporary season in life, more and more Americans are choosing to move abroad for their retirement. Their dollars go farther in certain countries, life is more relaxed and, in many cases, retirees can get much more house in their retirement paradise than what they could get in the United States. Earlier this year, popular magazine International Living released the results of their 2017 Annual Global Retirement Index, an in-depth study that covers “cost...

by: Lone Jensen Broussard Are you old enough to remember when a nice brown tan was oh so sexy?  If you are then run, don't walk, to your nearest dermatologist!  As a recovering sun worshiper, I must confess that in my youth I abused and hurt my poor defenseless skin.  It was all in the quest for that elusive brown tan that would make me at last glamorous. I saw myself in an itsy, bitsy, tiny, yellow polka dot bikini, lounging by the pool and looking seductively out from my bejeweled sunglasses.  Reality was rather different.  I was born and...