Several weeks ago, I had a serious health scare. The emergency appointment and ultrasound were attended alone. I did a ring-around of my friends and sisters, but they were away or otherwise occupied.

A 63-year-old woman who looks 30 says people assume she’s had cosmetic surgery — but she says “vitality” doesn’t come from going “under the knife.” Eudie Okoro developed healthy habits from a young ...

Last year, at 63, I became the oldest American woman to summit Mount Everest. That record had stood for 17 years, according to the Himalayan Database, and it was broken again five days later. I was ...