It’s Olympics time right now, and incredibly fit and chiseled young athletes are all over the TV. But these millennial athletes are not the only ones competing to win. The CBS Sunday Morning show recently featured several athletes over the age of 90 who are still active athletic competitors and…

Good morning and welcome to agebuzz… Headlining today’s topics:   -Stop, In The Name Of Love: When To Be Concerned About Senior Driving -Too Many,Too Few: China Faces The Biggest Aging Crisis Ever -Action Hero: How To Combat The Risks Of Too Much Inactivity -Food Fight: These Four Foods May…

Josephine Sittenfeld and Thad Russell are not unlike many other young couples: rejoicing in the birth of their new children while also struggling with the demands of caring for aging parents. What’s unusual in their case is that both are professional photographers and on the faculty of the renowned Rhode…

In the current political climate, there’s lots of debate about America’s place in the world.  But by one measure, there’s really no debate: The US lags well behind other industrialized nations on the measure of life expectancy. Residents of countries including Spain, Italy, Japan and the UK all live longer…

You often read about the anti-aging properties of many foods and nutrients. But did you know that there are specific groups of foods considered to have the opposite effect? According to Dr. Erika Schwartz, a leading medical practitioner of preventive medicine, there are four specific groups of food to avoid…

There’s no getting around it: Between sitting at the computer, watching TV or just our sedentary ways, physical inactivity has created an enormous public health problem worldwide. To combat this ever worsening trend, researchers have been trying to figure out what’s the minimum threshold of activity needed to reduce or…