Browsing: age

Individuals bear at least 80% of the responsibility for their ill health in old age, according to a report aimed at challenging the belief that physical…

Jerome Powell, who stepped down this week as chair of the Federal Reserve, had his hits and misses. The Fed was late to react as prices…

By most standards, Prof Velandai Srikanth is at the peak of his career. He is the director of the National Centre for Healthy Ageing; his decades…

Jane Ghosh asks why the NHS’s routine screening for bowel and breast cancer has upper age limits (Letters, 28 April). Screening – testing because of risk,…

Every day we’re faced with a zillion small choices: Go to sleep early, or watch one more episode of that Netflix drama. Call an old friend…

I was a newcomer, negotiating all of the usual classroom difficulties for the first time. Throwing AI into the mix felt like downing a coffee in…

There’s bad news for me and my fellow Eeyores (there always is): a positive mindset could help you age better. Research led by Prof Becca Levy…

We are living in an age of anxiety. A 2023 survey by the Mental Health Foundation found that one in five people in the UK experience…

Lea Pao, a professor of literature at Stanford University, has been experimenting with ways to get her students to learn offline. She has them memorize poems,…

March 5, 20262 min read Add Us On GoogleAdd SciAmIs the key to better aging all in our mind?Many older adults improve their physical and cognitive…