50-Plus Men

Prostate Cancer Screening

Health screenings can be life-saving tools, but many men foolishly avoid them

In a time of uncertainty, a healthy lifestyle is a dependable benefit

Healthy Lifestyle Exercise

Gratitude provides a pathway to better health and well-being

Grandfather Grandson Gratitude

The prevalence of low testosterone should motivate men to adopt healthier lifestyles

Weight Lifting

Setting goals is the foundation of a successful fitness regimen

Run the Bridge Bezich

Establishing rituals can help fathers strengthen bonds with grown children

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Adopting a healthy lifestyle is good for your eyes and teeth, too

Exercise Benefits Vision Teeth

Why is preventing disease so much harder than treating it? Because it requires behavioral change

Reconnecting with loved ones can provide a much-needed boost to your well-being

Bezich family wellness

The COVID-19 pandemic underscores the power of social contagion and its ability to spur healthy behaviors

Healthy Behaviors Social Contagion

An encore career can increase your motivation to live healthy

Encore Career Benefits

A plant-based diet offers flexibility while providing a slew of health benefits

Plant Based Diets

Hot weather can make outdoor exercise a challenge — but it can be overcome

Summer Exercise Hot Weather

Summer swims offer an opportunity to dive into a healthy workout routine

Swimming Health Benefits

Can financial incentives motivate people to adopt healthy lifestyles? Possibly

Healthy Behaviors Incentives

The best Father's Day gift may be nudging your dad to adopt healthy habits

Father Son Conversation

Men, it's time to make the routine doctor's visit a habit

Physical Exam Benefits

Drinking water does more than keep your body hydrated

Daily Water Amount

Laughter: A healthy behavior that's actually fun

Laughter Health Benefits

Nutrition is the foundation to a healthy lifestyle — but you don't have to give up all the foods you love

Healthy Meal

Nature provides a wide range of physical and mental health benefits

Nature Health Benefits

Better together: Partners up the odds of living healthy

Louis Bezich Relationships

Grit can serve as a strategic asset in the fight against aging

Perseverance Fitness Willpower

The hug is a healthy practice worth reviving after the COVID-19 pandemic

Hug Health Benefits

Cold showers can benefit your wellness, if you can endure them

Cold Shower benefits

Keep the fires of fitness burning in the face of continuous change

Adapt to Change

Stay mentally sharp as you age through exercise and a lively social life

Prevent Mental Decline

Make lifestyle changes to improve your health in 2021 – the pandemic proves you can

Healthy Habits 2021

Optimism can be hard to conjure, but it's a powerful tool for the days ahead

Optimism Benefits

Don't let your relationship become a casualty of the COVID-19 pandemic

COVID-19 Healthy Relationships Advice

Exercise provides an antidote to poor health – but few older men get enough

Exercise Benefits Older Men

Is it finally time for a federal Office of Men's Health?

Office of Men's Health

A gray divorce may improve your health, but there are many factors to consider

Gray Divorce Benefits

The power of anticipation: Improve your well-being by looking forward

Anticipation health benefits

Defend your well-being during the COVID-19 pandemic by getting – and giving – help

Health benefits of giving

Simplicity: A strategy to confront the complexity in our lives

Work-Life Balance Tips

In a busy world, sleep sits at the epicenter of health and happiness

Better Sleep tips

Relationship resiliency: A key to staying happy, and healthy, amid stress

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Do we need protection from ourselves to live healthy?

COVID-19 government regulations

Repositioning your priorities can lead to sustained happiness and health

Happiness keys

Conversations form the bedrock of relationships – and a healthy lifestyle

Communication Tips

This Father's Day, take a call to action

Father's Day 2020

Three techniques to help men improve their mental health

Men Mental Health tips

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