By Mohana Ravindranath For many people, aging feels like it happens in stops and starts. After a period of smooth sailing, one day, seemingly out of the blue, you have achy knees. “You wake up ...

The awareness set me on a path to reverse my own aging biases. Negative associations with getting older have their own side effects, according to research. Becca Levy, a professor of psychology at ...

"We are in a place where the biology of aging has been demystified," said Dr. Douglas Vaughan, director of the Potocsnak Longevity Institute at the Northwestern University Feinberg School of ...

Fred and Betty Schlissel met on a Halloween blind date, fell in love and got married. The couple bought a house, raised three children and traveled around the world. More than 70 years later ...

Aging certainly is part of the circle of life. If we are all fortunate, someday we can repay the favor of our parents caring for us, by caring for them. It is a time in one’s life that does not ...

The experiment involved mice born to live fast and die young, bred with a rodent version of progeria, a condition that causes ...

For example, in the aging brain, oligodendrocyte precursor cells compete to mature into oligodendrocytes. Dysregulation of this process can impair the brain's ability to process information ...

Researchers identified a gene that seems to help slow brain aging in women, and studied links between hormone therapy, menopause and Alzheimer’s. By Gina Kolata Women’s brains are superior to ...

An aging population and slower labor force growth affect economies in many ways—the growth of GDP slows, working-age people pay more to support the elderly, and public budgets strain under the burden ...

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