Episodic memory is the kind that deals with events that happened to you in the past. It’s also one of the first to decline with age.

Monash University, Australia scientists have discovered an enzyme that is key to why exercise improves our health.

Men and women who had maintained or increased their physical fitness during the study had better brain health.

The researchers provide a growth chart to assess brain development and aging, not only for children, but across the lifespan from 2 to 100.

Genetic data suggests that maintaining healthy levels of iron in the blood could be a key to ageing better and living longer.

In skeletal muscle, decreased performance and increased fatigue are associated with a decline in the efficiency of mitochondria.

Two blood proteins have been shown by scientists to influence how long and healthy a life we live, research suggests.

Research showed a strong association between predicted retinal age and real age, with an overall accuracy to within 3.5 years.

Are older people more likely to fall for Covid-19 scams than younger generations?

Scientists have discovered an enzyme that is key to why exercise improves our health and protects against the consequences of ageing.

Many people throughout human history have had the seemingly-impossible ambition of living forever. Immortality might not be a pipe dream.

How much does chronic stress accelerate your biological clock and are there ways to slow it down and extend a healthy lifespan?

According to a recent study, scientists have found a somewhat bizarre method that could prevent your brain from growing old.

Looking at Edwina Brocklesby, the first thing you notice is her ever-present smile, radiating from beneath a sea of bright red curls.

Humans, who evolved to live many decades after they stopped reproducing, also evolved to be relatively active in their later years.

Many aging studies are developing strategies to increase health spans, the period of life spent with good health, without chronic diseases.

A new study of brain activity patterns in people doing a memory task finds that the way we make inferences changes dramatically as we age.

An 89-year-old Rhode Island man has achieved a goal he spent two decades working toward and nearly a lifetime thinking about—earning his PhD

Many people dream of living forever, while songs have been written about it and movies made with eternal life the central plot point.

Poor health—not aging itself—decreases older Americans' likelihood of voting, a new study finds, but early and absentee voting can help.