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Image by Getty / Futurism Two women who attended an event in Las Vegas called “Revolution Against Aging and Death Festival” — please bask in the red flags that have already appeared in this sentence — received peptide injections at a booth organized by an unlicensed physician specializing in “age reversal” therapies. As ProPublica reports, not long after receiving the …

“Golden Bachelor” Season 2 star Mel Owens has admitted he regrets the comments he made about age limits for contestants on the dating reality show. “Those [views and comments] were a mistake by me. It’s unfair. It’s insensitive, like I said. And I want to earn it back,” Owens said in a recent Glamour interview, referring to the trust of …

When clinicians talk to patients about preventing heart disease, they typically describe risk in dry percentages such as “eight out of 100 people like you may have a heart attack in the next decade.” Many Americans find that hard to grasp – and the numbers do not always move them to action. A research team at Northwestern University Feinberg School …

In a study published July 18 in the journal Science Advances, Wang and her co-authors came up with a partial answer. They analyzed a dataset of 58,007 women and their children and concluded that, in some cases, a child’s sex correlates with the mother’s age. Women who had their first child at age 29 or older were more likely to …

Today is the oldest you’ve ever been, and the youngest you’ll ever be. That’s just the way it is, but did you know that not all of you is aging at the same rate? New research has shown that, in fact, some of our organs age much faster than others, opening new frontiers for understanding, tracking, and potentially intervening the …

Most U.S. adults have a “heart age” older than their chronological age because of factors like lifestyle and heart disease. Northwestern University’s online tool calculates heart age using health data such as cholesterol levels and blood pressure. Observational data showed gaps in heart and chronological ages based on education and race. You know how many birthdays you’ve had. But how …

Scientists are beginning to understand that ageing is not a simply linear process. Instead, recent research appears to show that we age in three accelerated bursts; at about 40, 60 and 80 years old. To find out what might be going on, Ian Sample hears from Prof Michael Snyder, the director of the Center for Genomics and Personalised Medicine at …

Phoenix summers no longer just feel unbearable. They may age your body faster too. In 2023 alone, the city recorded over 140 days with temperatures surpassing 100°F. Now, new research suggests that these extreme heat conditions do more than cause short-term harm. A recent study published in the journal Science Advances has revealed that long-term exposure to high heat …

During today’s Nintendo Partner Direct, we got a new trailer for Hyrule Warriors: Age of Imprisonment. While most of the trailer was straightforward, it ended on a cryptic tease that has Zelda fans running with speculation as to what the scene could mean for the game’s roster. The end of the trailer shows a chamber deep inside a cavern where …

Want to keep your brain sharp as you age? Science may have a recipe.  The Washington Post Study reveals simple lifestyle changes could help prevent dementia  PBS Trying to keep your brain young? A big new study finds these lifestyle changes help  NPR You can slow cognitive decline as you age, large study finds. Here’s how  CNN Healthy Lifestyle Can Help People at Risk …