Your brain doesn't have to age on autopilot. New research shows we can slow—and potentially reverse—brain aging.

The findings suggest that while chronic pain was associated with accelerated brain aging in earlier studies, healthy ...

Nick Blackmer is a librarian, fact-checker, and researcher with more than 20 years of experience in consumer-facing health and wellness content. A new study found people with prediabetes and diabetes ...

As you age, you gradually lose muscle mass and gain visceral body fat, a type of fat deep inside your body that surrounds your heart, kidneys and other organs. Now, scientists say the ratio of ...

We often think of aging as a gradual, consistent process affecting our bodies, and the brain is no exception. However, emerging research is painting a more nuanced picture of how our brains change ...

New brain imaging research suggests that how you live today can literally reshape how old your brain looks tomorrow, with some people showing a biological “brain age” up to eight years younger than ...

A new study reports that people in their 40s who have difficulty sleeping have a brain age 1.6 to 2.6 years older by the time they’re in their 50s compared to people who consistently get quality sleep ...

Researchers studied a group of adults to learn more about the connection between sleep quality and brain aging. The scientists used MRI scans to determine each person’s ‘brain age’ and compared that ...

Research reveals why some people become brain super-agers—and how simple daily habits can help keep your brain strong, sharp, and resilient as you age.

Poor sleep in early midlife was associated with faster brain aging on MRI. Sleep quality at age 40 appeared to predict brain age 15 years later. People with more than three poor sleep characteristics ...