A degree of deterioration of the mind and body as we reach old age is part and parcel of life, but it may not be a linear trajectory from the vigour of youth to the decrepitude of antiquity, with new research indicating mental and physical declines can still be reversed in people over 65.
The secret elixir, according to researchers at the University of Yale, is "mindset" around the issue of getting older, which led the team to call for the need to "redefine ageing" to change society's expectations of later life.
