Experts say gait speed, grip strength, balance, and endurance are some of the strongest predictors of long-term independence.

Scientists are literally turning back the clocks in our cells, with the first drugs about to go to human trials ...

Keeping cool could help stall the signs of ageing, going by tests on mice carried out by scientists at Massachusetts Institute of Technology's (MIT) Whitehead Institute and Harvard Medical School. The ...

Researchers have developed a new “body clock” tool that calculates people’s biological age — and could even predict the risk of disability or death. The tool, which comes from the University of ...

Slim people may still be at risk of a deadly heart attack—because of hidden fat that accelerates ageing of the heart, a major study has found. The dangerous fat—known as visceral fat—builds up deep ...

Prof Claire Steves has published more than 100 scientific papers on ageing - Andrew Crowley I recently had an ECG and my cardiologist told me that it ‘looks as if you have had a mild heart attack’. Do ...

The way we move through the world impacts our bodies far more profoundly than most people realize. While nutrition and skincare routinely dominate anti-aging discussions, movement patterns often exert ...

If the number of on-camera screams is any indication, Kim Kardashian’s first encounter with epigenetics was a thrilling one. The reality-television star and her family shrieked and squealed in the ...

A decade or so ago, I had my biological age measured. I was in my mid 40s at the time and was fit, slim and a disciplined eater. When the results came back, I was gratified to discover that I was, ...

Aging and weight gain become frequent topics of conversation among older adults. Our bodies begin to reshape themselves, often without our conscious awareness and definitely without our consent. Once ...