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Articles by Barbara Morris, R.Ph.

• Food-Included Weight Loss Programs: Should You Try One?
  You don't need Jenny, you don't need Nutrisystem, or any other expensive program that provides prepackaged meals. You just need to decide that you can and will do what you need to do to be in charge of your health and your weight. "Back to Basics" is the only way to go.
  Published 24Nov2007, viewed 208 times

• Bold Retirement: Will You Be Ready?
  The traditional senior culture is waiting to embrace retirees who don't plan for the kind of life they want after they leave work. Whether you live boldly or wither away at that time is your choice.
  Published 08Nov2007, viewed 157 times

• Alzheimer's: Prevent It With Nutrition?
  Research into dietary supplements to prevent Alzheimer ’s disease has been going on for a long time with some very promising results. But that’s where it ends: “Promising results.” Research that produces truly promising results usually dies for lack of funding and lack of support by advocacy organizations.
  Published 28Oct2007, viewed 132 times

• Cancer: Will There Ever Be a Cure?
  The pharmaceutical industry doesn’t want to find a natural cure for cancer because there is no profit in a cure. Big Pharma makes its money selling products that at best only manage symptoms that are not life threatening but on going. Anyone with high blood pressure is a financial bonanza for the drug companies. Those unfortunate individuals will take profitable “management medication” until they die. Got it? Management pays. Cures do not.
  Published 15Oct2007, viewed 170 times

• I’m In Wrinkle Cream Rehab – Care to Join Me?
  I’m getting smarter, or maybe my common sense is finally kicking in (it’s about time) and I’ve made a decision not to buy any more new skin creams – regardless of how powerful the advertising. I am now in “Wrinkle Cream Rehab.” With any kind of luck, I won’t relapse.
  Published 22Sep2007, viewed 186 times

• Your Age Still Matters – Too Much!
  As wild and wooly as our society has become; as much as it is now the norm to do whatever you want to do, and tradition be damned, when it comes to dealing with age, we are still stuck in the dark ages.
  Published 12Sep2007, viewed 138 times

• Got Talent? Go for Your Five Minutes of Fame –It’s Fun!
  At age 60 I was a contestant in a Ms. Senior America competition. I knew my chances of winning were slim because among other deficits, I do not sing, dance, twirl a baton or recite poetry. When I shared my shortcomings with the pageant director, she suggested I take acting lessons to acquire some stage presence. She said we would think of something that would qualify as talent.
  Published 12Aug2007, viewed 283 times

• Powerful Anti-Aging Role Models: More are Needed
  Whatever age you are now is a good time to take better care of yourself. The younger you are when you start the easier it is. And it’s truly helpful if you can find inspiring role models to look to for encouragement.
  Published 21Jul2007, viewed 152 times

• Boomers: The Choice is Yours -- Growth or Retirement
  The benefits of choosing to live each day of your life in a state of youthful growth instead of stultifying retirement are just too outstanding to pass up. Be in that growing number of happy, healthy, productive older people who are reveling in their fulfilling second life.
  Published 12Jul2007, viewed 146 times

• The Ultimate Anti-Aging Do-It-Yourself Project for Boomers
  At 40 or 50, you are NOT middle aged! Remember, in the past century the lifespan has increased by 27 years. Therefore, it no longer makes sense to categorize yourself according to a model that is no longer relevant.
  Published 04Jul2007, viewed 132 times

• Nine Anti-aging Tips to Stay Younger Longer
  Can’t figure out where to start to improve the quality of your lifestyle? Here are some simple things to help get started. If you can follow the suggestions for a month, you will be well on your way to reducing belly fat AND establishing an anti-aging lifestyle.
  Published 26Jun2007, viewed 192 times

• Does an Orthodontist Need to Know Your Age?
  Be fearless. Know when it is appropriate to provide personal information, and when you know it’s not necessary, don’t cave in. And above all, never reveal your chronological age. If you are pressed to do so, tell your perceived age.
  Published 17Jun2007, viewed 143 times

• Before Cancer Invades Your Life . . .
  Before cancer invades your life, learn as much as you can about all treatments available -- alternative as well as traditional. It could save your life or the life of a loved one. Don't pretend it won't happen to you or your family. It will -- sooner or later.
  Published 28May2007, viewed 202 times

