As the end of summer draws near, parents, grandparents, and guardians start preparing children for the return to class. This usually involves buying a few new shirts and a whole lot of school supplies, but it should also include a refresher course on basic...

We know that banking and shopping online can be very safe as long as we take necessary precautions. But one of the best ways to protect yourself when you’re doing anything online that requires you to set up an account and provide personal information...

In the simplest terms, a vaccine gives us an immunity against whatever disease it is designed to protect us from. When you get a vaccine, it sparks an immune response in your body, which helps it fight off and remember the germ so it...

American critic and essayist Louis Menand once said, “We have much wisdom to gain by learning to understand other people's cultures, and permitting ourselves to accept that there is more than one version of reality.” One thing that unites humans all over the world is...

  Let’s clear something up: aging gracefully doesn’t mean spending thousands of dollars and countless hours trying to look 16, nor does it mean “giving up” and giving in. It means loving the body that contains your beautiful spirit, and treating it with care and...

If you have children or grandchildren of a certain age, you may feel you’ve lost them to the lure of digital devices and online games. It can be hard to understand what’s so captivating about these games when you didn’t grow up with anything...

According to The Motley Fool1, despite the many benefits of homeownership, the US rental market has seen a steady increase since 2007, and people in their 50s and 60s account for the largest portion of the rental market increase. If you’re retired or retiring soon,...

If you have a garden, or participate in community gardening or balcony gardening, June 6 is the perfect day to get out and get dirty because it’s National Gardening Exercise Day! Gardening can be a workout all on its own, so you should always be...

If you’re a certain age, you will remember when fat became public enemy number one. You couldn’t walk down a grocery store aisle without seeing low-fat or no-fat products on either side, and the diet industry was screaming about the need to avoid fat...

Ending the stigma associated with mental illness is the best way to ensure that people who need help are empowered to go and get it. We’ve come a long way in recent years, thanks in part to mental health awareness campaigns like Bell Let’s...