A 30-year study of more than 111,000 adults found a striking longevity gap tied to exercise variety.

A new study claims to have found the absolute upper limit of the human lifespan — even if scientists somehow crack the code on aging itself. There’s just one wrinkle: The oldest person on record made ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Long-lived neurons in the brain are among the cells most vulnerable to the gradual accumulation of somatic DNA mutations, ...

People around the world are living longer than ever before but spending more of those additional years in poor health, according to a new Global Burden of Disease (GBD) study published in The Lancet ...

A new study has identified acid ceramidase as a promising therapeutic target that could help people live healthier for longer by slowing age-related cellular damage and reducing the spread of harmful ...

A conceptual visualization illustrating the theme of the new study, exploring the possibility of extended human lifespan up to 156 years by addressing the buildup of somatic mutations and potential ...

Share on Pinterest A new study may help broaden understanding of the aspects of aging that may ultimately prove impossible to reverse. Maki Nakamura/DigitalVision/Getty Images A new study probes the ...

A former Olympic runner enters his first Olympic weightlifting competition after training in the sport for less than four months. He works through three snatch attempts and three clean-and-jerk ...

Over the past three decades, global advances in medicine have significantly extended human lifespan, but gains in healthy living have failed to keep pace. This imbalance has created a widening ...

Protein-fortified foods are popping up everywhere, from cereal and coffee to even protein water. But a new review covering over 350 papers on protein restriction and aging-publishing July 31 in the ...