(Liz Braun/ Toronto Sun) — As you age, Fido can help keep you sharp.

New research from the University of Michigan has found that long-time pet owners in their mid-60s had higher cognitive scores than people of the same age group without pets.

For the Health and Retirement Study, “long-term” meant longer than five years.

“Prior  …

(Judith Graham/ Daily Breeze) — Earlier this year, the World Health Organization announced a global campaign to combat ageism — discrimination against older adults that is pervasive and harmful, but often unrecognized.

“We must change the narrative around age and ageing” and “adopt strategies to counter” ageist attitudes  …

(Tracey Romero/ The Philly Voice) — Though men do not undergo the dramatic drop in sexual hormones that women experience during menopause, they do go through a natural hormone decline, and it can have some surprising effects on their health.

Hypogonadism is when the sex glands — the testes in men and the ovaries in   …