The U.S. Census Bureau says the world’s population is aging fast.
The increase is led by people over 65 years old. The number of people worldwide age 65 and older is estimated at 506 million as of midyear 2008. By 2040, that…

The National Institutes of Health has announced that calorie restriction without malnutrition “can increase longevity and delay the onset of many age-related changes in yeast, worms, flies, and in some but not all strains of mice.” And, “Adult-onset calorie restriction has…

Aging is catching up with weight loss as the impetus behind a lot of snake oil. Most of it doesn’t work. But here’s what the medical community knows but no one listens to when it comes to the secret to…

Detox. Nowadays, that means flushing poisons and contaminants from your body. But …

I first heard of detoxing when reporting about alcohol and drug rehabilitation clinics. They’d let a patient’s body burn off the drugs, then the withdrawal, then therapy.

Then, the…

 The National Institute on Aging and the National Institutes of Health have produced a new book, ”Alzheimer’s Disease - Unraveling the Mystery.” What’s best, it’s free. You visit the site and download a PDF version of the book or order a copy for…

Women have a greater variety of bacteria on their hands than men, according to a new study from the University of Colorado at Boulder. In addition, everyone has more varieties of bacteria than they think.
Scientists across the country are working…

Emerging medical news junkies, I’m your family. I need to let you in on a few insiders notes to help you more easily navigate one segment of sometimes confusing and contradictory information: references to medical journals. I’ll get right to…