If you decide that you want to age in place, you need to assess whether your current home can be adapted to meet your needs as you age—here’s how. As people age, they’re faced with a choice between ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Jesse Pines is an expert in healthcare innovation and wellness. Biological age tests are one of the most talked-about tools in ...

Secondary aging refers to aging-related changes caused by environmental, lifestyle, and health factors rather than natural biological processes. Aging happens to everyone, but people do not age in the ...

When used correctly, they can help us unpick some of the mysteries of our biology, and our mortality. Be honest: Have you ever looked up someone from your childhood on social media with the sole ...

New science suggests there's plenty that actually gets better with age—if you let it. While aging is often framed negatively, researchers have uncovered surprising benefits. Above, members of a senior ...

In our modern society, aging tends to be something we ignore, and then try to avoid. Mainstream culture is geared toward the young, using the youth to gauge trends and styles, and targeting their ...

How old are you, really? People are flocking to so-called longevity clinics and buying tests online to find out their “biological age”—a metric that some scientists say could reveal how healthy a ...

Experts say gait speed, grip strength, balance, and endurance are some of the strongest predictors of long-term independence. Here’s how to check them yourself—and what the results mean. Balancing on ...