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On a biological level, ageing is the result of the build-up of cellular and molecular damage in the body over time. The ...

As people grow older, their risk of developing heart disease increases, and one of the biggest risk factors is obesity. Being ...

Renee Zellweger has fiercely defended her movie heroine Bridget Jones ahead of the release of the fourth Bridget movie - Mad ...

Older adults who didn't have enough savings to cover emergency expenses during the early months of the COVID-19 pandemic faced another surprising problem: higher levels of loneliness.

A new study suggests that older people with higher levels of triglycerides, a type of fat found in the blood, may have a ...

Centenarian similarities Living to be 100 requires a fair amount of luck, it’s true. But people who make it past the century mark also share some healthy habits that we could all benefit from. Here’s ...

More than 150,000 people in the UK have MS, a devastating chronic immune disease that can cause problems with sight, writing, ...

Three-quarters (73%) of adults age 50 and older are more likely to support movies or TV that include characters similar to them in age and life experiences, according to new research from AARP. The ...

"The increasing prevalence of cardiovascular conditions in younger people has many factors. Key contributors include obesity, ...

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Want to live longer? A new groundbreaking study reveals what to focus on for a healthy, long life and it is not weight loss.