aging

Two maps show two very different takes on the huge discrepancies in U.S. life expectancy

We take fewer mental pictures per second.

100 years ago, you could expect to live to 54. Our luxurious, 80-year-long lives come at a cost.

Here’s why many 80 year olds are probably happier than you.

The older we are, the less our chronological age may say about us.

Turns out pushups are more telling than treadmill tests when it comes to cardiovascular health.

Millennials, engage! It’s the reason you keep losing to baby boomers.

Thoughtful advice on how to manage a volatile market.

A new review article makes the case that you can always use it.

New anti-aging program? Don’t smoke.

Thinking your life is worthwhile is correlated with a variety of positive outcomes.

6 keys to warding off premature death.

Remaining mentally active slows dementia’s symptoms, if not its progress.

A new study reveals that it increases eye pressure, negating the effects of THC.

A little goes a long way.

Is the appendix a useless organ, an immune system benefactor, a Parkinson’s disease instigator, or all of the above?

Find the right genes and we’ll have a way to prolong life and good health, perhaps indefinitely.

The results of two human clinical trials involving elderly patients suffering from frailty showed no adverse side effects and “remarkable” physical improvement. 

Your mindset can rewind aging, physically and mentally, as these jaw-dropping experiments show.

RIP pessimists, we barely knew you. Carnegie Mellon University’s Professor Michael Scheier explains the impact your outlook has on the world inside of you, from your cells to your psychology.

New studies look at possible age limits to the human lifespan.

Cognitive abilities peak at varying ages, say researchers from MIT and Harvard.

Scientists identify key compounds that may help prevent brain diseases like Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s, Huntington’s as well as Lou Gehrig’s disease.

Canadian scientists discover how being bilingual creates advantages for the brain.

“Lifelong learning is extremely important,” says Nobel laureate Dr. Eric Kandel, “and the more we learn about life span the more important we realize it is.”

One controversial study claims to have found the edge of the human lifespan.