A new study reveals a connection between early life trauma and adult brain aging. Adults reporting severe childhood stress ...

Can research into a rare, accelerated aging disease and "zombie cells" teach us something about the normal aging process? Did you know that a small molecule called NAD + plays a critical role in our ...

Researchers from Brown University and the University of Rochester will lead a multi-institution project to test whether reducing DNA-triggered inflammation can help older adults stay healthier for ...

While chronological age is easily measured, it fails to capture the complex biological processes that determine the rate of aging. A new proteomic aging clock may predict biological age, mortality ...

Dear Carol: I’m 84 years old and as a past caregiver, I appreciate how you balance the legitimate concerns of caregivers with respect and compassion for the aging process. I don’t claim to be as ...

The nematode Caenorhabditis elegans has a simple nervous system consisting of just 302 neurones. The human brain, with approximately 90 billion neurones, is far more complex. Nevertheless, neurons in ...

An international research team has uncovered new insights into healthy brain aging. The researchers found that aging leads to the accumulation of defective energy molecules in the brains of aged mice, ...