Elders need more than social gatherings, entertainment, and education. They need help establishing a path to maintaining a meaningful life in the face of adversities.

AARP is committed to “disrupt the [negative] narrative” of aging, while the United Nations has labeled ageism as nothing less ...

Two major theories of aging both involve DNA, but in very different ways. Researchers have revealed that these theories may not be so different after all.

POCATELLO, Idaho (KIFI)– The Southeast Idaho Council of Government (SICOG)'s Area Agency on Aging is urging people to reach ...

Your DNA may predict more about you than the way you look. According to the genetic theory of aging, your genes (as well as mutations in those genes) are responsible for how long you'll live. Here's ...

Meaning: A very short sleep. A nap means to sleep for a short while. A cat nap is even shorter, and 40 winks is shorter still. Use it: As sailors had to be alert at all times the best they could ...

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Veteran linebacker Alex Anzalone was a full participant in practice Thursday as he's returned to the field for the first time in six weeks after breaking his forearm in the win over Jacksonville Week ...

THE WORDS “retirement community” summon up images of easy chairs, overcooked food and endless daytime TV. Latitude Margaritaville, a community being built near Hilton Head Island in South ...

“It’s just attention.” But Johnson and his team view his steps to reverse aging as a way to help advance anti-aging science. “He is the best guinea pig anyone can ask for,” says Dr ...

NIH-funded mouse study provides roadmap for how aging may alter brain cell genetic activity Based on new brain mapping research funded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH), scientists have ...

Future brain aging research This study lays the groundwork for new strategies in diet and therapeutic approaches aimed at maintaining brain health into old age, along with more research on the ...