Medical research

Toxins in the environment might make you older than your years

Why are some 75-year-olds downright spry while others can barely get around? Part of the explanation, say researchers writing in the Cell Press journal Trends in Molecular Medicine on May 28, is differences from one person ...

Psychology & Psychiatry

Is upward mobility bad for your health?

Youth from low-income families who succeed academically and socially may actually pay a price—with their health—according to a new Northwestern University study.

Gerontology & Geriatrics

New study reveals molecular fingerprint of biological aging

University of Pittsburgh researchers have uncovered blood-based markers linked with healthy and rapid aging, allowing them to predict a person's biological age—how fast a person's cells and organs age regardless of their ...

Health

Could a better diet make your brain younger?

Switching to a Green Mediterranean Diet positively affects brain health, according to new research from Ben-Gurion University of the Negev. Weight loss attenuated brain aging in a sub-study of the DIRECT-PLUS trial.

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