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Is Exercising Outdoors Good For Your Longevity?

Regular exercise and being outdoors have both been shown to improve health and well being, so why not give your longevity a boost by taking your workout outside?

Calorie Requirements for Older People

As people age, their calorie requirements may change because of shifting body composition and activity levels. Find out how much you should be eating as you get older.

Vitamin A and Aging Skin

Vitamin A products, including retinol and Retin-A, have been called the "gold standard" of anti-aging skin care. Find out what they are, and what they do for your aging skin.

Keep Your Teeth White, and Looking Younger

Find out how to keep your teeth white, while eating many healthy foods like red wine, dark chocolate, and berries, which can stain teeth and make you look older.

Aging Teeth

Find out how aging can affect your teeth.

Fiber Intake and Longevity

Research suggests that eating a high-fiber diet, especially with fiber from whole grains, can help you live longer.

How Your Body Shape Changes With Age

Age, hormonal changes, and shifts in fat distribution can all cause our bodies to change shape over time. Find out how you can keep your body healthy, and looking younger.

Minimum Exercise for a Longer Life

Standard physical activity recommendations for health are to exercise at a moderate intensity for 30 minutes, 5 times a week. But what amount of exercise really makes a difference to how long you live? Find out the minimum you need to do to increase your lifespan.

Chocolate and Body Mass Index

New research suggests chocolate may help you stay slim, despite its high fat and sugar content.

Skin Tags

Skin tags are unsightly growths on skin that occur more commonly with age. Find out what they are and what you can do about them.

Are Pillboxes for Multiple Medications Safe?

Find out why pillboxes and blister packs may not be as used as they are intended, by older adults.

Use Pillboxes and Blister Packs Safely

While pillboxes and blister packs offer convenience, they are not always used safely by older people trying to manage multiple medications. Find out what the experts advise on how to keep prescription tablets and capsules straight.

How to Get More Fiber in Your Diet

Eating more dietary fiber has been found to help people live longer by avoiding cardiovascular disease, infectious diseases and some cancers. Find out which foods will give you the fiber boost you need for longevity.

White Noise and Sound Sleep

Find out how white noise machines may help promote deeper, and longer, sleep as you age.

Understanding the Aging Process

Understand the theories of how and why your body ages, and what changes you can expect to see in your bodily systems as you age.

Anti-Aging Diet

Understand how following a plant-based food plan like the Mediterranean Diet can help you live a longer, healthier life with fewer chronic or life-threatening conditions like heart disease and cancer.

Hemp Seeds and Health

Hemp seeds have not been studied extensively, but may offer benefits to treat or prevent cardiovascular disease, hypertension, inflammation, and even cancer.

Launching a Longitudinal Study

Launching a long-term longitudinal study on aging requires huge resources in time and money. Find out how scientists behind the 20-year Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging are putting the project in place.

Sinus Infections in Older People

Sinus infections may become more common as you age because of changing physiology in the nose. Find out why antibiotics are probably not the solution.

Cortisol and Longevity

Find out how the stress hormone cortisol can affect your longevity.

Robotic Animal Therapy for Dementia Patients

Find out how robotic animals are being used successfully in nursing homes, to alleviate depression and loneliness among patients with dementia.

Pets and Longevity

People rely on their pets for love, companionship and affection. But do pets help people live longer? Find out the surprising answer in this review of animals and longevity.

The Healthiest Chocolate

Find out how eating unprocessed, natural cocoa seems to keep blood pressure low, according to research on the Kuna Indians of Panama.

Chocolate's Healthy History

Modern research suggests chocolate may benefit heart health, but cocoa enjoys a rich history of use as medicine, in cultures dating back thousands of years. Find out how cocoa and chocolate were used to treat everything from syphilis to digestion.

Resolve to Live Longer and Well

Find out which one resolution may be most effective in helping you live longer.