Can we think our way to better health? Maybe so! It’s been shown that a life with meaning and purpose can actually help to forestall dementia. A fascinating study can be read in the American Journal ...

A large-scale study tracking nearly 14,000 older adults for up to 15 years has found that having a strong sense of purpose in life significantly reduces the risk of developing cognitive impairment, ...

You’re happy, but do you feel that your life has purpose? Or, do you feel you know where you’re headed in life, but just aren’t that happy? These two questions sum up the gist of the debate in the ...

New Year’s resolutions, like drinking more water or getting more exercise, aren’t the only ways to bolster health and well-being. University of Delaware Assistant Professor Heather Farmer has found ...

A sense of purpose, defined as having a clear set of goals, direction, and meaningful engagement with life, has emerged as a robust predictor of favourable health outcomes in older adults. Research ...

Living with a sense of purpose may not just enrich life, it could also guard against dementia. A UC Davis study tracking over 13,000 adults for up to 15 years found that people with higher purpose ...

Sometimes, life just starts to feel a little off. You might notice small changes in how you spend your days or wonder why things that once mattered now feel less important. It’s easy to overlook these ...

Research into Blue Zones - regions of the world where people tend to live longer - shows that having a sense of purpose in life may help people live longer. Now, new research from UC Davis shows that ...

Does sleep have a purpose? Certainly. Sleep is like food. Without sleep, animals die. During sleep we reorganize our brains, consolidate memories, grow skin, rejigger hormones, rebuild tissues. In ...

For most people, it’s a profession they only think about in difficult moments, but for one local man, it’s been a calling ...