Isabel Coixet’s Elegy is a movie for old men, made by a relatively young Frenchwoman. It’s also a rainy afternoon movie, and it’s quite likely to annoy women of all ages, no matter what the weather.

Growing old in the Middle Ages came with challenges we can barely imagine today. In this video, we explore what aging looked like in a world without modern medicine, where physical decline could mean ...

As we grow older, there are many things we hold close to our hearts. We've seen the world in all its shades and colors and ...

This is not a review of the research literature on aging. It’s a report of one aging person about the experience of growing older. Often, elderly people don’t want to discuss the intimate details of ...

In my career, I had the privilege of meeting thousands of Elders and their families. I met the good, the bad and — let’s just say — grumpy. I learned early on from the curmudgeons that I did not want ...

Michael Gurven's new book takes a look at the evolution of human longevity and tries to dispel common misconceptions about aging. Reading time 6 minutes Aging is inevitable, but it hasn’t always ...

Growing old is often assumed to mean growing weak. But what if frailty in old age was avoidable — a clinical syndrome that could be measured, managed, and, in some cases reversed? “Ageing should not ...