A Joy To Behold: Why Your “Joyspan” Is As Important As Your Lifespan
August 20, 2025
No doubt you’ve heard about the array of efforts underway by both serious scientists and serial entrepreneurs to extend the length of life well beyond current human boundaries. And you’ve also likely read, in both agebuzz and elsewhere, about efforts to extend your “healthspan” along with your life span: that…
Resistant And Resilient: What Have We Learned From The Brains Of SuperAgers?
August 13, 2025
For the past 25 years, researchers at the Feinberg School of Medicine at Northwestern University have been studying a group of extraordinary older adults called SuperAgers. These are individuals aged 80 and above with memories as sharp as those decades younger than them. They’ve been thoroughly tested for their cognitive…
Stressed And Tense: How Are You Currently Coping?
April 16, 2025
If the world has you feeling tense and stressed these days, then April is your month, as April has been declared Stress Awareness Month! While some of us these days are likely in a perpetual state of stress, so that the anxious, tense feelings we experience seem “normal,” a chronic…
Frail and Fragile: What Frailty Signals About The Way You’re Aging
November 20, 2024
You’ve likely known someone in your life, perhaps a loved one or friend, who seems “diminished” by age: perhaps they are slowing down, appear more fatigued, spend more and more time sitting, or are walking more slowly than they previously did. They may even need a helping hand to get…
Dealing With Disability While Aging: An Interview With Disability Advocate Dr. Katherine Schneider
October 16, 2024
While agebuzz has never shied away from addressing the challenges you may confront as an aging adult, we have not, to date, sufficiently addressed the issue of disability and how it may affect your aging experience, either as a person with disabilities who is getting older or as an older…
The Upside: Positive Aging Is Possible And Important Even In The Face Of Challenges
June 26, 2024
There are many reasons why at this time in your life, it might be hard to have a positive outlook on aging. We all face challenges as we get older, whether it’s due to our physical health, the health or well-being of loved ones, or such matters as finances, employment,…