"Apart from an increased risk of death due to suicide, we confirmed increased risk of death due to...cancer, respiratory diseases, and diabetes."

For baboons, the effects of early adversity show up years later in the next generation, even when those offspring had it easier than their mothers did.

People with greater optimism are more likely to live longer and to achieve "exceptional longevity"—that is, getting to age 85 or older.

Lifespan refers to time, but healthspan indicates quality. New research suggests they have separate molecular switches.

Has economic stagnation induced less-educated Americans to turn to drugs, alcohol, and suicide? New research complicates this "deaths of despair" theory.

"We were surprised by the dramatic differences between the old mice that received the eNAMPT of young mice and old mice that received saline as a control."

Older adults with obesity enjoy fewer years without limits in physical function or daily living activities, research finds.

A new discovery suggests a way to slow motor function decline and increased frailty in worms. Could it work for aging mammals, too?

You might've heard that cold temperatures slow down the aging process, but new research shows that there's more to it than turning down the thermostat.