Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Close up showing the eyes of a young child and an elderly person, with their faces pressed side to side The passage of time may be ...

Researchers from Brown University and the University of Rochester will lead a multi-institution project to test whether reducing DNA-triggered inflammation can help older adults stay healthier for ...

Written in understandable language, this book describes the ways in which our body changes with age and outlines some practical ways to counter many of these changes. It begins by discussing the aging ...

Stop the clock on muscle loss and metabolic decline with a targeted resistance strategy designed for midlife ...

If you’ve been wondering why your body started feeling different after hitting the big 5-0, science finally has some answers. Groundbreaking research reveals that age 50 isn’t just a psychological ...

Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) are persistent in the environment. They are found in drinking water, soil, and animal tissues.

Past studies show that human aging doesn’t necessarily happen at the same pace throughout our life. There is still much to discover about the aging process, especially when it comes to how it impacts ...

Life runs on information. In living systems, that information takes two main forms: the genome and the epigenome. The genome stays mostly stable. The epigenome, however, constantly shifts, shaped by ...

We can’t all stay young forever – or even all that long. Scientists at the Chinese Academy of Sciences created a new study that revealed when the body truly starts aging and when an “inflection point” ...

Restricting how much you eat without starving has been shown to robustly extend lifespan in more than 20 species of animals including primates. How this works is still unclear. In a new study ...

New Stanford research reveals that humans age in two dramatic molecular bursts during their mid-40s and early 60s.

Kidney aging rarely draws attention until something goes wrong. Over time, these organs quietly lose strength, filter less efficiently, and struggle to keep the body balanced.