News and Press Releases

by William A. Haseltine - Forbes - Thirty marks the spot. Starting at this age, we begin to lose approximately three to eight percent of muscle mass per decade. With it, we also lose strength and mobility. Left unaddressed, this loss of muscle —called ‘sarcopenia’ in...

By Alison Abbott - Nature - Our immune system falters over time, which could explain the negative effects of ageing. Stem-cell researcher Carolina Florian didn’t trust what she was seeing. Her elderly laboratory mice were starting to look younger. They were more...

By Megan Cerullo - CBS News - Luxury fitness chain Equinox is putting a price on the ultimate luxury: longer life. The company on Monday introduced a membership that, for a hefty $36,000 a year, includes more than 100 tests aimed at enhancing health and extending...

By Allison Aubrey - NPR - A drug taken by millions of people to control diabetes may do more than lower blood sugar. Research suggests metformin has anti-inflammatory effects that could help protect against common age-related diseases including heart disease, cancer,...

By Cy Neff - USA TODAY - Should the Cowboy State be renamed the Silver State? Wyoming's overall population grew by just 2.5% between 2010 and 2021, but its population over 65 soared to over 47 percent in the same time frame, according to a health aging data report by...

By Dana G. Smith - The New York Times - New research explores why some octogenarians have exceptional memories. When it comes to aging, we tend to assume that cognition gets worse as we get older. Our thoughts may slow down or become confused, or we may start to...

By Frank Landymore - Neoscope - There's huge risks involved. Age is just a number. Or, in the era of immortality-obsessed elites, it's just the number of bizarre, supposedly youth-preserving stem cell treatments you can afford. One celebrity to recently come clean...

By Susan Ahlborn  -  Penn Today - If you think about major societal challenges, a number are very predictable,” says Hans-Peter Kohler, Frederick J. Warren Professor of Demography and professor of sociology in the School of Arts & Sciences. “One of them is climate...

By Katherine Lang - Medical News Today - It is well known that diet and exercise affect health, and research suggestsTrusted Source that it can also affect the speed and progression of aging. Primary aging is the innate process that all people experience; secondary...

By MedicalXpress - A new research paper was published in Aging titled, "The coupling between healthspan and lifespan in Caenorhabditis depends on complex interactions between compound intervention and genetic background." Aging is characterized by declining health...

By Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health - Men have increasingly shorter lifespans compared to women, in part due to preventable deaths, according to experts. An April 5 article in GQ featured research about disproportionate deaths in men, including one study by...

By CBS News - BOSTON - A new study finds that exercise may help reverse aging by reducing the buildup of fat. Previous research has suggested that lipids or fats may play a role in longevity. A team in the Netherlands studied the tissues of young and old mice and...