Dec. 19, 2024 — Researchers have discovered a surprising link between a chronic gut infection caused by a common virus and the development of Alzheimer's disease in a subset of people. It is ...

Thirteen proteins linked to brain aging in humans are identified in a Nature Aging paper. Changes in the concentrations of these blood proteins may peak at 57, 70, and 78 years old in humans ...

But most experts who study aging are trying to target the second variable: not our life spans, but our “health spans” — the number of years a person lives without serious disease ...

Reproductive aging is an important determinant of fertility span and overall health and wellbeing in older age. In this issue, Nature Aging presents a series of reviews and opinion pieces on ...

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution is committed to facilitating conversations on the topics important to aging in Atlanta and providing you resources to live your best life. 2024 marks the ninth ...

A new study claims to have identified 13 proteins associated with either accelerated or decelerated brain aging. However, experts have questioned the practical implications of the findings.

Harvard geneticist David Sinclair’s seductive notion that aging is a treatable disease has helped companies he founded to raise more than $1 billion. The investors have almost nothing to show ...

Getting older and living a long life is a privilege, but that doesn't mean aging is a walk in the park. When Redditor u/Fainne-Wu asked Reddit community members to share the hardest parts about ...

An aging population and slower labor force growth affect economies in many ways—the growth of GDP slows, working-age people pay more to support the elderly, and public budgets strain under the burden ...

Older adults over 65 years should get annual eye exams. Regular eye exams can catch and treat vision changes early — vision changes that could otherwise cause vision loss later. Your body works ...

It is mainly used to prevent rejection in organ transplantation, but some people are taking the drug for possible anti-aging benefits. So far, those benefits have not been proven in humans.