Spotlight Turning 50? Here are 4 things you can do to improve your health and well-being From the 10 insights on today's news that will make you smarter tomorrow series Jay Maddock, Professor of Public Health, Texas A&M University Feb 19, 2023 Feb 19, 2023 Updated Mar 18, 2026 0 × A TV reporter gets a colonoscopy. Facebook Twitter Bluesky WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Turning 50 can be the time of your life – but it also means adapting to new challenges. monkeybusinessimages/iStock via Getty Images PluskAm(96? E96 32== 5C@AA65 @? }6H *62C’D tG6 E@ >2C< E96 368:??:?8 @7 a_ab[ x 42>6 E@ 8C:AD H:E9 E96 724E E92E x H@F=5 EFC? d_ J62CD @=5 E9:D J62C]k^Am kAmt?E6C:?8 2 ?6H 564256 :D @7E6? 2 E:>6 E@ A2FD6 2?5 C67=64E @? @FC =:G6D[ k2 9C67lQ9EEADi^^E964@?G6CD2E:@?]4@>^>:5=:76\:D?E\2\4C:D:D\3FE\D=66A\DEC6DD\2?5\92AA:?6DD\766=\2\=:EE=6\5:776C6?E\27E6C\bd\@C\H96?6G6C\>:55=6\286\24EF2==J\368:?D\`fb`b`QmA2CE:4F=2C=J H96? 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