A new study from Spain examined the connection between obesity and epigenetic aging. Epigenetic aging refers to how the body ages at a molecular level; sometimes a person’s biological age does not ...

Scientists are searching for therapeutics that mimic the life-extending benefits of caloric restriction, exercise, and a good ...

Cutting calories has long been linked to longer life in lab animals, but scientists are now tracing that effect down to the ...

Research suggests that while cutting calories might help you lose weight and reduce risk of disease, it also carries health risks. Living comes with a side effect: aging. Despite what you might hear ...

As our understanding of aging evolves, so do the tools doctors use to slow it down—or even reverse it. Age-reversal techniques are no longer confined to futuristic fantasies; they are already being ...

Share on Pinterest A new study suggests that reducing calories may slow brain aging. Image credit: Maki Nakamura/Getty Images Reducing caloric intake by 30% for 20 years slowed down indicators of ...

With headlines on hacking our longevity and documentaries on “living forever,” it’s safe to say that many people are curious about what it takes to live longer, healthier. While no single “anti-aging ...

“We wanted to know if popular anti-aging drugs like rapamycin or metformin could offer similar effects without the need to cut calories.” Rapamycin is not new – it was identified in 1972, in soil ...

For those of us who grew up in a generation that emphasized thinness, more modern perspectives are welcome, such as from Fatima Cody Stanford, MD, MPH, MPA, an obesity medicine expert at Harvard who ...

Calorie deficit and intermittent fasting are weight loss strategies that involve consuming fewer calories in a 24-hour period, but they differ in their focus. Here's how.