What better way to breathe life into aged care than with young children. That’s what intergenerational programs are starting to do in Australia. 

Chronic diseases, impaired mobility and diminished quality of life with aging seem inevitable to most.

Although health is core business for hospitals, junk food and soft drinks have long dominated kiosks and vending machines that line hospital foyers and corridors.

People have long thought that dementia is unavoidable if you carry risky genes. Now research is slowly but surely debunking this fateful thinking

While physical decline is an inevitable product of growing old, some people stay stronger and live longer than most. And they tend to cluster in certain regions of the world that have attracted the curiosity of researchers.

Some decline in cognitive faculties is inevitable in the twilight years. But several lifestyle factors can help mitigate waning acuity and increasing forgetfulness.

Advances in mapping the human genome have fostered understanding of our genomic blueprint and its influence on molecular processes, health and disease.

Addressing claims that nutrition supplements can enhance overall health and longevity, a recent review investigated their impact on heart health, stroke and mortality.

Twenty years ago, the term “sarcopenia” – Greek for “poverty of flesh” – was coined to describe the muscle wasting that occurs with aging.

Sparse but increasing evidence points to a delicate balance between weight loss and weight gain in aging.

Protein, an indispensable part of our diet, has multiple roles in the body – particularly in aging for growth, repair and maintaining muscle mass.

At a life stage of increasing frailty and dependence, older adults deserve to be treated with care and respect. A hallmark of a humane society.

Cannabis is popularly known for its mind-altering properties. But this controversial plant boasts abundant secret delights that are now (re)emerging following its prohibition.

Things are looking up for aged care. Nudging retirement and refusing to eat slop, baby boomers are spurring action.

Pill swallowing can be daunting. In fact, one survey revealed around 40% of adults who otherwise had no swallowing problems struggled with pills.

Cannabis, or marijuana, is the world’s most highly used illicit drug. But hemp – although it derives from the same species – will not cause giggle fits, big toenail fascination or insatiable pizza cravings.

People may be living longer, but quality of life tends to wane with aging. The burden of disease increases significantly after age 65.

Nature, in her infinite intelligence, has gifted us millions of different proteins that supply the music and instruments of the body’s orchestra.

Most of us long ago abandoned our childlike delight of playing with food. Watching rapturously as it flowed through our fork, kneading it into a ball, belligerently breaking it up and squishing it through our fingers.

Popeye devoured spinach to make his muscles strong. But his creators, like everyone else, were duped by a chemist’s miscalculation of this vegetable’s iron content.

Thinking of malnutrition tends to generate images of starving people in third world countries. But malnutrition is silently affecting aging people at home.