Harvard researchers find a new compound that can make old cells young again
Aging
Gene Identified That Helps Old Tissue Heal Like New in Mice
Wouldn’t it be nice to keep young tissues’ ability to repair wounds and bound back after injury?
What Your Skin Says About How Long You’ll Live
Here’s even more reason to worry about wrinkles — women with fewer age lines tend to have lower blood pressure, a lower risk of heart disease and stroke and a greater chance of outliving their more wrinkled friends.
Eat More Mediterranean Foods Now: Your Later Self Will Thank You
Sticking with a Mediterranean diet throughout most of your life may pay off with a disease-free old age, according to researchers in Boston.
Study: Smoking Makes You Look Older
Using twins to determine effect
20-Year-Old Woman Dies Looking Like Toddler
Diagnosed with a mysterious condition that prevented her from aging, Brooke Greenberg was old enough to drive but lived her life in a crib.
What’s the Fastest-Aging Cell in the Body? (Hint: It’s Not Skin)
Thanks to a promising new way of measuring DNA’s age, researchers from University of California Los Angeles have developed a biological clock that may, for the first time, estimate the chronological age of cells with relative …
Why Older People Tend to Be Poor Decisionmakers
It’s not just dementia and cognitive decline that makes people more uncertain with age; changes in rationality and the way the elderly evaluate risk could explain why they are more likely to make the wrong decisions affecting …
Eat Better and Stress Less: It’ll Make Your Cells (and Maybe You) Live Longer
For the first time, researchers show how a plant-based diet, stress management and other lifestyle changes may lead to longevity.
We’re Living Longer — and Healthier
There’s no doubt that we’re living longer than previous generations. Now there’s encouraging news that those added years may be healthy ones as well.
Today’s 90 Year Olds Are Mentally Sharper Than Their Predecessors
Worried that living longer will mean living longer with mental and physical disabilities? Your worries may be over.
To Avoid Dementia, Stay Mentally Active Throughout Lifetime
Wearing Sunscreen Every Day Can Make You Look Younger, Longer
Dermatologists have long prodded their patients to apply more sunscreen, claiming it not only protects against skin cancer, but aging as well. Now there’s evidence to prove it.