From medical and dental care to medications, insurance and nursing homes, health-related costs weigh heavily on the minds of older Americans of all backgrounds, a new poll suggests ..read more

Caring for a loved one with dementia can be incredibly challenging, especially for spouses who often take on the role of primary caregiver. When these caregivers themselves are hospitalized, they undergo stress and their caregiving role is disrupted. New research, recently published in The Gerontologist, aims to understand what it's like when the caregiver becomes the patient ..read more

Two complementary research articles, published simultaneously in the journals Science and Cell Stem Cell by a team of scientists from the UPF and IRB Barcelona, reveal that central and peripheral circadian clocks coordinate to regulate the daily activity of skin and muscles ..read more

A new research paper was published in Aging titled, "A novel deep proteomic approach in human skeletal muscle unveils distinct molecular signatures affected by aging and resistance training ..read more

Every day, millions of people across the globe fill their morning commute or lunch break with New York Times games such as Wordle or Connections ..read more

Older adults who walked for transport instead of taking a car, at least once a week, lived longer than those who didn't, Monash University-led research has found ..read more

If you needed long-term care, could you afford it? For many Americans, especially those with a middle-class income and little savings, the answer to that question is absolutely not ..read more

A research team assessed both short and long-term cognitive, psychological and physiological outcomes of an adapted eight-week mindfulness-based intervention in a group of healthy older adults. The findings, published in BMC Geriatrics, indicated that the participants improved in several domains, including verbal memory, attention switching and executive functions ..read more

The American Academy of Otolaryngology–Head and Neck Surgery Foundation (AAO-HNSF) has published "Clinical Practice Guideline: Age-Related Hearing Loss" in Otolaryngology–Head and Neck Surgery. This clinical practice guideline (CPG) sheds lights on a global public health problem affecting approximately 466 million people worldwide and identifies quality improvement opportunities and provide clinicians trustworthy, evidence-based recommendations regarding the identification and management of age-related hearing loss (ARHL) in patients 50 years and older ..read more

A new research paper titled "Senescent characteristics of human corneal endothelial cells upon ultraviolet-A exposure" has been published on the cover of Aging ..read more