1+ day, 9+ hour ago  (286+ words) In the world of longevity science, the question of whether getting old should be classified as a disease is a subject of ongoing debate. A view of the aging process as pathological, some biogerontologists have argued, would open pathways for…...

2+ day, 9+ hour ago  (348+ words) Everyone wants to live forever, but nobody wants to hear that the secret might be their personality. Unfortunately, that’s what the research is starting to suggest. A study out of Sardinia—one of the world’s Blue Zones, a region with…...

4+ day, 11+ hour ago  (431+ words) A simple lifestyle adjustment could potentially slow down the body’s biological aging process, according to new research. The study, published in the journal Aging, investigated how a diet change and easy exercise regimen affected men between the ages of 50 and…...

6+ day, 13+ hour ago  (844+ words) A nondescript wooden door in Singapore’s central business district leads to an amiable concierge and a cup of warm tea. Customers at the Rekoop clinic swap their office clothes for scrubs and a pair of bedroom slippers, then are whisked…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago  (453+ words) America is a uniquely sick, unhealthy country — just ask Americans. We’re addicted to ultraprocessed food and succumb to deaths of despair. The current US health secretary, who insists we’ve been raising the “sickest generation” ever, has built an entire political…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago  (172+ words) Today, more people are living past 100 than ever before — even though the maximum human lifespan hasn’t moved past 115 years. But is that about to change? The Limit host Daniel T. Allen spent months talking to medical researchers, biohackers, and centenarians....

2+ week, 1+ day ago  (498+ words) For more than 40 years, my husband Barry and I have undertaken long-distance walks throughout the world, usually coinciding with a milestone birthday The year I turned 30, we hiked the Muktinath trail in Nepal; at 40, the Inca Trail to Machu Picchu;…...

2+ week, 3+ day ago  (198+ words) The results may not align with how many birthdays they’ve celebrated, either. The researchers found that people born more recently appeared to be biologically older than those in older generations at the same age. In the United States, participants born…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago  (482+ words) Times Insider explains who we are and what we do and delivers behind-the-scenes insights into how our journalism comes together. For most of my 20 years as the obituaries editor of The New York Times — a tour that ended recently with…...

3+ week, 7+ hour ago  (359+ words) People in the U.S. are living longer than ever: In 2024, the latest year for which data are available, the U.S. life expectancy hit 79, an all-time high. Now, a new study examining health conditions during old agefinds that people are living the last…...