STAT

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Most theories of aging view it as systemic, but a new study shows how different parts of the body can age at different rates in different people.

Australian Women’s Weekly NZ

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Kiwis have a “she’ll be right” attitude when it comes to eye health, a recent study by Specsavers has found. One in five Kiwis admits they did not seek medical advice or help when an eye problem occurred. Small eye issues can sometimes indicate a mor

NPR

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They've identified hundreds of proteins in human blood that wax and wane in surprising ways as we age. The findings could provide important clues about which substances in the blood can slow aging.

Nautilus

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Have you had a birthday recently? Feeling old? Don’t worry—there’s a good chance that you’re younger than your infant self. As an adult, you have billions more new cells and trillions of times more new molecules than you had in your body when you wer

Space

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Once in a blue moon, it is worth asking ourselves if aging is really a bad thing in our lives. As our upbringing teaches us the aging is sad, we are easily saddened by comparing ourselves to the social standards set in the conventional time table. Th

NPR

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Scientists have developed promising clock-turning treatments for mice. Could pills that mimic the benefits of exercise help humans? In this Future You: the effort to stop the symptoms of growing old.

Good Health Choices Magazine NZ

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Actress and model Christie Brinkley turned 65 in February – but instead of celebrating that actual number, she called it her 15th 50th birthday, in recognition of the fact she feels no older than 50. This, she says, is her ‘spirit age’, which is noth

Longevity Magazine

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DR DUNCAN CARMICHAEL, MEDICAL DOCTOR AND FOUNDER OF THE INSTITUTE OF HEALTHY AGING (IHASA) In the last few years we have begun learning how to optimise our health. We have had breakthroughs in our understanding of the massive benefits of sleep. We ar

Men's Fitness South Africa

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Can cutting calories really extend your life? Yes, say a bunch of very old, very hangry monkeys. For years, scientists at the American University of Wisconsin-Madison and the National Institute on Aging ran duelling calorie-deprivation tests on prima

Futurity

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Multiple pregnancies might make women’s cells age more quickly, a new study suggests. The findings could help explain why women with many children tend to show signs of accelerated aging. For the study, which appears in Scientific Reports, researcher

The Atlantic

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Humanity has added three decades to people’s life spans in the past 150 years. Science is only beginning to catch up.

Good Health

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Many of us believe that ageing brings a slide into ill health, loss of mobility and mental decline. According to Dr David Sinclair, Harvard researcher and author of Lifespan: Why we age – and why we don’t have to, this view is out-dated. In fact, Dr

Good Health Choices Magazine NZ

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Many of us believe that ageing brings a slide into ill health, loss of mobility and mental decline. According to Dr David Sinclair, Harvard researcher and author of Lifespan: Why we age – and why we don’t have to, this view is out-dated. In fact, Dr

The Saturday Evening Post

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The pressure most of us feel to remain fit, slim, and in control of one’s body does not end with old age — in fact, it only grows more insistent. Friends, family members, and doctors start nagging the aging person to join a gym, “eat healthy,” or, at

India Today

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By Dr Deepa Verma Wellness expert When we look at where we are now compared to 100 years ago, or even 25 years ago, we have come a very long way. With advancements in science to technology to medicine, mankind is making great strides and our knowled

Good Health

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Actress and model Christie Brinkley turned 65 in February – but instead of celebrating that actual number, she called it her 15th 50th birthday, in recognition of the fact she feels no older than 50. This, she says, is her ‘spirit age’, which is noth

Futurity

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Women’s brains appear to be about three years younger than men’s of the same chronological age, metabolically speaking, according to a new study. The findings, which appear in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, could be one clue to why

Top Sante

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ACTRESS AND model Christie Brinkley recently had her 65th birthday – but instead of celebrating that actual number, she called it her 15th 50th birthday, in recognition of the fact she feels no older than 50. This, she says, is her ‘spirit age’, whic

Good Housekeeping South Africa

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‘People are very diverse in terms of their ageing rates, and the level that one person hits by age 50, another may not hit until 60,’ says Dr Morgan Levine, assistant professor of pathology at Yale School of Medicine in the US. BIOLOGICAL AGE This m

STAT

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A confident answer to the question "What is biological aging?" in humans will help us ensure that complexity does not hide any magical mysteries.

Woman

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Need an excuse to spend more time outside? A recent* study found that activities such as gardening or walking prevented brain shrinkage in older adults, as well as other effects of ageing which are linked to Alzheimer’s disease and dementia. This hu

Futurity

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Researchers propose a new model for studying age-related cognitive decline—one that’s tailored to the individual, a study reports. People are living longer than ever before, but brain health isn’t keeping up. There’s no such thing as a one-size-fits-

STAT

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Aging, of course, affects the brain. But the brain seems to affect aging, too: Lower levels of neuronal firing increase longevity, a new study found.

Futurity

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Aging is impossible to stop in multicellular organisms, a new mathematical study suggests. “You might be able to slow down aging but you can’t stop it…” “Aging is mathematically inevitable—like, seriously inevitable. There’s logically, theoretically,

Futurity

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Scientists have discovered a potential way to stave off the detrimental effects of aging, according to their research in mice. The study suggests that a protein that is abundant in the blood of young mice plays a vital role in keeping them healthy. W

The Big Issue

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After a year in which there was only really one headline in the health news – indeed, only one headline in the news overall – it might seem like a strange time to be launching a book which makes the case that ageing is our greatest challenge when it

Futurity

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Your chronological age and your biological age are two different things, says geriatrician Andrea Maier. Being 80, for example, can look very different for two different people. “Already in the 20s, 30s, we can really see who is aging faster, or the

Futurity

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A sort of physiological clock—levels of 373 proteins in your blood—can predict your age, according to a new study. “We’ve known for a long time that measuring certain proteins in the blood can give you information about a person’s health status—lipop

Futurity

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The walking speed of 45-year-olds, particularly their fastest walking speed without running, may indicate the aging of their brains and bodies, according to a new study in New Zealand. The findings show that slower walkers have “accelerated aging” on

Best Self Magazine

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— There comes a time when we find it a little harder to celebrate the years that we lived. We look at the calendar begrudgingly as every day we realize that our faces don’t look the same as they did 10 or 20 years ago, and days as a young adult are o