Some of the most powerful interventions to slow or improve frailty are also the most ordinary: regular movement, adequate nutrition, and meaningful social connection.

There is new evidence that the quality of your sleep can impact your brain. A new study finds that people who struggle getting a good night’s sleep in early middle age can show signs of cognitive ...

Steve Adubato is joined by Cathy Rowe, DrPH, Executive Director of New Jersey Advocates for Aging Well and Chair of the Lifelong Strong NJ Steering Committee, to explore the economic and societal ...

Older people are living longer and keeping more of their teeth. That’s good news — but it also means that seniors need to be more vigilant than ever about oral health. Over the past 20 years, the ...

Older New Yorkers desire and deserve to remain in the homes and communities where they have lived and raised families. And yet we are failing to meet this reasonable need for thousands of people who ...

Aging and neurodegeneration are both known to disrupt the production of functional proteins in cells—a process called "proteostasis," or protein homeostasis. Brain cells in particular fall prey to ...

As you get older, you may expect to feel a little slower. Climbing the stairs might leave you feeling winded. Yard work takes longer. Or you find yourself napping more than you used to. While these ...

After 50, drinking problems can quietly emerge for the first time or return after years of control. Retirement, empty nests, ...

They can affect your health. Decades of research from Becca Levy, a professor of public health and psychology at the Yale ...