To most of us, the alphabet is fairly simple system: Lines and shapes come together to create letters that we then group together to form words. But what happens if the lines of a “W” become unhinged?

Michele Norris reads from listeners' e-mail about a conversation with Chester Reed — who retired from the U.S. Postal Service at 95 — and about our story on the growing popularity of contra dancing ...

“Living longer can mean more dementia” (Reading Eagle, Jan. 14) lists ways to avoid or delay dementia but doesn’t mention the fact that dancing on a regular basis results in a 76% reduction in ...

Articles about former first lady Rosalynn Carter developing dementia seldom mention an interesting study published in the New England Journal of Medicine that stated that dancing was the only activity ...