The sit-to-stand test can help assess your muscle strength and balance. Walking speed is an important indicator of aging, with slower speeds linked to higher dementia risk and increased fall risk. The ...

Accelerated biological age in midlife was associated with higher risks of cardiovascular disease and death in both men and women over nearly three decades of follow-up. Women with accelerated ...

Cardiovascular aging is a multifaceted process driven by molecular, cellular, and systemic changes that progressively impair cardiac structure and function.

A study of 4,818 middle-aged and older Chinese adults found that higher light BioAge was associated with greater risks of cognitive impairment, episodic memory decline, and reduced mental intactness.

Regular exercise may help the brain clear away harmful waste that can build up with age. Researchers found that physical activity supports several processes linked to the brain’s glymphatic cleanup ...

People age at different speeds. Two bodies born the same year can wear down at very different rates. Extra body fat may be ...

A few months ago, some 160 scientists across physics, biology, and medicine met in Singapore for the first ever global conference on the physics of aging, or gerophysics. It's a niche discipline whose ...

We came to a bench where a graduate student was working on one of the key mysteries behind antiaging: How does a cell remember its former state? Borrowing from information theory, Sinclair believes in ...