New research shows that early abuse can impact cortisol production throughout a woman’s lifetime, which may contribute to health problems such as heart disease.
The 5 Most Important Skincare Ingredients For Women Our Age
To help you sort through the range of products and the wild claims, we asked dermatologists which ingredients are most effective for keeping skin looking its best.
What the Media Gets Right—and Wrong!—About Later-in-Life Sex
An in-depth story in the New York Times treats sex among the gray-haired set with great respect and sensitivity. And then perpetrates the myth that there’s something ugly about it.
Chris Evert Dishes Out Advice On Hope, Respect—and Menopause
As Chris Evert battles a new opponent, ovarian cancer, we get to hear the tennis icon’s thoughts on staying strong and maintaining balance and peace.
Good-bye to Ronnie Spector: Rock’s Original Bad Girl and Heroic Survivor
Up until the end, Ronnie Spector–the girl with the voice and the moves–was doing what she does best: Singing on stage around the world. We’ll miss her.
Shar McBee: Leadership and Yoga With A Twist of….Wine?
After proving that yoga can play an integral part in developing leaders, author and speaker Shar McBee has added a new element to the mix: the idea of sipping and surrendering.
How I Learned to Take Care of Myself As Well As I Take Care of Others
After decades as an attentive wife and mother, it took falling down stairs and almost cracking her head open for Lorraine Duffy Merkl to start setting boundaries.
New Year’s Resolution Help: Burn Fat, Re-Set Your Body on a Fast-Mimicking Diet
If getting in shape is on your resolution list, here’s our completely honest, sometimes slap-happy, step-by-step guide to the ProLon fast mimicking plan.
I Am The Tub of Missing Butter Substitute and You Will Never Find Me
Can’t find your keys? Tried brushing teeth with hair gel? These kind of things happen more these days, and Joyce Wadler has something to say about it.
Starting a Dry January? Here’s How a Former Party Person Quit for Good—Cold Turkey
She took her first toke at age 12 and her last one at age 58. Here Nina Malkin explains how she went cold turkey off alcohol and drugs and why.
Omicron Alert: There’s a (Very!) Thin Line Between Safe and Unsafe
She thought her at-home COVID test gave her clearance to socialize, then Jennifer Rapaport realized her mistake. Here’s what you need to know about reading test results.
My Own “Forbidden” Romance Ended Better Than Spielberg’s West Side Story
With the new version of West Side Story now in theaters, Sherry Amatenstein can’t help but think of parallels to her own love life and the important difference.
6 Stereotypes Betty White Broke and 6 of Her Best Tips for Aging Well
She gave us much to laugh about and was the perfect role model for aging boldly and outrageously. We can’t thank Betty White enough for leading such an exemplary life.
‘Tis the Season of Second Chances: Thoughts on the Meaning of New Year’s Eve
Even though we think more about change at this time of year, Jeannie Edmunds, photographed here at her recent wedding, believes we don’t have to wait for the calendar to reinvent our lives.
On the Way to Machu Picchu: The Dead Woman and the Turn-Around Lady
Because she was the oldest in the group, some doubted Jeannie Ralston could make the 4-day, 26-mile trek on the Inca Trail. At times, so did she.
Many Tried Out Gray Hair During the Pandemic. Is it Time to Stay Silver?
Now that you’ve gotten used to silver strands in your tresses, is this the time to fully commit to gray? Barbara Peck shows us how she did it.
SNL Makes Light of Baby Boomers Getting Their Vaccines. Still Funny or Just Ironic?
Did you laugh at Saturday Night Live’s skit called “Boomers Got the Vax”? And is it still funny now that we’re dealing with Omicron or just ironic?
