Neuroscientist Emily Rogalski studies superagers – people in their 80s or 90s with unusually keen memories, whose lifestyles ...

In “Gerontocracy in America,” the historian Samuel Moyn argues that the central conflict of our era is between the young and ...

Scientists have determined that nobody, not even a centenarian, dies of old age. The traditional view is that ‘old age’ is a cause of death; that as a person gets older, their systems gradually ...

Jennifer Motiff: Hi. I am 60 years old. Toscan Lahy: Most people think I’m 45, 50, but I’m actually going to be 63. Marla Mclean: And I am 60-wonderful years old. That’s 61. Brennan: Yasmin, over the ...

For Paula Span, a columnist for The Times’s Health section, the subject of aging doesn’t age. By Josh Ocampo For about 15 years, Paula Span has dedicated much of her journalism career to covering one ...

Once we enter midlife, it seems everywhere we look there are signs pointing to the future. Advice about retirement strategies, property and housing, superannuation (if we’re lucky enough to have it), ...

As the New Year festivities fade, each January reminds us of the passage of time. There is a tendency to look back with regret at roads not taken, and perhaps even despair at what the future holds.

Dear Miss Manners: Do you have a suitable answer to those who say to me, an older woman, “You must have been attractive when you were young,” or after looking at an earlier photo, “Is that you?” I ...