In my previous article I described the healing properties of vitamin A on eyes and skin. I’ll share what I learned while digging deeper into the subject of cosmeceuticals, including the topical vitamin A ingredients.

Can you imagine competing in track and field championships in your 80s and 90s? If you answered no, I’m here to tell you that people do it. You don’t have to — but you may want to share their strength and stamina…

Custom-compounded bio-identical hormone therapy has been widely used and popular among doctors who practice endocrinology — the treatment of diseases related to hormones. That is, until now…

Studies show that the DNA in the mitochondria is especially vulnerable. Your inherent DNA repair mechanisms may not be adequate to the task of dealing with constant insults from free radical-oxidative stress exposures. Fortunately, your body can generate antioxidants to correct that imbalance…

The Japanese are doing something very right. They are living longer and healthier — and there’s no reason the rest of us can’t live just as well. All you have to do is balance the way you eat…

The quest to stay young — or young looking — is what most of us think about when we read the term anti-aging. But a major part of aging is disease. Even the healthiest of people, adhering to the healthiest of lifestyles, can succumb to the diseases that come with old age.

Everyone ages. It’s part of life, and how you perceive your coming golden years may affect just how bright — or tarnished — those years will be for you. Your independence hinges on embracing the positives about being a senior, including these five…

We often think of health and disease in terms of organs: liver, kidneys, lungs, heart, brain. However, true health is really happening on the cellular level. While the larger manifestation may be a liver condition, invariably the root cause has something to do with cellular dysfunction.

There’s a lot of evidence that you can actually make your brain younger. No, you won’t be transported back to your twenties, but there’s much evidence pointing to activities that can make your brain perform like a 20-year-old, and it wouldn’t be all that surprising if your body followed suit…

Anti-aging medicine is evolving quickly. Researchers are still learning how diet, lifestyle, environment and other elements play key roles in the aging process, and new data is helping to shed light into this ancient search for the fountain of youth.