Category: Ageing

Stress Ages You but Can Be Reversed: Study

While stress such as surgery, pregnancy, COVID-19, and the vaccines themselves can significantly age a person biologically, the body is able to naturally reverse this effect and increase longevity, a new study from Harvard University has found. While chronological age is defined by the number of years you have been alive, biological age represents how…


Ageism in America Is Bad, TikTok Is Making It Much Worse

Commentary In February, just a few months after the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission sued Eli Lilly over alleged age bias, the American pharmaceutical company headquartered in Indianapolis found itself at the center of yet another age discrimination lawsuit. A senior sales rep at Eli Lilly alleged that the company had been attempting to weed…


Fresh Crop of British Farmers Needed: Industry Experts

It’s official: Farming is an ageing occupation—with voices in the industry saying Britain “desperately” needs more youngsters to choose it as a career, raising questions about who will produce the nation’s food in the future, and how. Experts say that despite the appeal of new working practices to the younger generation, around 40 percent of…


Scientists Find Age-Related Vision Impairment Not Indicative of Cognitive Impairment

A study conducted by the University of South Australia has gone against the common literature relating poor eyesight to brain decline, finding that cognitive tests can misdiagnose older people with age-related vision decline with cognitive decline by up to 25 percent. “A mistaken score in cognitive tests could have devastating ramifications, leading to unnecessary changes…


Conscious Aging: Reframing for Health and Happiness

Maria Shriver, author, journalist and activist for healthy aging, recently spoke to Tami Simon about the Radically Reframing Aging Summit they are collaborating on to promote a balanced view of aging. Maria is the founder of Women’s Alzheimer’s Movement (WAM) which she established after her mother died of Alzheimer’s and following her awareness that two-thirds of people living with…


Mineral Found in Fish, Meat and Nuts May Reverse Memory Loss

An Australian study has found that selenium—a mineral found in many foods—could be the key to a healthier mind, as experiments show that it can reverse the decline in brain function from poor health or old age. Selenium is a powerful antioxidant found in meat, tuna, halibut, sardines, salmon, organ meat, eggs, and nuts, with…


50-Year-Old Muscles Just Can’t Grow Big Like They Used to – Here’s the Biology Behind It

There is perhaps no better way to see the absolute pinnacle of human athletic abilities than by watching the Olympics. But at the Winter Games this year – and at almost all professional sporting events – you rarely see a competitor over 40 years old and almost never see a single athlete over 50. This…


Changing Your Diet Could Add Ten Years to Your Life – New Research

Everyone wants to live longer. And we’re often told that the key to doing this is making healthier lifestyle choices, such as exercising, avoiding smoking and not drinking too much alcohol. Studies have also shown that diet can increase lifespan. A new study has found that eating healthier could extend lifespan by six to seven…


Diet ‘Far More Powerful’ Than Drugs in Preventing Ageing, Metabolic Diseases: Study

The makeup of our diet has a much stronger impact on ageing and metabolic health than drugs, a new study has found. A pre-clinical study by the University of Sydney’s Charles Perkins Centre has suggested that nutrition, including overall calories and macronutrient balance, can better protect the body against ageing, obesity, heart disease, immune dysfunction, and risk…