For the first time, people aged 50–59 years make up the highest proportion of unintentional drug overdose deaths. But these aren’t just from illicit drugs.
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Singing together can revive memories and create social connection.
Growing old isn’t always easy. But new research suggests staying curious and social may help you age well.
Two people of the same age can age very differently. Frailty helps explain why, and what can be done to reduce risk.
Visiting galleries might enrich your life, but the evidence that it slows your ageing is less certain than recent headlines suggest.
Long wait lists are the latest symptom of the aged care crisis. But this issue seems to be anything but a political priority.
There’s a difference between using a tool to assist you, and using one to replace cognitive effort.
This latest trend borrows from lifestyle medicine research which shows these practices can add life to your years.
Best known as a type 2 diabetes treatment, metformin is also being investigated for its possible effects on PCOS and ageing.
A major new study offers a complicated, but hopeful, answer this question.
Some knee injections for osteoarthritis promise to repair or regenerate the joint. Others claim to decrease pain and make it easier to move.
We need our joints to do everything from lifting groceries to climbing stairs. A physiotherapist explains how we can protect them, particularly as we age.
Sleep changes are a normal sign of ageing, but they can sometimes be an early symptom of neurodegenerative disease.
It’s not so much about older people losing their sense of humour, as about changes in how they can use and enjoy it.
Parkinson’s disease doesn’t only mean a tremor and falls. It can cause insomnia, memory issues and impulsive behaviour. And it affects men and women differently.
The people in our lives can protect our health – but new research suggests that those who consistently cause us stress may actually be ageing us faster.
Some elderly people have the memory of someone 30 or 40 years younger.
Half of older adults surveyed faced adversity after 60, with abuse and isolation linked to worse physical and mental health.
Your mind goes blank in the supermarket. What was it you meant to buy? Here’s what’s going on in your brain and when you need to see your GP.
Forgetting why you walked into a room isn’t a sign of cognitive decline. It’s your brain doing exactly what it evolved to do.
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Professor of Biogerontology, University of Brighton
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PhD student, University of Buckingham
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Emeritus Professor, University of New England
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NHMRC Senior Lecturer, School of Medical Sciences, UNSW
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Professor: Health and Population Division, School of Public Health, University of the Witwatersrand
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Reader in Ageing Physiology, University of Westminster
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Associate Professor, Epidemiology, Deakin University
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Associate Professor of Psychology, Adelaide University
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Honorary associate professor of economy and society, Macquarie University
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Associate Professor in Criminology, The University of Melbourne
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Chair of Molecular Biogerontology, University of Birmingham
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Senior Research Associate, International Centre for Future Health Systems, UNSW, UNSW
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Reader in Molecular Genetics of Ageing, University of Essex
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Senior Research Fellow, University of Edinburgh
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Adjunct Associate Professor, Australian Research Centre for Sex, Health & Society, La Trobe University