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A long life is a gift. But will we really be grateful for it? By Arthur Krystal - The New Yorker In days of old, when most people didn’t live to be old, there were very few notable works about old age, and those were penned by writers who were themselves not very old....

Your brain naturally 'rewires' itself as you age. But it doesn't have to, at least not as quickly. By Jeff Haden - Inc.com. We all thought Derek (not his real name, for reasons that will soon be obvious) had gotten stuck in his ways: too rigid, too conventional, too...

By Jeanna D. Smith - Medical News Today A new study offers an alternative for older adults who are unable to commit to a regular exercise regimen. According to the international research team, a few minutes of energetic everyday movements may reduce the risk of early...

By Alexa Mikhail - Fortune Many of us have heard of blue zones, or the communities across the globe including Sardinia, Italy; Okinawa, Japan; and Ikaria, Greece, where people seem to be doing it right—living longer, healthier, happier lives. Researchers introduced...

By Sandee LaMotte - CNN In Boston labs, old, blind mice have regained their eyesight, developed smarter, younger brains and built healthier muscle and kidney tissue. On the flip side, young mice have prematurely aged, with devastating results to nearly every tissue in...

By Rebecca Myers, MSN, RN - Healthnews A new study from the University of Michigan shows that grip strength is related to biological age. Biological age represents the actual aging process of a body, which accounts for higher risks of disease and early death in...

By National Institute on Aging - Research highlights Optimism is linked to a longer lifespan in women from diverse racial and ethnic groups, and to better emotional health in older men, according to two NIA-funded studies. One study showed that the previously...

By Meredith Wadman - Science New law welcomed by animal welfare groups, but others say change won’t happen fast New medicines need not be tested in animals to receive U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval, according to legislation signed by President Joe...

By Larissa Marocco - Cyststic Fibrosis Foundation Website "Now that I’m in my 40s and post-lung transplant, I’m beginning to embrace the realities of aging with cystic fibrosis. Despite the gray hairs and deepening wrinkles, I know that I am lucky to be looking...

The cells regained many of their lost capabilities. by Arkadi Mazin - Lifespan.io Using a novel senolytic drug, scientists have successfully eliminated senescent cells in human skin transplanted into mice. The treatment led to prolonged skin rejuvenation. Senescence...

Some anti-aging interventions don't have age-dependent effects. by Josh Conway -  Lifespan.io Researchers publishing in Nature Communications have determined that interventions that extend lifespan in mice may not have significant effects on the processes of aging....

By Rick Marshall - Digital Trends Oscar-nominated filmmaker Darren Aronofsky is getting plenty of attention these days for his new film The Whale, but he has another high-profile project that’s also generating buzz for very different reasons: National Geographic’s...