"Wear and tear in exchange for experience and wisdom" is my mother's reasoned thinking about the physical changes that accompany aging.

A fact of life is the unfavorable change in hearing that accompanies aging.

Free-radical damage is thought to be an important contributor to the bodywide deterioration that accompanies aging.

It counters the loss of muscle tissue and the increase in body fat that accompanies aging.

Here's a look at the types of pain that sometimes accompany aging - and what to do about it.

Teaching people memorization strategies that can encourage the brain to work more effectively may help reduce the memory loss that often accompanies aging, researchers say.

A shortage of calcium might also contribute to the rise in blood pressure that commonly accompanies aging.

That is largely due to the increases in body fat that accompany aging.

At the same time, the health care industry's ability to treat afflictions that accompany aging has improved because of advances in technology.

Often conditions that accompany normal aging may affect bones and joints in ways that cause chronic pain.