Aging

Aging Pandemic

The pandemic is making you age faster: Here's what you can do to slow it down

Grit can serve as a strategic asset in the fight against aging

Perseverance Fitness Willpower

Stay mentally sharp as you age through exercise and a lively social life

Prevent Mental Decline

Why Black aging matters, too

COVID-19 Racial Disparities

Children's Health

Childhood trauma may lead to early puberty and changes in brain structure

Childhood abuse early aging

Repositioning your priorities can lead to sustained happiness and health

Happiness keys

As seniors' walking speeds slow, their minds usually do too

decline in cognition and gait speed

As men age, it's important to seek out new friendships

Male friendships

Here's why stress turns your hair gray

People age in at least 4 different styles, Stanford study finds

Scientists identify four different types of aging

Running a marathon may reduce effects of aging, study finds

Marathon runners reap extra health benefits

Everything women need to know about menopause

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Reducing 'zombie' cells may slow the aging process

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Eagles fandom: men, emotion and motivation

Study shows potential for reversing the body's 'biological age'

Reverse aging biological clock

Starving seniors: How America fails to feed its aging

Men have a ticking biological clock, too

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This dairy-free drink was created to promote healthy aging

perennial drink aging wellness

Update: 'Young blood' transfusions are risky treatment, FDA cautions

FDA commissioner Scott Gottlieb

Frail seniors find ways to live independently

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Transfusions of 'young blood' might be 'fountain of youth' everyone's looking for

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Living a long life isn't predetermined in your genes, a new study suggests

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Cannabis use more detrimental to brain health than alcohol use, study claims

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Is there such a thing as normal aging?

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Study: A red wine component has similar anti-aging benefits to diet and exercise

New study: Common, cheap chemical could slow aging of human skin

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How fat could lead to more effective anti-aging treatments

Elderly Hands

Makeup artists age couple through '100 years of Beauty'

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Facial scans uncover future health issues and predict life expectancy

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