Couch-potato culture may cut our lives short

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Tips to ensure the TSA doesn't swipe your stuff

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Longevity quest moves slowly from lab to life

At 104 and counting, Sadie Kaplan has achieved the lifespan so many of us say we want, without ever popping a pill or lifting a finger to pursue longevity.

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Oil surcharges are killing my business

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Slim chance of tuning in to alien TV

ALIEN-hunters hoping to eavesdrop on extraterrestrial TV may be in for disappointment.

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Beaten or sexually abused children are more likely to show accelerated ageing of cells later in life, a condition linked to higher rates of cancer and heart disease, according to a study released Friday.

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Deep down, we are all cannibals. Our cells are perpetually devouring themselves, shredding their own complex molecules to pieces and recycling them for new parts. Many of the details of our endless self-destruction have come to light only in the past few years.

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Rapamycin treatment had the remarkable effect of extending life even though it was not started in the right dose until the mice had lived 600 days — equivalent to a person at age 60.

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A long-awaited study of aging in rhesus monkeys suggests, with some reservations, that people could in principle fend off the usual diseases of old age and considerably extend their life span by following a special diet. More Articles

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A drug originating on Easter Island, the mysterious South Pacific home of a lost statue-building people, may become the first substance to slow down human ageing, new research indicates.

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Several articles on the subject: First Drug Shown to Extend Life Span in Mammals

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Increasing activity levels in middle age can prolong life as much as giving up smoking, a study suggests. Swedish researchers from Uppsala University monitored more than 2,200 men from the age of 50.

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The researchers produced the cells by using strands of genetic material, instead of potentially dangerous genetically engineered viruses, to coax skin cells into a state that appears biologically identical to embryonic stem cells. More Articles

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The Dutch Ministry of Defence's plan to replace its F-16 fighter planes by 2014 is premature, according to research carried out at Leiden University by Bert Kreemers.

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In a research milestone, the federal government will allow the world's first test in people of a therapy derived from human embryonic stem cells. More Articles

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Both President-elect Barack Obama and Democratic Congressional leaders have made repealing Bush administration restrictions announced in 2001 a top priority. But they have yet to determine if Mr.

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Speaking at a recent meeting of the British Pharmacological Society in Brighton, UK, Christine Mummery described how using embryonic stem cells to create human heart cells could be a viable and scientifically exciting alternative to animal testing. More Articles

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A new study comparing wild, captive and working elephants has found that living in zoos can significantly shorten the animals' lives. Writing in the journal Science, researchers say obesity is a major cause of death in adult zoo elephants. They also cite stress as the key facto …

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How stress can reduce our lifespan

Anything that makes us feel anxious, worried, angry, nervous and frustrated is giving us stress. That is a sure sign of how the body is reacting to change. Not everyone reacts the same way to stress.

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Restricting yourself to a super-low calorie diet has been discovered as a way to extend your lifespan by a noticeable number of years, but it comes with a pretty lousy side effect: you don't get to eat anything.

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There is now a way to extend the lifespan of organisms so that humans could conceivably live to be 800 years old.

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Cutting back on calories is a sure way to extend the lifespan of any organism, from yeast to mice. Now it seems that an antidepressant can trick worms' brains into thinking they're on a diet, pushing their fleeting lifespan of three weeks to more than four.

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Older men in relationships with younger woman affect the genes that increase human longevity and thus help future generations live longer,

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The Joyful Bigotry of Forgetting

Bigotry is palpable. The scent of it clings like carrion.

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A combination of expensive health insurance and an ever-increasing rate of obesity appear to be behind a startling fall by the US in the world rankings of life expectancy.

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A U.S. study has found, for the first time, a link between longevity induced by calorie restriction and the endocrine system.

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The elixir of youth may ultimately be hidden in a poorly-understood gene that not only fosters longevity but enhances quality of life, according to a landmark study released Wednesday.

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"As a brew, there seems little that green tea has not been claimed to do. Apparently, it can increase lifespan, boost alertness and reduce cholesterol. But the brew can even reduce the risk of lung cancer, a study suggests. "

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A provocative new model proposed by molecular biologist John Tower of the University of Southern California may help answer an enduring scientific question: Why do women tend to live longer than men? That tendency holds true in humans and many other mammals as well as in the much …

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Winning the Nobel Prize quite literally gives scientists a new lease of life.

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