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Sleep scientists just calculated how much shut-eye you really need as you age—and it’s not 8 hours
New research examined data from 500,000 people and found a sleep 'sweet spot' for older and middle-aged adults.
Scientists Discover a Hidden Cause of Cellular Aging That Can Be Reversed
Scientists identified phosphatidylcholine loss as a key driver of mitochondrial aging and showed that restoring it can rejuvenate cellular energy networks.
An Aging Clock Based on Circulating Amino Acid Levels
Researchers continue to produce new aging clocks at a fair pace. Any sufficiently complex set of biological data obtained from people of various ages can yield ...
Scientists Made Older Mice Biologically Younger Using Gut Microbes
Scientists restored young gut bacteria in aging mice and saw signs of rejuvenation along with complete protection from liver cancer.
Yet Another Proposed Definition for Allostatic Load
Allostatic load is a fairly fuzzy concept, meaning the degree of wear and tear on the body that acts degrades its ability to resist stress and function correctl...
Older Americans often compelled to keep working — and face criticism for doing so
Over the past several decades, demographic and economic changes have significantly altered how people experience work and aging.
Study Links Financial and Housing Instability to Faster Biological Aging in Older Adults
Understand the relationship between financial instability and biological aging as it relates to health and wellness in older populations.
Scientists Discover Some “Zombie Cells” May Actually Help You Live Longer
Scientists are discovering that some of the cells linked to aging may also be key to staying healthy.
One Sign of Aging Could Be a Powerful Predictor of Death if You Don't Act
Some of the most powerful interventions to slow or improve frailty are also the most ordinary: regular movement, adequate nutrition and meaningful social connec...
What Scientists Found Inside a 117-Year-Old Woman Reveals New Clues to Long Life
A remarkable new study of the world’s oldest verified living person reveals a surprising picture of extreme longevity.
Aging is inevitable — catastrophic decline is not
The young love to mock the old as senile space cases; recent research suggests the joke's on them.
3 medical routines that older people might not need
The risks and benefits of common screenings, procedures and drugs add up differently at advanced ages.
Age-Related 'Unraveling' of DNA May Be Reversible, Study Suggests
The slow march of time is inexorable and irreversible, but that doesn't mean its effects on our bodies have to be etched in stone.
Senolytic Therapies Reduce the Impact of Aging on the Maintenance of Teeth
Teeth do age, becoming more brittle and prone to fracture as the cell populations of the dental pulp become less capable of conducting the necessary maintenance...
Victoria Beckham talks ‘negative’ anti-aging marketing and the ‘great thing about getting older’
Victoria Beckham is getting candid about getting older, calling anti-aging marketing “negative” and sharing in an interview with The Times, “I can now acc...
Arguing for the Desirability of Multi-Omics Aging Clocks
Machine learning techniques can be used to generate aging clocks from any sufficiently complex set of biological data obtained from individuals of varying chron...
Age-related and disease-specific changes in B-cell profiles in older adults with immune thrombocytopenia
These findings suggest that ageing induces modifications to the B-cell phenotype that are similar to those observed in patients with ITP, except for the expansi...
The science of why some people seem to age dramatically slower than others is mostly the science of one thing — cumulative sun exposure — and what looks like good genes in someone's seventies is usual
By the Space Daily editorial team. This article is general science reporting, not personal medical advice. Readers with specific concerns about their skin or su...
Granzyme K Secreted by Aged T Cells Contributes to Cognitive Decline, an Effect that Can Be Reversed
The aging of the adaptive immune system, made up of B cells and T cells, is a complex process. Broadly, the pace at which new adaptive immune cells are created ...
Loneliness May Hurt Memory but Not in the Way You Think
A huge European study found that lonely older adults tend to have weaker memory, but they do not lose memory faster over time.
Popular anti-aging drug combo caused severe brain damage in mice
A drug combo widely explored for anti-aging may actually damage the brain, according to new mouse research showing severe loss of myelin and changes linked to ?...