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Aging Gracefully

Time will tell if aging is optional
If scientists could save time in a bottle, lots of folks would buy a case.

Search for youth putting wrinkle in wallet
Americans' search for a fountain of youth may be as elusive as Ponce de Leon's, but that doesn't stop them from spending billions of dollars in determined pursuit.

Attitude biggest obstacle to late-life fulfillment
"Beauty is truth, truth beauty," John Keats wrote almost two centuries ago. Today, he'd probably say that beauty is youth.

Researchers seeking the roots of aging
An aging body is like an old car. From the outside, its age is obvious. Gray hair and wrinkled skin are as much signs of years gone by as rust and chipped paint.

Anti-aging specialty a controversial restoration effort
Depending on who's doing the talking, "anti-aging medicine" offers either the picture of health or the picture of Dorian Gray.

Physical fitness, diet may help brain drain
You can't tell all of aging's effects by looking in the mirror. Brain shrinkage, for example, is one of the age-related changes in the brain that researchers have recently discovered.

Aging gracefully calls for early start
Eat your vegetables. Get a good night's sleep. Go out and play.