For about two-thirds of Americans, coffee is a daily ritual and a social habit. Beyond helping us feel awake, however, new ...

Scientists have long tried to unlock the secrets to helping people live longer at the cellular level, where aging occurs because of the gradual shortening of protective caps called telomeres at the ...

You officially have an excuse to pour that third cup of coffee that you’ve been internally debating. New research connects ...

Telomeres, the protective caps at the ends of chromosomes, are an important component of healthy aging. One study found that vitamin D supplementation helps to minimize the shortening of telomeres, ...

You now have a good excuse to reach for an extra piece of dark chocolate, as scientists say it could help you live longer.

When I last wrote about the research I did on aging and exercise, I focused on one of the major ways biologists can tell where a person is in the aging process: the epigenetic clock. I described a ...

Shorter protective caps on chromosomes called telomeres, a proposed marker of accelerated biological cell aging, may be associated with an increased risk of stroke, dementia and late-life depression, ...

Computers found what human experts missed: a divide between aging biology research and patient care that decades of funding ...

A hallmark of accelerated aging appears to be linked to an increased risk of dementia and stroke, a new study says. Photo by Adobe Stock/HealthDay News A hallmark of accelerated aging appears to be ...