What happens to us as we get older? Can we slow down any of these processes? What exactly IS aging?
Molecules called sirtuins are involved in lifespan. A study in mice found that higher levels of a sirtuin called SIRT6 were able to live…
Loneliness ages you faster. But hormones can help! A recent study shows that oxytocin prevents cellular aging in lonely prairie voles.
Dementia is a condition that many of us are all too familiar with within friends and family. Dementia itself is a blanket term that…
Is going to space safe for human health? Two astronauts, who were twins, volunteered for a research study to look at how the body changes…
Dried plums outperformed some medications in a bone health study (in mice) at NASA Ames.
The immune system is your body’s personal army of soldiers — when it comes across potentially harmful invaders like viruses and…
Parkinson’s disease is a progressive neurodegenerative disease, meaning that brain cells will continuously die off as the illness…
Brain and spinal cord injuries usually produce irreversible motor damage and paralysis. New research shows how the brain may be able to heal…
Mice studies show that chronic noise might disrupt gut microbes and accelerate the development of Alzheimer’s.
For most types of cancer, survival rates have steadily been improving since the 1970s as medical advancements have been made in both cancer…