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Dying of old age isn't a technically correct term—but it could still play an important role in the grieving process.

Regenerate is one of a number of projects nationwide promoting ballet and dance as a secret weapon for health and vitality in old age.

Does your doctor tell you your pain is because of old age? Well, I've got good news for you. Did You Know That good health is possible at any age? You do not...

Old age can be a time of discovery, of joy and of true love.

In addition to their natural antioxidant properties, flavonoids — the compounds that give plants their color — may keep our lungs healthy into old age.

Our loved ones deserve a chance to die without unnecessary interventions born of unnecessary guilt or false expectations.

The slow, shuffling walk of old age may be caused by invisible problems with tiny blood vessels in the brain. One-third of people who tested normal during life were found to have these tiny abnormalities in blood vessels at autopsy.

The notion that being a little overweight could help people in old age is being challenged. Some of the studies in support of the so-called obesity paradox excluded people who lived in institutions, like nursing homes, or were too sick to participate, a critic says.

It is well-known that stress has damaging effects on an individual’s health. Recently published prospective cohort study by Jenni Kulmala,, Ph.D., and co-workers from the Gerontology Research Center (GEREC) at the University of Jyväskylä, Finland, provides strong evidence that perceived work-related stress in midlife predicts functional limitations and disability later in old age. Previously stress …

Summary: According to researchers, older adults who move more than average may be better protected from dementia symptoms. The study reports physical activity helps maintain cognitive skills when t…