Aging

Why More People Are Choosing the Single Life as They Get Older

The story of single life has undergone one of the most dramatic cultural…


Why Older Adults Choose To Keep Working Beyond Sixty Five

Retirement has long been sold as the grand finale of working life. It is the…


Woman Aged 101 Reveals Why Staying Active Keeps Her Going

Most people picture retirement as a gentle winding down. A quieter life,…


How Social Isolation Accelerates Cognitive Decline

In recent years, science has begun to map what poets and philosophers have…


New Discovery Offers a Way to Truly Reverse Osteoporosis

Imagine your bones, the very frame that holds you up, slowly becoming as…


What Science, Self-Image, and Cameron Diaz Teach Us About Aging

A wrinkle on the forehead. Lines at the corners of the eyes. For some, they…


Scientists Found Aging Wakes Up New Fat-Making Cells That Expand Belly Size, Revealing a Target to Stop It

Why does the belly seem to have a mind of its own once we reach our 40s? You…


17 Quiet Truths About Why Older Men Prefer Being Alone

We rarely ask why so many men, as they grow older, begin to disappear—not in…


This 81-Year-Old Still Works at Home Depot to Support Herself and Her 90-Year-Old Husband

Have you ever met someone whose story feels like a mirror for everything we…


If You Lose Interest in Leaving Your House as You Get Older, There Are 30 Reasons Why

There was a time when “Friday night” meant something electric plans buzzing,…