Aging Well

Researchers found that both short and long sleep durations were linked to signs of accelerated aging across multiple organs.

Simple, consistent exercises that activate and contract the muscles can help improve circulation and lower blood pressure naturally.

Knee pain can limit your mobility. These gentle exercises improve flexibility and strength and can be done by most people.

New research suggests lactate, long dismissed as a workout waste product, may serve as an alternative brain fuel.

The classic warrior poses are powerful medicine for your body, helping you fight your way out of weakness and stiffness to reach your best health potential.

Exercise equipment doesn't have to be fancy. In fact, here are six excellent exercises that you can perform with nothing more complicated than a bath towel.

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Tight hips can be painful and rob you of both independence and quality of life. Let's get those hips moving.

The secret to longevity may not be slowing aging but preserving the right systems.

Moisturizers do little to help the skin, however, most skin aging can be significantly delayed.

Object-directed exercises and activities are big in the rehab world. Balls are a favorite tool.

Mondays are critical for exercising. Miss it, and you increase your likelihood of missing other days, too.

They are over 80, 90, and even 100, yet their minds are as sharp as those of people decades younger. Superagers challenge everything we assume about aging.

Even light exercise appears to synchronize brain regions involved in memory, helping explain why thinking can feel clearer after a workout.

Decline with aging may be a myth.

After painting a few walls, I realized many of the movements mirrored exercises used in the gym.

Forgetfulness, lapses in concentration, fatigue, and mood swings may be due to chronic brain inflammation.

Muscles need a constant diet of exercise.

Targeted tests and simple exercises may help uncover and address the true source of persistent pain.

Your simple staircase packs powerful exercise potential, and can work on both strengthening and endurance building.

Grandparents who provide part-time child care show slower cognitive decline and up to 24 percent lower dementia risk.

Some people aged 80 and older have memories that rival those of people 30 years younger.

Arms, after all, are made to move, not sit idle by our sides.

New research in more than 50,000 adults links thymus health to longevity and disease risk.

A 60,000-person study found that tiny daily changes to three key habits can add disease-free years to your life. 

Sore or injured joints don’t have to sideline you. Partial-range exercises help keep you moving and building strength, without pushing into pain.

Leaking urine with age—even when you sneeze, cough, or jump—is common, but it isn’t inevitable.