Wellness

The world’s average life expectancy, estimated to be around 73 years in 2024, has been increasing steadily, up from 66 years in the year 2000. However, some countries stand out for their exceptional longevity.

For a long time, Okinawa prefecture has maintained the world’s longest life expectancy, but with the Westernisation of food, that ranking has dropped, and now the number of people suffering from lifestyle-related diseases is increasing

Older adults may worry about their memory and other thinking abilities, such as taking longer to learn something new. These changes are usually signs of mild forgetfulness — or age-related forgetfulness — and are often a normal part of aging.

Initiative will provide a better understanding of the root causes to end the diet-related chronic disease crisis.

Alzheimer’s disease is a brain disorder that slowly destroys memory and thinking skills and, eventually, the ability to carry out the simplest tasks. People with Alzheimer’s also experience changes in behavior and personality.

In a world of technologically-driven longevity clinics with their increasingly sophisticated imaging scans, some of which can cost tens of thousands of dollars, it turns out that one of the best assessments of muscle strength and quality is to simply sit in a chair and squeeze a tennis ball.

More research is needed to understand how different components of sleep affect cardiometabolic health and the interventions that may optimize sleep health, according to a new American Heart Association scientific statement

Millions of older adults will lack the support they need to safely age at home unless new strategies are developed and policies are changed to retain and recruit caregivers.

“With aging, you start losing muscle mass, muscle strength, and have some limitations with your activities,” says Dr. Rosaly Correa-de-Araujo, an aging expert at NIH.

Turns out they might be even better for your gut health than we realized—here’s why.