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Here’s a question to ponder during Healthy Aging Month: What is “old?” Statistically, the median age is 37.8, so when you pass that mark, you are older than 50% of

Some advice on getting older: Listen to what your pediatrician told you when you were a kid.

Healthy Aging Month, celebrated each September, is a time to focus attention on the positive aspects of growing older. 

Meet Flossie Lewis, a charming 91-year-old who’s crippled on the outside but feels 15 on the inside. 

UnitedHealthcare has been polling centenarians annually for the past nine years, and the studies document that the 100+ age group is overall happy, well adjusted and not burdened with regrets.

Olga Kotelko is off-the-charts amazing.  She took up track and field at age 77 and at age 94 she holds 26 world records including age-group bests in the high jump,