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If you often wake up tired, lose focus at work, or feel unusually low, your body might be missing something simple – Vitamin B12. This essential nutrient keeps your brain sharp, nerves healthy, and energy levels stable. Yet doctors say deficiency is far more common than most people realise, especially among vegetarians and older adults. Vitamin B12 deficiency and how …

Naked mole rats (Heterocephalus glaber) can live for around 30 years. Credit: Getty Four subtle tweaks to an enzyme could help explain why naked mole rats’ can live for nearly 30 years, an unusually long lifespan for a creature its size. The naked mole rat (Heterocephalus glaber), native to the Horn of Africa and parts of Kenya, has drawn attention …

Super Agers: An Evidence-Based Approach to Longevity Eric Topol Simon & Schuster (2025) Super Agers, by clinician Eric Topol, has just been published, but it was almost surreal for me as a US scientist to read the book now, with its optimistic take on the state of the medical field. Despite their extreme promise, many of the lines of research …

The tango’s complexity might make it particularly good for keeping the brain young.Credit: Tempura/Getty Whether it’s dancing the tango or playing the guitar, engaging in a creative pastime can slow brain ageing, according to a study of dancers, musicians, artists and video game players from multiple countries. The analysis used brain clocks — models that measure the difference between a …

Ruth CleggHealth and wellbeing reporter Getty Images When it comes to collagen – how do you take yours? There are parties where people even drink shots of the anti-ageing supplement, often followed by a hefty tequila – though the latter is probably not recommended in the quest for youthful, peachy skin. Collagen is the most abundant protein in the body, …

The nonagenarian actor Dame Joan Collins may have been on to something when she declared “age is just a number”. The deepest dive yet into the biology of a supercentenarian has revealed that even extreme old age can be reached without the brain necessarily faltering or the usual illnesses mounting up. Doctors in Spain conducted a comprehensive suite of tests …

Going to space could speed up biological ageing, NASA study finds  Euronews.com Spaceflight Accelerates Human Stem Cell Aging, UC San Diego Researchers Find  UC San Diego Today Space travel ‘speeds up ageing’  The Telegraph Stem Cells Age Faster in Space  the-scientist.com Spaceflight Accelerates Human Aging, Study Finds  extremetech.com Source link

Sweeteners found in yoghurts and fizzy drinks can damage people’s ability to think and remember, and appear to cause “long-term harm” to health, research has found. People who consumed the largest amount of sweeteners such as aspartame and saccharin saw a 62% faster decline in their cognitive powers – the equivalent to their having aged 1.6 years, researchers say. They …

Autism is often thought of as a childhood condition, but this is far from true. Autism is a lifelong condition – and most autistic people are adults. Yet less than 1% of autism research has focused on older autistic people. This means we know very little about the needs of autistic people are they grow older – and whether they …

A huge analysis of DNA methylation in human tissue has revealed new anti-ageing targets.Credit: Lawrence Lawry/SPL The visible effects of ageing on our body are in part linked to invisible changes in gene activity. The epigenetic process of DNA methylation — the addition or removal of tags called methyl groups — becomes less precise as we age. The result is …