• Senior Discounts: Boon or Bane?
  After I gave a a talk, an older woman raised her hand and said some of my suggestions about how to maintain youthful attributes were offensive to older women. In an agitated voice she said, “There is nothing wrong with being old. It’s a fact of life. You are preaching snake oil.” I commended her for accepting her stage of life and asked what she liked best about being old. In a flash she snapped, “Senior discounts.”
  Published 24May2007, viewed 196 times

• Want Strikingly Younger Looking Skin? My Two Top Product Picks
  Are you ever frustrated and annoyed by advertising for products that claim to eliminate the “look” of wrinkles or otherwise improve the appearance of your skin.? What amazes me are “before and after” pictures intended to show near miraculous improvement but do not show much if any improvement, at least not to my eyes.
  Published 19May2007, viewed 232 times

• Eight Ways to Help Your Mom (and You) Stay Younger Longer
  The quality of your own “golden years” will depend on the quality of your mom’s life. Whatever you can do to help her stay mentally and physically strong and flexible will pay huge dividends for her, for you, and your family in the years ahead.
  Published 12May2007, viewed 184 times

• The Nursing Home: It's Not Home Sweet Home
  Nursing Homes are not "home away from home." You can lessen the chances of being incarcerated in one if you start early to take care of yourself.
  Published 04May2007, viewed 265 times

• How to Avoid Pitfalls of Widowhood and Retirement
  Whatever age you are, think and plan for the future. It‘s closer than you think. You may be comfortable with your current intimate circle of friends, but the more contacts you have, and the greater the variety of people you know will be a security blanket to help you cope with loneliness when the unexpected shatters your life..
  Published 18Apr2007, viewed 242 times

• American Way of Aging: It's a Crock!
  The traditional American way of aging is a crock. You can buy into or opt out of it as you choose. Decide to make the right choice now while you still have time.
  Published 11Apr2007, viewed 218 times

• Preventive Health Care: Does it Exist?
  True preventive health care is nonexistent for most Americans. That’s because traditional medicine focuses on treatment of symptoms, and that’s not prevention. Our health care system operates like the old barn door – it’s left open and then the farmer tries to figure out why the horses ran off.
  Published 29Mar2007, viewed 243 times

• Okay Grizzly Guys, Take it Off -- Take it All Off
  Whatever happened to neat, clean-shaven men in power suits and ties, who knew they were men, who would rather be dead than be seen wearing feminizing earrings, and necklaces and smelling better than you do. Is that asking too much?
  Published 23Mar2007, viewed 243 times

• Blood Tests: Have You Had One Recently?
  If your doctor won’t order a CBC/Chemistry Profile, or tries to make you feel like a pest for asking for one, then ask another doctor or get it done on your own. It will cost you, but it will be money well spent.
  Published 09Mar2007, viewed 295 times

• Aging Women and Parenting: The Case for Preparation
  It's not news that the "golden years" of many older people, especially women, are years hijacked by young family members in need of care. It's not just boomers caring for aging parents; it's aging parents caring for children of their boomer aged children who for whatever reason do not care for their own children.
  Published 23Feb2007, viewed 200 times

• Got White Hair? You Are Senile!
  When you have white hair, you are perceived as o-l-d. No matter what your face and or body look like, white hair categorizes you in an instant. It tells the world who and what you are, even if you are prematurely gray or white. You are an old person. There is no getting around it.
  Published 13Feb2007, viewed 328 times

• The Anti-Aging Law of Compensation: You Must Apply It
  The so-called civilized world we live in makes it difficult to maintain youthful attributes and stay healthy. Fast food, pollution, low and non-nutrition processed edibles eaten as food, stress, medications, lack of adequate information and our own negligence contribute to health problems and signs of premature aging. To get around it, you can do one of two things: just let it happen or be on the offensive with compensating measures.
  Published 08Feb2007, viewed 254 times

• Senior Brain Power: Don't Waste Yours
  You don’t have to become part of a wasted senior generation. You don't have to waste your brain power. They key is to preplan, at least by midlife, to know what you want to do with the rest of your life after you retire.
  Published 17Jan2007, viewed 259 times

