People suffering from depression may be aging faster than other people, according to a new study from the Netherlands. In the study of...
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Advancements in dentistry make it more likely that older adults will keep their teeth longer, which means ongoing...
Every cell in your body has a little clock ticking away in it, researchers reported on Sunday. And while most of you is aging in a...
Ninety birthdays maybe, but not 120: Americans hope to stretch life expectancy another decade or so, but they're ambivalent about a...
New research boosts the "use it or lose it" theory about brainpower and staying mentally sharp. People who delay retirement have less...
Brain cells may undergo aging in much the same way as skin cells do — with one aging cell affecting many of its neighbors, a new study...
A possible Alzheimer's disease treatment from drugmaker Eli Lilly missed the main goals of two late-stage studies, but the treatment...
We're about to find out if there will be a way anytime soon to slow the course of Alzheimer's disease. Results are due within a month or...
Federal health advisers said Wednesday that a first-of-a-kind drug from Pfizer appears to be safe and effective for patients with...
Cases of dementia — and the heavy social and financial burdens associated with them — are set to soar in the coming decades as life...
Doreen Watson-Beard cared for more people with dementia than she could count. The nurse was so moved by her patients that she led...
The Obama administration declared Alzheimer's "one of the most-feared health conditions" on Wednesday as it issued a draft of the...
Kristy Bryner worries her 80-year-old mom might slip and fall when she picks up the newspaper, or that she'll get in an accident when she...
The government is setting what it calls an ambitious goal for Alzheimer's disease: Development of effective ways to treat and prevent the...
British scientist Stephen Hawking has decoded some of the most puzzling mysteries of the universe but he has left one mystery unsolved:...
At age 62, Donald Carter knows his arthritis and other age-related infirmities will not allow him to live indefinitely in his third-floor...
The 100-year-old doctor still makes house calls. He must, explains Dr. Fred Goldman. That's where the patients are. "If they're sick and...
Eating fish may keep the brain healthy and reduce the risk of Alzheimer's disease, a new study says. In the study, people who ate baked...
Retirement communities may have their perks, but Beryl O'Connor says it would be tough to match the birthday surprise she got in her own...
Americans are more likely than ever to reach age 90. First-ever census figures on the 90-plus population show it's nearly tripled in size...
When scientists first discovered the power of antioxidants to destroy cell-damaging free radicals, the hunt was on. They knew these...
George Eberhardt turned 107 last month, and scientists would love to know how he and other older folks like him made it that far. So he's...
In some cases, Alzheimer's disease may in fact be the result of an infection, and may even be transmissible, a new study in mice suggests...
George Clooney may be able to rock the sexy salt-and-pepper look, but most non-famous people want to avoid gray hair as long as possible....
Everyone in an ongoing study of healthy aging has to provide a DNA sample by spitting in a tube. But Cloris Leachman’s the only...
One-fifth of Medicare nursing home patients with advanced Alzheimer's or other dementias were sent to hospitals or other nursing homes...
We’ve all seen a few people, like maybe grandpa or grandma, with those little patches of yellowish plaques around the upper and lower...
Religious broadcaster Pat Robertson caused a firestorm after he told his “700 Club” viewers that divorcing a spouse who battles...
Religious broadcaster Pat Robertson told his "700 Club" viewers that divorcing a spouse with Alzheimer's is justifiable because the...
Day after day, Hazel Eng sat on her couch, a blank stare on her face. The powerful antipsychotics she was taking often cloaked her in...