While scientists have long known that living in a disadvantaged neighborhood is associated with biological symptoms of ...

A new analysis suggests that specific patterns of childhood hardship are linked to faster biological aging in women later in life. The research indicates that the impact of these early experiences ...

New research suggests that surviving cancer at a young age may accelerate aging in both the body and brain. A new study finds that people who survive cancer during adolescence or early adulthood tend ...

People's brains aged faster as they scored worse on a five-point scale of sleep quality, researchers reported. Photo by Adobe Stock/HealthDay Oct. 3 (UPI) --Rotten sleep might accelerate the aging of ...

Pregnancy may accelerate biological aging in women who have never given birth by up to 5.3 years, according to a new study. Researchers also found that an older first-trimester epigenetic age, a ...

A hallmark of accelerated aging appears to be linked to an increased risk of dementia and stroke, a new study says. Shorter telomere length in a person's white blood cells is associated with the two ...

New research suggests that long-term exposure to very low concentrations of chlorpyrifos, a widely used insecticide, can ...

The brains of people with type 1 diabetes show signs of accelerated aging that correlate with slower information processing, according to research led by the University of Pittsburgh Graduate School ...

A new study suggests obesity's impact on brain function depends not only on how much fat the body carries, but also on where ...

A team of Mayo Clinic researchers looked at the impact of social determinants of health on patients' cardiac age. Some life experiences contributed more to heart aging than others.

Oct. 3 (UPI) --Rotten sleep might accelerate the aging of a person's brain, partly by increasing inflammation, a new study says. People's brains aged faster as they scored worse on a five-point scale ...