• Aging Gracefully: How Scarlet and Rhett Might Have Done It
  It’s clear that “aging gracefully” means different things to different people. To me, aging gracefully means letting go, just letting life happen. It's giving up goals, dreams, productivity, and challenge. It’s placidly waiting for death. You get to a place where, as Rhett Butler would say, "Frankly my dear, I don't give a damn."
  Published 10Jan2007, viewed 287 times

• Natural Hormone Replacement Therapy: Is It All Good?
  Thanks to Suzanne Somers, natural hormone replacement, including estrogen, is gaining acceptance by women. But Board certified internist Dr. Michael E. Platt, M.D.is not happy about Suzanne’s promotion of natural estrogen Dr. Platt says estrogen, natural or synthetic, causes six kinds of cancer, and has statistics to back it up.
  Published 07Jan2007, viewed 357 times

• Be the Star of Your Own Anti-Aging “Today Show”
  The mental and physical decline that accompanies the aging process – is it inevitable? Or is it a result of cultural influences and how we live? Like perfectly programmed robots we march into old age, fully accepting consensus thinking, archaic tradition, and contemporary cultural norms. It’s not necessarily bad – it’s the uncritical acceptance of “this is the way it should be” that seals our fate into premature decline.
  Published 02Jan2007, viewed 283 times

• Anti-Aging Reality: Not all "Old" People Are "Old"
  The advertising industry continues to depect stereotypical seniors to the exclusion of the new and vibrant seniors who are staying as young as they were 25 years earlier.
  Published 16Dec2006, viewed 318 times

• Anti-Aging Regimen: It Pays Off
  Being in control of the aging process is easy with a daily anti-aging regimen. See what I do and start a regimen of your own.
  Published 30Nov2006, viewed 312 times

• Aging in a Straightjacket? How to Avoid Being Old
  Want to stay young forever? Yes, you can with the help of one approach to being young that is rarely considered in anti-aging discussion.
  Published 17Nov2006, viewed 385 times

• Alzheimer's: Why Aren't We Stopping It?
  Is there a way to prevent Alzheimer's Disease that is being overlooked? Should we wait for the pharmaceutical industry to find a profitable cure, or should we work on prevention? Or should we do both?
  Published 05Nov2006, viewed 253 times

• Retirement: Living or Just Existing?
  Retirement is what you make it -- long before you retire. And it's not all about having enough money.
  Published 26Oct2006, viewed 320 times

• Is This Your Religion?
  The Religion of Fogeyism is alive and well. Are You a believer?
  Published 17Oct2006, viewed 261 times

• Tell Your Age? Who Needs to Know?
  When older people – men and women -- meet for the first time, very early into the encounter they often volunteer their age. Why do they do it? To promote self esteem, acceptance, or are they in need for a "warm & fuzzy" compliment? Or is it more than that?
  Published 19Sep2006, viewed 281 times

• Who decides when you are “old”? You do!
  We get old too and decrepit at too early an age because tradition, custom, and contemporary culture are still in the dark ages when it comes to the aging process. That people at age 55 are considered seniors and those at age 70 are labeled elderly no longer makes sense.
  Published 12Sep2006, viewed 216 times

• Anti-Aging Physicians: What to know before choosing one . . . And why it’s important to have one
  Finding an anti-aging or alternative physician is crucial to help maintain a high quality of life. You need to know how to choose an anti-aging physician and why it's important to find one.
  Published 04Sep2006, viewed 266 times

• Aging Boomer or Ageless Bloomer?
  Boomers want to be ageless. They can be, but only if they have the right tools and use the right strategy.
  Published 22Aug2006, viewed 251 times

• Thin, Fine Hair? This Will Work for You
  Many women live with fine, thin hair, but there are plenty for resources available that will make you look and feel better.
  Published 10Aug2006, viewed 745 times

• Anti-Aging Strategy: McDonald’s Knows the Secret
  If you eat fast food, even occasionally, you must admire how quickly they crank out the stuff. A proven, time-tested system makes it possible. . Every day, in every way, they prepare and serve every burger and every batch of fries exactly the same way. The “fast food system” can teach us a lot about mastering the aging process. You can apply it to your own life.
  Published 31Jul2006, viewed 287 times

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