Portrait of an Old Woman, 1880 Girolamo Nerli (1860-1926). Public domain The term 'old age' (as in the painting's title, above) is not much in use these days. There are euphemisms for old age. Elderly.

I remember the first time I heard the Queen song, 'who wants to live forever'. You may well remember it as being from the epic 80's Christopher Lambert movie 'Highlander'. Not the best picture, but the

[The stages of human life, the 16th century.](Author: English school - Public domain, Link) Each person can have a different interest in life. And in most people live their lives to the end actively and

Source Since it's Sunday, let's look into some interesting data that's simple to digest but could lead to interesting interpretations. Sometimes when I first learn about a topic or subject, I start with

Schoenhofen and colleagues (2006) did a case series in which they sought to report phenotypic characteristics of 32 super-centenarians - people who are 110 years old or older. These subjects were between

I think I need a change...or better yet, an improvement. I have been a residential care aide for seniors for the past 10 years and I just realized that with the amount of senior citizens that will require

Aging is a puzzle to solve. This process is traditionally studied in a couple of biological models like fruit flies, worms and mice. What all these species have in common is their fast aging. This is excellent