Researchers have discovered that microscopic structural changes in the aging heart may help prevent irregular heartbeats. The discovery challenges the idea that all age-related heart changes are ...

Heart rate is one of the most powerful—and underestimated—indicators of your cardiovascular health. Understanding how it changes with age can help you make better choices to protect your heart.

A daily cocoa extract supplement rich in flavanols appears to reduce age-related inflammation, according to new results from the largest study of its kind to date. The findings add biological support ...

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Chronological age reflects the number of years a person has lived. In contrast, biological age estimates the functional state of the body based on molecular and physiological markers, such as blood ...

Secondary aging refers to aging-related changes caused by environmental, lifestyle, and health factors rather than natural biological processes. Aging happens to everyone, but people do not age in the ...

Share on Pinterest The human body experiences rapid changes around age 50, according to a new study. Maskot/Getty Images Past studies show that human aging doesn’t necessarily happen at the same pace ...

Virginia Tech Professor Steven Poelzing (at right) led a study published in the journal JACC Clinical Electrophysiology that challenges the idea that all age-related changes in the heart are harmful.