Scientists at Northwestern University have identified a previously hidden toxic protein that may trigger Alzheimer’s disease ...

Some medical labels come with clarity. Others come with confusion, frustration, and a lot of unanswered questions. Kirtly Jones, MD, explains why the term "syndrome" can feel unsettling for both ...

New US research suggests Alzheimer’s disease may be reversible in animal studies. Scientists found restoring NAD levels ...

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) considers aging to be a natural process. This makes it difficult to get FDA approval for drugs that seek to slow or reverse the biological process of aging.

Since the time of the ancient Greeks, doctors and philosophers have argued whether ageing is a disease or a natural process. Many authors of the Hippocratic Corpus argued that growing old invariably ...

As the planet edges towards 1.5°C of global warming, a new study led by the Natural History Museum, London has revealed that ...

Echocardiograms reveal a rapid rise in LV hypertrophy from ages 17 to 24 years, bolstering the case for primordial prevention.

When Californian Lindsey Sutton was an infant, her blood was the color of cherry Pepto Bismol. Doctors quickly discovered it was highly saturated with fat. At 5 weeks old, she was diagnosed with a ...

Even in diseases where the climate risks have been studied, there’s a lot of variability. While higher temperatures have been linked with a higher risk of disease, that’s not always the case. For ...