What is the biological basis of aging?

Researchers find childhood neglect and abuse can accelerate aging, leaving those affected vulnerable to age-related diseases like dementia.

Scientists uncovered new genetic risk factors for rheumatoid arthritis by comparing DNA from people across 5 ancestries. This research could…

A recent epidemiological study has found that 9826 steps a day may be the optimal step count to lower the risk of dementia.

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…