The Body Engineers
Hormone researchers seek new life for old brains and bones. 12.13.2007
Scientist of the Year Notable: Elizabeth Blackburn
Her genetic explorations could lead to revolutionary treatments for cancer. 12.06.2007
Can We Cure Aging?
Controlling inflammation could be the key to a healthy old age. 12.04.2007
If You Never Aged, How Long Would You Live?
With a little luck, you could well make it to your 20,000th birthday. 11.16.2007
Forever Young
Suzanne Somers says special hormones can keep women young. Should they listen? 11.13.2007
Small Genetic Differences, Huge Health Problems
Genomics takes the first step toward curing the toughest diseases. 10.03.2007
Health Trends: Strain Bad for Brain
Another great reason to avoid chronic distress. 07.13.2007
Health FAQs: Toned Bones
Nutrients can keep your osteo- free of -porosis. 07.10.2007
Health Trends: Menopause and Bone Loss
Avoid it before you have to treat it. 07.06.2007
Osteoporosis Hits Men, Too
But it's under-treated and under-researched. 06.13.2007
Hormone Therapy: Sooner, Later, or Not at All?
Sorting out the cloudy issue that is estrogen replacement 06.11.2007
Video Games vs. the Aging Brain
How a mental gym can tone your mind and stave off memory loss. 05.21.2007
Raw Data: Is Cancer the Price of Longevity?
The same protein that prevents cancer may also encourage aging. 12.06.2006
20 Things You Didn't Know About... Death
Newsflash: we're all going to die. But here are 20 things you didn't know about kicking the bucket. 09.01.2006
Seeing Machine
A new device uses LED light to give a blind poet sight. 07.28.2006
Not Your Father's Bifocals
The future of senior vision 07.01.2006
Osteoporosis and Bears
Bears may hold the secret to keeping our bones healthy. 06.20.2006
Longevity
Could a pill control appetite and keep you alive decades longer? 10.24.2005
Gaining Pounds, Losing Years
Obesity can shorten your life. 03.17.2005
39: Cell Mutations Spark Aging
Aging may begin in the mitochondria—the powerplants of the cells 01.02.2005
Ginger's Gene
A genetic alteration causes premature aging. 10.01.2004
Why We Age
09.30.2004
Letter From Discover
05.29.2004
Only the Shy Die Young
04.21.2004
Discover Dialogue: Biologist Cynthia Kenyon
The idea that aging is something that's not a given is a new paradigm 03.28.2004
Genetics
01.02.2004
The Physics of ... Wrinkles
A general theory of wrinkling puts your face in touch with the universe 11.08.2003
Staying Alive
A century ago, most Americans lived to be about 50. Today people over 100 make up the fastest-growing segment of the population. As some researchers bet that children born today will live to be 150, others say there is no upward limit on longevity 11.06.2003
Can Turtles Live Forever?
A quiet backwoods study opens a huge window on aging. 06.01.2002
The Genetic Secrets of Aging
12.01.2001
Vital Signs
A killer masquerades as back, heart, and leg pain 07.01.2001
Grandmother's Little Helper
07.01.2001
Michael Rose Beating Death
05.01.2001
Staying Alive
When Roy Walford was just a boy, he figured out that science could fix his biggest complaint: Life is too short 02.01.2000
Immortal Cells
Is this the end of facial wrinkles and aging arteries that clog? 06.01.1999
Fast-forward Aging
11.01.1996
British Ears
06.01.1996
The Graying of the Troops
Baboons who live to a ripe old age are the ones who know what friends are for. 03.01.1996
Calment's Cure
01.01.1996
His and Her Hormones
01.01.1996
The War on Radicals
07.01.1994