How Genes Affect Aging and How You May "Alter" Your Genes Your DNA may predict more about you than the way you look. According to the genetic theory of aging, your genes (as well as mutations in ...

We are now entering the third decade of the 21st Century, and, especially in the last years, the achievements made by ...

New findings from researchers at the University of California San Diego School of Medicine have clarified the interplay between two major molecular contributors to aging: genetic mutations and ...

Study reveals omega-3 supplements can slow biological aging by 4 months. Combined with vitamin D and exercise, effects were ...

For the first time, University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa researchers have studied how work, volunteering and leisure activities affect brain health in older ...

New research uncovers how declining protein clearance mechanisms with age lead to Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s, and other ...

A new study suggests that diets high in fast food, processed red meat, and soda but low in fruits and vegetables may be ...

Shorter telomeres are linked to higher risks of stroke, dementia, and depression, but lifestyle factors may help counteract ...

Diets high in fast food, processed red meat, and sugar-sweetened beverages and low in fruits and vegetables are associated with accelerated biological aging in young adulthood. The clustering effect ...

Scientists have long tried to unlock the secrets to helping people live longer at the cellular level, where aging occurs because of the gradual shortening of protective caps called telomeres at the ...

Humans do not always age biologically at the same rate as their chronological age. Faster biological aging compared to chronological age has been linked to higher risks of disease and mortality.