I'm a research junkie. I'll admit it. So I just about jumped out of my seat when I read that someone had finally tested resveratrol--the antioxidant superstar found in red wine and grapes--on actual human beings!

When you’re born, you’re a model of perfect metabolic health. Your body is pH balanced… and might even stay a little on the alkaline side.

Death is surely inevitable, but I do believe you can live far longer than the average life expectancy, which, in the US, is around 78. Genetics may play a role, but is NOT the final determining factor for whether you'll live a long healthy life.

It can be agonizing. You get in bed, turn out the light, and spend the next six hours staring at the clock.

Because of injuries in the springtime, I missed six Boston Marathons back in the 1960s. It wasn't until 40 years later that I found the cause: my vitamin D3 blood level was 20 nmol/l (normal is greater than 75 nmol/L, equal to 30 ng/ml). Recently I moved to Florida and have been relatively injury free for the first time in my life.

We spend approximately one-third of our lives asleep. When we sleep our body recovers from the day’s work and events. Sleep is a time for regeneration, repair and healing. Unfortunately, not everyone has a perfect sleep.

If you suffer from osteoarthritis or other inflammatory joint problems, you’ve probably been advised to take glucosamine and chondroitin. But this traditional combination doesn’t work for everyone.

Question:

Alzheimer's is a pretty hot topic in the news recently, but I have trouble keeping all of the advice straight. What do you think is the best way to prevent the disease?

“So my testosterone is low. I’m not a kid any more. What’s the big deal?”

If "Say again," and "I didn't catch that," are phrases you use too many times each day, you may have presbycusis--a condition better known as age-related hearing loss.