A groundbreaking study reveals the exact moment cognitive decline accelerates and what you can do today to stay sharp longer.

Geneticist Anne Brunet explores what aging really is, how lifestyle choices might influence longevity, and the promising frontiers of aging research. Aging is a process that affects us all. But how ...

There's new research behind aging.

Age is more than just one number. While neuroscientists used to think of cognitive aging as a single trendline, they now ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Digital illustration of a neuron Our brains age along with the rest of our bodies, and as they do, they produce fewer new brain ...

We become forgetful as we age. This is often seen as a universal truth, but in fact it is far from universal: some people remain incredibly sharp at 100 years old, while others experience memory loss ...

Evidence suggests reactivations of the varicella-zoster virus may accelerate aging and raise dementia risk. Now scientists want to know if vaccines and antivirals could help protect the brain.

Memories rarely arrive as an unbroken stream. The brain quietly divides life into segments: entering a room, starting a conversation, or watching a new scene unfold.

It’s true that the brain slows down as we age, but that’s normal—and all of us can practice some simple strategies to compensate for it.

A look inside the brains of extraordinarily sharp elderly people reveals clues about their unusual abilities. Deep in these exceptional brains were signs of what some scientists believe to be newborn ...

In an 18-month randomized trial, people who followed a “green-Mediterranean” diet saw less of a protein signature associated with aging in the brain than those on a standard healthy diet. The ...

Garlic (Allium sativum) is no longer just useful for preventing attacks by vampires. Recent research suggests that this herb might be useful for slowing or preventing the onset of Alzheimer's disease ...