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Sleep wrinkles are temporary. But as your skin loses its elasticity as you age, they can set in. Here’s how to minimise them forming.
Young people are losing their advantage when it comes to IQ.
It turns out that, although such measurements are important, waist circumference and ratio to height are not the whole story when it comes to your risk of disease and death.
Lives that matter: new novels by Trish Bolton and Graeme Nash defy the stereotypes of older women in fiction.
There are ways to incorporate strength-training components into walking to improve your muscle strength and balance.
Rather than bold reforms that will safeguard Australians’ aged care services into the future, the taskforce largely recommends tidying up and keeping the status quo. And getting users to pay more.
From conscientious objectors to hippies and seniors, intentional communities offer refuge and purpose for people seeking a different way of life.
Increasing life expectancy and falling birthrates means many of us may have to keep working until beyond 71 years of age.
A one-off trip to a day spa is unlikely to transform your mental health. But these expert tips might help you cut yourself some slack.
By 2050, 25% of the UK population will be over 65, yet only 9% of the country’s current homes meet basic accessibility standards.
Understanding how the ageing of sperm works in other animals is more important than ever as human male fertility is in decline.
Nearly half of South Africa’s 60 million people receive social grants. Health experts say they improve cognitive health among the elderly.
Agincourt, the University of the Witwatersrand’s rural research centre 500km from Johannesburg, has documented the lives of 120,000 people over decades.
Anxiety about ageing is also often a fear of the future.
In general, an ageing population puts added pressure on the working-age population to be more productive – just to maintain total output – amid growing fiscal constraints.
Regular sunscreen use over many years is shown to be effective at preventing skin damage, photoaging and skin cancers.
Animals that hibernate live longer, so could hold clues on how to slow down ageing.
Trends of global power tensions, open war, democratic decline and extreme job market fluctuations are likely to continue in 2024
Doing two things at the same time isn’t always as productive, healthy or safe as focusing on one thing at a time.
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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