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Plenty of jokes have been made about aging. But it can also have some negative implications, says Becca Levy, a professor and researcher at Yale School of Public Health, who studies the psychology of aging.
Just shifting how you think about aging can have as much impact on how long you live as diet and exercise, says YSPH Professor Becca Levy.
By the end of this decade, 10.8 million Californians — or one-quarter of the state’s population — will be over 60 years old. That could change the way the state prepares for rising temperatures. YSPH Associate Professor Kai Chen discusses his latest research.
Becca Levy, professor of epidemiology at the Yale School of Public Health, has done seminal work on the role of attitude towards aging and its impact on longevity. Dr. Levy's work is referenced in this LA Daily News article.
Negative early life experiences, such as attending segregated schools, contribute significantly to cognitive decline and cognition disparities between older Black and white Americans, according to a new study led by researchers at the Yale School of Public Health.
A study by Becca Levy, PhD, professor of public health (social and behavioral sciences) and psychology, was referenced in a Washington Post story about better aging.
A Yale-led study finds that older adults who had contact with young children daily or every few days were six times more likely to carry the bacteria that causes pneumonia than older adults who had no contact with children.
Population aging constitutes a crucial driver for future heat- and cold-related deaths.
A new Yale study is the first to describe the short- and longer-term risk of hospital readmission for older persons who have had major surgery.
For the past five years, Yale School of Public Health Associate Professor Joan K. Monin has worked with LiveWell’s Empowering Partnerships Network (EPN) to bring YSPH students and postdocs together with people living with dementia to better understand their needs and advance research.
Miami University began Opening Minds Through Art, a program designed to foster intergenerational understanding, in 2007 and introduced an online version in 2022. Featuring YSM's Dr. Becca Levy.
The way we look at our own aging predicts what our future holds, as Becca Levy, a professor of public health at Yale, writes in her recent book, “Breaking the Age Code.”
Some greeting card makers want to banish ‘ageist’ messages—but humor defenders say teasing adds to the charm. A study by YSPH Professor Becca Levy found that “older individuals with more positive self-perceptions of aging, measured up to 23 years earlier, lived 7.5 years longer than those with less positive self-perceptions of aging.”
How internalizing outside ageism messages can be bad for your health and longevity. YSPH Professor Becca Levy is featured.
Yale School of Public Health Associate Professor Joan K. Monin discusses her research on caregiving relationships and health with WPKN's Chuck Wolfe.
The recent deaths of several high-profile people in their 90's, including Rosalynn Carter and Charlie Munger, raises new discussions about what it may take to live longer. One suggestion is based on YSPH Professor Becca Levy's research into the impact positive aging beliefs have on health and longevity.
Aging is a major risk factor for most chronic conditions, evidence shows, yet much of current research focuses on addressing specific diseases. The new Translational Geroscience Initiative at Yale School of Medicine (YSM) seeks to change that approach by studying the effects of aging on various ailments.
People who think positively about getting older often live longer, healthier lives. Here is how to reconsider your perspective.
Residential proximity to oil and gas wells has been increasingly recognized to threaten the health and environmental quality of nearby communities.
A new study led by researchers with the Yale School of Public Health’s Department of Environmental Health Sciences and Imperial College London used network machine learning algorithms to identify chemical compounds in extra virgin olive oil (EVOO) that could aid in the prevention and treatment of Alzheimer’s disease.