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AMERICANALMANAC (Ken Jacobs) - Shania Twain, 60, refuses to apologize for aging: 'My body is not shameable'

Country icon Shania Twain told People magazine she has moved past the body-image struggles that dogged her through menopause, a straightforward message worth hearing in a culture that punishes women for getting older. Twain, now 60 and promoting her seventh studio album, "Little Miss Twain," laid out her evolution in blunt terms. She described years […] The post Shania Twain, 60, refuses to apologize for aging: 'My body is not shameable' appeared first on American Almanac .

Country icon Shania Twain told People magazine she has moved past the body-image struggles that dogged her through menopause, a straightforward message worth hearing in a culture that punishes women for getting older. Twain, now 60 and promoting her seventh studio album, "Little Miss Twain," laid out her evolution in blunt terms. She described years of avoiding mirrors, fighting unexplained bloating, and adjusting to a body that no longer matched the image she'd built a career on, then arriving at a place where none of it controls her anymore. In the interview published July 30 , Twain did not dress up the difficulty or pretend the road was easy. She just said she came out the other side. From Las Vegas stages to being carried off one …Open

NYTIMES (Dana G. Smith) - 9 Things Experts Wish You’d Do in Midlife to Increase Longevity

How you care for yourself at this life stage matters a lot for your later years.

NYTIMES (K. R. Callaway) - Can This New Enzyme Turn Back the Clock in Bodily Tissues?

In a recent study, scientists devised a way of reversing the buildup of compounds that lead to some age-related diseases.

NYTIMES (Dana G. Smith and Pam Belluck) - Alzheimer’s Blood Tests Offer New Promise to Diagnose and Predict the Disease

New studies are shedding light on how the tests could eventually transform treatment.

NYTIMES (Alena Cerro) - ‘Sully,’ ‘Miracle on the Hudson’ Pilot, Announces Alzheimer’s Diagnosis

Captain Sullenberger, who is known as Sully, said that the disease was in its early stages, and that he was “in the beginning of this long journey.”

NYTIMES (Billy Brennan) - The Strange Phenomenon of ‘Terminal Lucidity’

As they near death, some dementia patients recover mental faculties assumed to be long lost. Researchers want to know why.

NPR (Ashley Milne-Tyte) - 'Solo agers' are a growing group. Changes that would help them could help everyone

Many older adults navigate aging on their own — without children or a spouse. An expert says this is "a reality to be supported" rather than a crisis to be solved.