Longer Lives, But Healthier Ones?

Meet the new average American man: He weighs 199.8 pounds and stands 5 feet 9 inches…

Looking at Health From the Inside-Out

A stroke is a serious medical emergency that’s often associated with paralysis or numbness in one…

Exercising Safely with Parkinson’s Disease

Nearly 1 million people in the United States are living with Parkinson’s disease, making it the…

PUMPING IRONY: The Disease of Disconnection

I got a phone call out of the blue the other day from an old colleague…

PUMPING IRONY: Swamped?

When My Lovely Wife and I embarked on the hunt that led us to our current…

5 Moves You’ll See in ARORA Tai Chi

Often described as “meditation in motion,” tai chi is a graceful and dance-like low-impact exercise with…

PUMPING IRONY: Worrisome Advice?

There are few scenarios as stress-producing for this septuagenarian as sitting in a doctor’s office. My…

PUMPING IRONY: Take Two Bean Sprouts and Call Me in the Morning

Among the more popular mantras that pervaded the local food co-op movement during the mid-1970s, none…

PUMPING IRONY: Eat Less, Live Longer?

I once tracked my daily caloric intake in college for a nutrition class project, and it…

PUMPING IRONY: The Price of Prevention

There’s nothing like a global pandemic to shift an old guy’s thinking about vaccines. Before COVID…