A study led by scientists at Rutgers University-New Brunswick has shown that specialized cells involved in how the body ...

Multiple definitions of "Active and Healthy Aging" (AHA) have been proposed in the last few years. The main goal of AHA is to improve people's overall ...

Researchers at the Institute of Environmental Medicine, Karolinska Institutet have taken an important step toward ...

This is obviously bad news for the elderly. Just as the human body and brain are fundamentally different in childhood, so too do they differ in old age. Immunological functioning weakens, muscle mass ...

A study identified a relationship between indoor temperatures and cognitive performance in older adults, revealing that ...

People prescribed the popular GLP-1 weight-loss drugs such as Ozempic and Mounjaro may experience benefits such as increased ...

Individuals with sickle cell disease – a chronic illness where misshapen, sticky blood cells clump together, reducing oxygen ...

A new study has found older-looking brains in adults with sickle cell disease, helping to explain the cognitive challenges experienced by such individuals. A brain image from a healthy individual ...

New research shows that the mutation is, surprisingly, harmless for decades. But it quietly grows into a larger mutation — ...

If a senior has three or more drinks of green tea, it may help prevent cognitive decline and related illnesses such as ...

Scientists at the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, Harvard Medical School, and McLean Hospital have discovered a surprising mechanism by which the inherited genetic mutation known to cause ...