When does old age begin? Science says later than you might think

Today's 60 year olds don't feel as old as a generation ago. New data suggests old age is more of a social construct than an objective biological reality. Read More

Study Reveals How Obesity Could Accelerate Aging in the Brain

"Obesity may cause the cells in blood vessels in the brain to age faster and reach senescence," Sharon Negri, the study's first author and a postdoctoral research fellow in the laboratory of ... Read More

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Good Heart Health in Middle Age May Preserve Brain Function Among Black Women ... Researchers Find That Accelerated Aging Biology in the Placenta Contributes to a Rare Form of Pregnancy-Related ... Read More

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may be tied more strongly to vascular risk factors, brain shrinkage, and other markers ... Dec. 12, 2023 — Smoking shrinks the brain and effectively causes premature brain aging, according to a ... Read More

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Pregnancy may accelerate aging in women, study finds

Pregnancy transforms women's bodies in many obvious ways, but new research suggests it may also accelerate aging. Women who had ... Ryan added in a university news release. For the study ... Read More

Study reveals how obesity could accelerate aging in the brain

A new study conducted in mice traces how obesity and a high-fat diet may accelerate aging in the blood vessels that supply blood to the brain. The work is being presented this week at the American ... Read More

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In a recent study, Dr. Vojtěch Dočekal and Professor Jan Veselý from the Department of Organic Chemistry at the Faculty of Science, Charles University, have unveiled a highly efficient method ... Read More

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The past 10 years have seen a series of "warm blobs" in the northeast Pacific Ocean. These marine heat waves do widespread damage to ecosystems and marine life in the area, but the mechanisms by ... Read More