Aging

Do You Want To Live To Be 100?

Carolyn Anderson | Posted 07.25.2008 | Living

Read More: Stress, Aging, Longevity, The Balanced Life, Exercise, How to Live to 100, The Good Life, How to Live Longer, Health Care, Living News
Carolyn Anderson

Research shows that we have more control over how our bodies' age then previously thought. Not only can you live longer than your parents, you can live more fully as you age. The determining factor is lifestyle.

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New Study Shows Age Brings Happiness

Washington Post | Shankar Vedantam | Posted 07.13.2008 | Living

Read More: Aging, Happiness, Living News

Many times in science, research studies point in conflicting directions. Part of the challenge -- and the fun -- of watching science is to try to sort...

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As Gas Prices Soar, Elderly Face Cuts In Aid

New York Times | Posted 07.05.2008 | Business

Read More: Elderly, Gas Prices, Aging, Meals on Wheels, Business News

Early last month, Jeanne Fair, 62, got her first hot meals delivered to her home in this lake town in the sparsely populated southwestern part of the ...

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My Dad at Seventy

Malcolm Friedberg | Posted 06.16.2008 | Living

Read More: Career Advice, Sons, Growing Up, Aging, Fatherhood, Father's Day, Fathers, Living News
Malcolm Friedberg

I have many grown male friends, and I am one of the lucky ones. A number of my friends have lost their dads. And of those that still have them, most don't have much of a relationship. I do.

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Brain Training: Fact or Fiction?

Alvaro Fernandez | Posted 06.03.2008 | Living

Read More: Brain Games, Fast ForWord, Nintendo Brain Age, Lumos Labs. Lumosity, Start-Up, Neuroplasticity, Brain, Alzheimer's Disease, Techcrunch, Aging, Brain Training, Posit Science, Alzheimer's, Brain Fitness, Happy Neuron, Mindfit, Lumosity, Dakim, Mybraintrainer, Fitbrains, Cogmed, Living News
Alvaro Fernandez

The success of Nintendo Brain Age and the PBS special devoted to brain plasticity are signs of growing interest in Brain Training.

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Do You Know What You Look Like?

Irene Rubaum-Keller | Posted 05.28.2008 | Living

Read More: Aging, Weight Loss, Weight Changes, Happiness, Self Image, Living News
Irene Rubaum-Keller

The main problem with self image is that you can never really see yourself the way others do.

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Sex And The Forgotten Years

Danielle Cavallucci | Posted 05.19.2008 | Living

Read More: Education, Aging, Health, Sex, Sexuality, Living News
Danielle Cavallucci

Signs of popular culture embracing the phenomenon of sex among Septuagenarians and beyond are cropping up in television shows, editorial coverage and magazine pop culture alike.

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Old? No, We're Just Older

Candy Spelling | Posted 04.30.2008 | Living

Read More: Growing Up, Businessweek, Life Magazine, Cooking, Housework, Aging, Medical Conditions, Baby Boomers, Wall Street Journal, Lifestyle Changes, Driving, Living News
Candy Spelling

I had no worries when the Beatles wondered about life "when I'm 64," or when the Who sang they hoped to "die before I get old." We were never getting old.

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How To Lie About Your Age

Danielle Crittenden | Posted 04.24.2008 | Living

Read More: Aging, The Lying Years, Gender, Living News
Danielle Crittenden

Let me propose a discreet way to enter The Lying Years. Not only is it easy, but you will forever look fabulous for your age without having to resort to surgery: Instead of dropping years, add them.

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Stop "Old" Jokes Now!

Tom D'Antoni | Posted 04.14.2008 | Media

Read More: Aging, Mccain, Media, Daily Show, Old Jokes, Jon Stewart, Media News
Tom D'Antoni

There are many reasons to dislike John McCain. His age is not one of them.

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Why Do You Turn Down the Radio When You're Lost?

Alvaro Fernandez | Posted 02.26.2008 | Living

Read More: Memory, Aging, Living News
Alvaro Fernandez

Getting older both reduces our attentional capacity and increases processing requirements. Basically, it takes more and more inhibition skill to tune out distractions and stay focused.

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Is Poverty a Disappearing Problem for Older Women?

Madonna Harrington Meyer and Pamela Herd | Posted 02.20.2008 | Living

Read More: Older Women, Aging, Gerontology, Living News
Madonna Harrington Meyer and Pamela Herd

While the economic situation for the elderly is as bright as it has ever been in our nation's history, the financial well being of aging women is disproportionately worse than it is for their male counterparts.

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"Marry Him!": Atlantic Magazine Back-of-the-Book Backlash Porn

Bella DePaulo | Posted 02.17.2008 | Living

Read More: Caitlin Flanagan, Singled Out, Aging, Atlantic, Backlash, Single Mothers, Singles, Myths, Feminism, Advice, Happiness, Friendship, History, Marriage, Cnn, Loneliness, Dan Quayle, Barbara Dafoe Whitehead, Jon Stewart, Bridget Jones, Sex, Lori Gottlieb, Love, Single Women, Living News
Bella DePaulo

Lori Gottlieb, writing in the Atlantic magazine, has one word for single women of any age: Settle! Settle, she exhorts us, even for the guy who smell...

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A $225m New Market to Train Your Brain

Alvaro Fernandez | Posted 02.16.2008 | Living

Read More: Brain Training, Aging, Alzheimers, Brain, Living News
Alvaro Fernandez

A spate of recent news coverage on brain fitness and "brain training" reflects a growing interest in natural, non-drug-based interventions to keep our brains sharp as we age.

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The 60-plus Population: Living History

Carolyn Anderson | Posted 02.04.2008 | Living

Read More: Elderly, Virgin Airlines, Aging, Social Security, Eye Health, Retirement, Richard Branson, Richard Branson the Elders, Age 65, Unretirement, Living News
Carolyn Anderson

The population between the ages of 60 and 100 is the most untapped resource in society.

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Excuse me. Has Anyone Seen My Eyebrows?

Michelle Renee | Posted 11.08.2007 | Living

Read More: Make-Up, Aging Gracefully, Aging, How to Age, Anti-Aging, Satire, How to Do Eyebrows, Getting Old, Fighting Wrinkles, Wrinkles, Botox, Living News
Michelle Renee

I now consider myself educated on yet another part of the body that evolves into something unrecognizable with age.

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How Women Undermine Themselves and Their Girls: It's Not Always Men Who Take Us Down

Joyce McFadden | Posted 11.05.2007 | Living

Read More: Women Undermining Themselves, Sexuality, Body Image, Aging, Living News
Joyce McFadden

If a woman scrutinizes herself, the scrutiny automatically comes with a wish for how she'd like to be different, which might motivate her to move toward that wish.

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Can We Live Longer?

Larry Arnstein | Posted 09.23.2007 | Living

Read More: Anti-Aging Pill, Aging, Longevity, Senior Activities, Anti-Aging, Living Longer, Living News
Larry Arnstein

An anti-aging pill will lead to a nation overrun with seniors, sucking the lifeblood from their children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren, while constantly criticizing them and complaining.

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