If you are new to the Upside of Aging …Welcome!
I started writing posts for this blog in November and December of 2007. My goal back then was to use this blog as a place where I could provide information about healthy aging.
I had been a freelance health writer for 25 years and it was upsetting to find all the misinformation published on the internet about health and aging. One of the areas that upset me the most was the fact that marketing content for a health product was frequently published as factual information for treatments or cures.
The doors to integrative and complementary medicine were just opening and unscrupulous manufacturers touted their special formulas as the cure for arthritis, the eradication of wrinkles, and a promise for the libido of an 18 year old.
My health writing stories were for national magazines, hospitals, chapters of books and even pharmaceuticals. I knew how to research and how to explain the research so everyone can understand the results. I also have a post masters in gerontology and was giving classes on caring for your elderly parent long before they became popular.
Last year I stopped publication of this blog and replaced it with another blog called Secrets to Health and Aging. Secrets will continue and its purpose is to keep readers informed about a broad range of healthy aging issues including arthritis, cardiovascular health, bone health and osteoporosis, and nutrition in general.
Upside of Aging focuses on healthy aging above the neck; brain health, mind, mood and memory.
My name remains on the lists of several research organizations to receive their latest information. It amazes me how much more information there is than even 5 years ago and the speed at which new research results are published.
The reason you are here is you also want to learn about healthy aging, memory loss and improving your memory, about the plasticity of the brain and what does that mean for you as you get older, and what do you have to do just to maintain the cognitive skills you already have. Those are the kinds of topics I include in this blog.
Upside of Aging is an exciting journey because it describes issues that are new and relatively unknown. It’s kind of fun to think of the aging process as a journey for discovery but that is precisely where we are…exploring our aging.
I’m thrilled that you have joined me and look forward to our personal growth.
Regards
Ruthan Brodsky
Ruthan’s Other Blogs Are:
http://SecretstoHealthandAging.com
