aging

Aging is inevitable, so why not do it joyfully? Here’s how - TED It was recently my birthday. It wasn’t a “big” birthday — one of those round-numbered ones that feels like a milestone — but nevertheless it got me thinking about aging. When I was a kid, growing older felt like an achievement...

Are Vision Changes After 40 Normal? - Cleveland Clinic And six warning signs for when they're not Once an idealistic 20-something, you thought this day would never come. But here you are at your local pharmacy, trying on — gasp! — your first pair of reading glasses. Has it really come to...

You’re a Completely Different Person at 14 and 77, the Longest-Running Personality Study Ever Has Found - Pocket As we age, we change beyond recognition. Look at a photo of yourself as a teenager and, mistaken fashion choices aside, it’s likely you see traces of the same person with the same...

Are You Bound to Get Shaky Hands as You Age? - Cleveland Clinic What to watch for and when to seek help Occasional trembling and shaky hands can occur at any age, but are more likely the older you get. If you notice this sign in yourself or a loved one, you may fear the worst. When people...

Ingredients for a long, healthy life: A social perspective - Stanford Medicine As life expectancy steadily increases worldwide and the number of aging Americans overtakes the number of youth, some experts are asking: how do we prepare for a 100-year-long life, and what will that life look like...

How Aging Shapes Narrative Identity - Nautilus In 2010, Dan McAdams wrote a biography about George W. Bush analyzing the former American president using the tools of personality psychology. It was, in his own words, a flop. “I probably had three readers,” McAdams laughs. But an editor from The...

Scientists Just Released a New Playbook for Engineering Longer, Healthier Lives - SingularityHub It’s hard to pinpoint the exact moment anti-aging research morphed from quackery to an established science. Some say it’s 1939, when an experiment that restricted calories in rodents bizarrely...

The Bulletproof Coffee Founder Has Spent $1 Million in His Quest to Live to 180 - Mens Health Biohacker Dave Asprey built his multimillion-dollar brand Bulletproof around his quest for longevity. But is any of it legit? Ten days before I met him at his home in British Columbia, Dave Asprey...

Staying healthy into old age may be directly linked to this food, researchers find - WHIO Regular exercise and a well-balanced diet can help you maintain your health as you age. But one type of food is especially beneficial, according to a new report. Researchers from Tufts University...