Aging

'Aging in Wellness and Adversity': Embracing patients coping with old age, dementia - book review

Abramowitz founded and directed the Melabev organization, initially a place where volunteers worked with dementia patients whose families wanted to keep their loved ones out of institutions.

Comparison of two brain diagrams. Left, normal brain, right, brain of a person with Alzheimer's disease.
Hebrew University of Jerusalem

New Israeli, US research shows that learning doesn't have to slow down because of human aging

Tech It Forward’s Jennifer Elias (L) and Jessica Rosner.

Start-ups in Jerusalem: Longevity firms bloom in Israel’s ancient capital

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Aging is not fate - it’s how you live


Playing and listening to music can slow cognitive decline in parts of the brain, study shows

These results open new prospects for the support of healthy aging.

 STRING THEORY is a platform that takes classical music and makes it more accessible to a different audience.

'Ageing in Medieval Jewish Culture': Embracing or fearing old age - review

Russ-Fishbane takes an interdisciplinary approach, analyzing poetry, legal documents, works of Halacha (Jewish law), and philosophical treatises.

 A RETIREMENT home resident. In earlier times, elderly persons often lived with their children.

Futurist predicts humans will be immortal, identical to AI by 2045

Former Google engineer Ray Kurzweil believes that humanity is moving toward a singularity in which tech will be advanced enough to create humanlike AI.

Artificial intelligence (Ilustrative)

Inability to walk and talk at same time can point to dementia - study

The shrinking of the frontal lobe and the hippocampus and the slowing down of chemical signals in the brain as people get older hamper multitasking.

 The brain (illustrative).

Plastic surgeon warns: This type of exercise leads to wrinkles

Fitness and exercise are known to improve our overall health and appearance. Yet, is there a chance that one activity will make us look older?

 Running

Physiotherapist presents 4 exercises to help you age gracefully

A physiotherapist became an instant Internet influencer with these four simple things you need to do to age gracefully.

 Standing on one leg (Illustrative).

‘Making later greater’ - maximizing aging potential

AssuredAllies features in the New Era Podcast Series.

 SUREDALLIES FOUNDERS Afik Gal (L) and Roee Nahir

The Secret to Successful Aging

Episode #2 of No Limits, the Jerusalem Post-New Era Capital Partners Podcast.

 Roee Nahir and Afik Gal, co-founders of Assured Allies

China to raise retirement age to deal with aging population

China's retirement age is among the lowest in the world at 60 for men, 55 for white-collar women and 50 for women who work in factories.

 Workers unload coal at a storage site along a railway station in Hefei, Anhui province in China, October 27, 2009.

Why do many people start running when they reach the age of 40?

Fitness trainer Omer Rosenberg noticed that when people turn 40, they suddenly get a desire to get in shape or start running. Why does this happen?

  Runners at the Jerusalem Marathon 2022, March 25, 2022.