Older adults who remain more active have a better quality of life, study finds

A reduction in the amount of time spent physically active when adults are over sixty years old is linked to lower quality of life, a new study of almost 1,500 adults has shown. The same was also true for increases in the amount of sedentary time,...

Why do some people live to be 100? Intestinal bacteria may hold the answer

Some people live longer than others -- possibly due to a unique combination of bacteria in their intestines, new research concludes.

America aged quickly in the last decade as baby boomers lived longer and births dropped - WTOP News

The share of residents 65 or older grew by more than a third from 2010 to 2020 and at the fastest rate of any decade in 130 years, while the share of children declined, according to new figures from the most recent census.

The Autocrat of the Breakfast Table, ch. 7, "Explicit Allegoria Senectutis" (1858) - Holmes, Oliver Wendell, Sr. | WIST

A person is always startled when he hears himself seriously called an old man for the first time.

"Such, Such Were the Joys" (1948) - Orwell, George | WIST

The child thinks of growing old as an almost obscene calamity, which for some mysterious reason will never happen to itself. All who have pass the age of

7 Cardio Habits That Are Destroying Your Body After 50

A fitness professional shares seven of the worst cardio habits that destroy your body after 50, along with how to avoid them.

Group of Scientists Propose a New Driver of Alzheimer's Disease: Fructose

Alzheimer's disease remains incurable, despite the best efforts of scientists and a number of recent discoveries.

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Loss of Epigenetic Information Can Drive Aging, Restoration Can Reverse It https://hms.harvard.edu/news/loss-epigenetic-information-can-drive-aging-restoration-can-reverse Fascinating study.

A Single Hormone in Men May Predict Their Future Health

A variety of age-related illnesses – including bone weakness, sexual dysfunction, diabetes, cancer, and cardiovascular disease – can be predicted by a single hormone that appears at a steady level in men across the course of their lives, new...

Scientists Gave Young Mice The Blood of Old Mice. Then Things Got Weird

The elixir of life remains the stuff of legend, but aging the young before their time may not be as far-fetched.

The younger we feel, the better we rehabilitate, research shows: Even in old age, feeling young can decrease the chances of developing physical disability and morbidity

Could the expression 'you're only as old as you feel' hold true for older people recuperating from physical disabilities? Apparently so. Researchers have found that feeling young can increase the chances of successful rehabilitation from medical...