The Changing Ageing Partnership (CAP) has completed the largest ever review of research into children’s perceptions of ageing. For the first time, researchers from Queen’s University, on behalf of CAP, have brought together the findings of thousands of pieces of research projects conducted worldwide.

University of Washington scientists have uncovered details about the mechanisms through which dietary restriction slows the aging process. Working in yeast cells, the researchers have linked ribosomes, the protein-making factories in living cells, and Gcn4, a specialized protein that aids in the expression of genetic information, to the pathways related to dietary response and aging.

The program by the National Institute of Aging hopes that the smartphone technology should improve compliance with taking prescription drugs for the elderly and disease management.

Jamie Lee Curtis, shows off some skin in the May/June issue of AARP. Curtis who will soon turn 50, will soon become eligible to join the non-profit organization.

Scientists have identified a fusion protein that may contribute to Cockayne syndrome, a devastating disease characterized by developmental defects, neurodegeneration, severe wasting, and premature aging. The study is described in an article published March 21 in the open-access journal PLoS Genetics.

Social science plays an important part in all our lives. It shows that science is not just test tubes and technology but involves people and society too.

Oxygen, although essential for human life, can turn into an aggressive chemical that is outright toxic to important molecules inside our cells. This "oxidative stress" is associated with many diseases, such as Alzheimer's, heart disease and cancer, and has been suggested to be the culprit underlying aging.

Group Health seniors are not only sweating to the oldies in local health clubs. They are also keeping health care costs down, according to a study by researchers at Group Health and the University of Washington (UW). The study appears in the January 2008 issue of the journal Preventing Chronic Disease.

It seems that people have 54 percent chance to live up to and beyond the age 90. It also turns that while some things are genetic, there are other things that we can do to live longer, according to the research published in Archives Of Internal Medicine.

Individuals who are physically active during their leisure time appear to be biologically younger than those with sedentary lifestyles, according to a report in the January 28 issue of Archives of Internal Medicine, one of the JAMA/Archives journals.

Changing demographic trends will impact the future of international relations, according to the latest issue of Public Policy & Aging Report (PP&AR). Several hotbed areas in the world that offer the motive and opportunity for political violence are due to stabilize by the year 2030.

Fresh from taking first place in the Master's Super Heavyweight Division in the First World No Gi Championships, fast-rising Brazilian Jiu Jitsu fighter Jory Malone takes some time to talk about his conditioning, his teaching, and his favorite new super-anabolic protein snack, the Supreme Protein bar.