Today is the moment. And now is the time to take action. The population of the world is aging at a rapid rate. And according to a 2011 research paper from the Harvard School of Public Health, there will be close to a billion people over the age of 60 by 2020, doubling to nearly two billion by 2050.
WHILE there is more than one way to handle stress, let’s take a closer look at it in order to understand this health challenge better. Some health experts might say that stress is a modern-day malady. Others, however, believe that it has been around since our stone-age ancestors walked the earth.
I can’t remember when I started to fall out with mirrors. Just as well, for on those occasions, when caught completely unaware, I suffer spasms of disbelief, espying on my stranger’s face a fresh new wrinkle here, a line digging deeper there.
Two new studies released this week add to the growing evidence that exercise can help stave off old age. One...
People are amazed when Victoria Encarnacion, Watsons personal care marketing director, reveals that she’s 58 years old. She attributes to her youthfulness to starting anti-aging regimens in her 30s.
Last February, I spent my 77th birthday in the ICU of the Asian Hospital, stricken with attacks of asthma and pneumonia, and worst, exacerbated by my fibrillating heartbeat. I felt like my lungs had frozen like a concrete slab.
One day one just has to accept the irreversible reality of age—and, at some later point, aging. That reality is plainest in sports; yet, it’s in sports precisely that it is widely denied.
IS IT TRULY a race against time when aging is the issue?
I’ve never lived a balanced life. I excel in one or two things and flunk the rest. Never have I done anything in a straight line. Why are old people always wearing socks? Because the extremities—feet and hands— are always feeling cold due to poor circulation.
She’s the other celebrity doctor whose billboard you won’t find anywhere on Edsa. Dr. Aivee Aguilar-Teo has quite an impressive list of celebrity and high-profile clients. But when asked to name them, the affable doctor simply giggles and wouldn’t let on, even with a nod. But neither does she deny nor disown the presumed cosmetic work done on those personalities.
