Many people look to diet trends or new exercise regimens – often with questionable benefit – to get a healthier start on the new year. But there is one strategy that’s been shown time and again to boost both mood and health: meditation. In late 2022, a high-profile study made a splash when it claimed […]
One of the best ways to look at the premise of SuperAging—”getting older without getting old”—is to compare people of the same age from different generations. What’s the health of a 70-year-old born, for example, in 1940, compared to a 70-year-old born in 1950 or 1960 or later? We would expect a longer future life […]
Humans have been searching for a fountain of youth for millennia. Now, there may be one — for canines. And we might be next. In an exciting development for pet parents, Loyal, a U.S.-based startup dedicated to extending the lives of our furry friends, has said it expects to release of its first longevity pill […]
Here’s another provocative contribution from our SuperAgingNews Network partner, BabyBoomer.org. They have a great lineup of experts across all 7A’s of SuperAging, and we draw on that talent pool to bring you articles and podcasts we know you’ll find engaging. This podcast features financial planner James Conole, discussing the perils and pitfalls of thinking you’re […]
Brian Blank is a finance scholar and Fed watcher who researches how companies navigate downturns and make financial decisions, as well as how markets process information. Brandy Hadley is a finance professor who leads a student-managed investment fund and studies corporate decision-making and incentives. Together, they’re also the resident economic oracles at The Conversation U.S., […]
Imagine this: Two days before your family holiday party, you get a text about an online order you placed a week ago, saying the package is at your door. It comes with a photo – of someone else’s door. When you click the attached link, it takes you to the online store, where you enter […]
We’d all like to live longer; at least, I would. But what about enjoying the time we have while we’re here and living healthier? Over the past century, human life expectancy has dramatically increased for a variety of reasons. Chief among these are our advances in sanitation, public health, nutrition and medicine that have reduced […]
The holidays are full of delicious and indulgent food and drinks. It’s hard to resist dreaming about cookies, specialty cakes, rich meats and super saucy side dishes. Lots of the healthy raw ingredients used in holiday foods can end up overshadowed by sugar and starch. While adding extra sugar may be tasty, it’s not necessarily […]
We already know that people over 50 dominate the real estate market, and that younger generations are finding it increasingly difficult to buy a home. Now comes further proof from the annual study of the National Association of Realtors. As reported here, the study found that the average age of homebuyers is now 56. That’s […]
Everyday physical activity, like going for a short walk or playing with the kids, may provide short-term benefits for cognitive health, equivalent to reversing four years of cognitive aging. That was a key finding for my colleagues and me in our new study, which was published in the journal Annals of Behavioral Medicine. Prior to […]
