A study published in Science Advances led by researchers at the University of Alabama at Birmingham and Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois, now provides evidence that the preservation ...

In his groundbreaking 1980 account of the baby boomers, “Great Expectations,” Landon Y. Jones predicted that this generation would pioneer a new model for old age. The cohort born between 1946 and ...

I just read two fascinating articles about aging, one of which confirmed my deepest hopes and the other of which activated my deepest fears. I’ll start with the optimistic research: Under the headline ...

Getting old is not for the weak, as the saying often goes. After age 50-60, the risk of developing chronic disease rises sharply, and most older adults end up living with more than one long-term ...