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Susan Helmrich is one of the best swimmers in the world in her age group. She's also a three-time cancer survivor and a victim of one of the greatest drug tragedies in history. How does she keep beating the odds? A great attitude.
Many try -- not all succeed. But it seems that these days, the biggest names in mountain climbing are people over the age of 50! In fact, a group of 70-year-olds is hoping to smash the record for climbing Mount Everest.
Want to know what it takes to live to 100? Read an excerpt of a book that explores that very question.
2010 was coming to an end and I was happy that my year-long challenges were resolved. My health reports were all good and my professional goals were new and exciting. The entire month of December was filled with parties and social events. My husband and I were looking forward to a quiet holiday week to relax and rejuvenate. On Christmas Eve, a Friday night this year, we ate dinner in, then went up...
One issue of the health debate has always bothered me is dogmatic conservative rhetoric about...
Earth Day is just one day out of the year -- how can you help save the Earth the other 364 days of the week? Check out these inspirational stories to get motivated, and get moving!
It's the unofficial playbook for life.
In 1937, Ruth Hamilton traveled to Europe to visit family in Denmark and to embark on a fact-finding mission for her radio program in the States. Decades later, she wrote about her life-changing trip in her autobiography, "The Hamilton Saga." GrowingBolder.com is bringing you exclusive excerpts from the book. In part 1, she came face-to-face with the son of a famous painter. In...
9 Tips Before THEY Amputate Your Legs Below the Knee! By Dan Wimer, RN, MPLC I am a RN with 22 years of IV knowledge and I have been in the hospital 3 times in the past year. Two of the times I was on the receiving end of poor nursing care. The first stay, in May of 2009, the nurses managed to infect me with Staphylococcus aureus. The nurses at the hospital did not follow established...
I can't explain how much fun we had! You just had to be there to experience the fun, laughter,...