Aging

Medical students who spend a year with seniors rethink aging, Jerusalem study finds

Ageism is prejudice directed toward someone based on their age, particularly older people, and it persists among clinicians and medical students, undermining empathy and care quality.

PROF. NAAMA CONSTANTINI
Comparison of two brain diagrams. Left, normal brain, right, brain of a person with Alzheimer's disease.

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

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


65 plus? Routine tests are conducted - and diseases are detected in time

Screening tests for those 65 and older are vital for early disease detection. Get ahead of potential health issues and prioritize your well-being.


Happy life after age 40: Three successful women reveal everything

Realizing the mistakes they made when they were young, thanking the family for the good and the bad and looking forward without fear - the women's movement that changes reality.


The Menopause Diaries part V: The menopause doctor

Andrea Samuels tackles the medical realities many women face upon entering menopause.

 Pablo Picasso’s ‘Femme assise’ (Melancholy Woman), 1902-1903.

Hebrew University research paves way for future type 1 diabetes treatment

The findings on beta cells shed light on the potential role of aging beta cells in immune regulation and their relevance to autoimmune reactions in type- 1 diabetes.

 Adult pancreatic islets marking senescent beta cells

Exploring the unspoken: Male menopause and the taboo around It

It’s time to eliminate the stigma about male menopause by encouraging men to speak openly about what it is, the writer argues.

 BEN’S SYMPTOMS included hot flashes.

The dorsal side of your hand, shows aging signs, new study finds

Since visual estimation can be highly inaccurate, the indisputable importance of these markers is explained by their great practical value as a target for the cosmetology and cosmetics industry.

 Haut.AI publishes pioneering research: Predicting age with hand images achieves accuracy on par with facial photo.

Perceived age number: How old do you feel you are?

Whether you feel older than your stated age or younger, it is important to ask yourself what factors you took into account when answering the question.

 APPRECIATE THE beauty of each day: Buttercup field, April 1.

World’s oldest man dies at 114, 2 months short of 115

Juan Vicente Perez Mora, born in 1909, passed away on Tuesday.

 Elderly couple, illustrative

Impressive resilience seen among older Israelis amid war times despite dwindling resources - study

The study was led by researchers at Bar-Ilan University and conducted in collaboration with Prof. Yuval Palgi of the University of Haifa’s gerontology department.

Elderly Israelis sit in a designated protected space in a senior citizens home in Jerusalem, June 2, 2009, as a siren is sounded during a nationwide civil defense drill simulating a rocket attack.

The menopause diaries part 2: HRT - comment

Although every drug carries the risk of side effects, I have done some rudimentary research, so I’m convinced that I’m fine to take it. 

 An illustrative image of a medicine bottle, with several pills spilling out.