Living without any stress is impossible unless you’re retired on an island, sipping coconuts while “Don’t Worry, be Happy” plays in the background.   Eventually, that could become stressful by sheer boredom. However, some stress is good for you. The good stress is that sudden burst of energy, the release of endorphins, serotonin and dopamine, that chemical cocktail we feel with our first kiss, getting the promotion, or our favorite team winning the playoffs.  Good stress, known as “eustress”,...

Aging is inevitable. This much we know. We grow older day by day as do all living organisms. Fortunately, we humans have an advantage. We can make conscious choices and by doing so a person can determine whether they will grow older with vigor and grace or decline with frailty and demise. So many more options are available to us now, medical treatments including Botox injections,antioxidants, anti-age supplements, creams and lotions all promising to be the latest and greatest elixir of youth....