Attitudes about getting older can actually change the quality of your retirement, new research finds.

A large longitudinal study challenges the idea that aging inevitably brings decline, revealing that many older adults improve in key measures of physical and cognitive health.

Aging in later life is often portrayed as a steady slide toward physical and cognitive decline. But a new study by scientists ...

Having a positive outlook on aging may help keep you physically and psychologically younger. Source: Tommaso Lizzul/Shutterstock Betty Friedan famously said, "Aging is not lost youth but a new stage ...

If you buy into negative stereotypes about getting older, think again. You can always redefine yourself, and it's to your ...

A person's mindset towards aging may play a major role in how a person ages, a new study out of Yale University has revealed.

What is your outlook on aging? Do you welcome it with open arms or worry that you may not be able to continue doing the activities you currently enjoy? Many people have mixed feelings and it’s human ...

Q. I am a single woman approaching 60 years and aware of two different scenarios about aging. The first is that you slowly fall apart, a doom and gloom story. There is a lot written about that. There ...

Sure, you’ve embraced the ethos of mind over matter time and time again (after all, it’s 90 percent of being a woman). But mind over aging? According to a recent study in Psychoneuroendocrinology, ...

Having strong bonds with others may help you live longer. A new study, published in the journal Brain, Behavior and Immunity – Health, found that social relationships can actually slow cellular aging.