Tag: Aging
Longer naps in the day may be an early sign of...
Yue Leng, University of California, San Francisco
Doctors often recommend “power naps” as a way to compensate for a...
Older Americans are given the wrong idea about online safety –...
Nora McDonald, University of Cincinnati and Helena M. Mentis, University of Maryland, Baltimore County
Recently, the U.S. Social Security...
50-year-old muscles just can’t grow big like they used to –...
Roger Fielding, Tufts University
There is perhaps no better way to see the absolute pinnacle of human athletic abilities...
Home for the holidays and worried about an older relative? Make...
Laurie Archbald-Pannone, University of Virginia
With the second holiday season of the pandemic upon us, many people will have...
Preliminary research finds that even mild cases of COVID-19 leave a...
Jessica Bernard, Texas A&M University
With more than 18 months of the pandemic in the rearview mirror, researchers have...
The maximum human life span will likely increase this century, but...
Michael Pearce, University of Washington and Adrian Raftery, University of Washington
When Jeanne Calment of France died in 1997...
4 ways that volunteering can be good for you
Jennifer A. Jones, University of Florida
More than 77 million Americans volunteer a total of 6.9 billion hours a...
Air pollution may contribute to Alzheimer’s and dementia risk – here’s...
Jiu-Chiuan Chen, University of Southern California
Alzheimer’s disease is the most common cause of dementia. It slowly destroys memory, thinking and behaviors, and eventually the...
EXPLORING NATURE
3 years after abortion rights were overturned, contraception access is at risk
Cynthia H. Chuang, Penn State and Carol S. Weisman, Penn State
On June 24, 2022, the U.S. Supreme Court...
