All of us who own a pet ideally want our beloved four-paws to live forever. Sadly, this kind of life extension is the stuff of science fiction. But we are increasingly in reach of the next best thing: ...

New solution combines at-home blood collection with testing for key hormone markers, helping Canadians better understand their health from the comfort of home. TORONTO, June 16, 2026 /CNW/ - ...

Understanding why some people stay healthy without developing disease until late in life (have an increased healthspan), whereas others become infirm at a much younger age has important implications ...

Healthspan is the stage in life where people are practically disease-free or able to ambulate without loss of balance, feed themselves, bathe and dress without help, socialize with family, friends, ...

When most of us think about aging well, we picture our future selves still doing what matters, working on things we care about, being present for the people we love, cooking for friends, getting ...

As sociologist William Bruce Cameron observed, "Not everything that counts can be counted, and not everything that can be counted counts." This is certainly true in medicine. As a physician ...

Sarah covers how industries like food and tobacco affect Americans’ bodies and minds. Her interests include ultra-processed foods; smoke-free tobacco; and wellness trends like perimenopause products ...

Meaningfully boosting healthspan – the years one lives in good health, free of disease and disability – isn't rocket science. A study published earlier this month in the Journal of the American ...

“Instead, healthy longevity will likely depend on the coordinated integration of multiple intervention layers operating at different stages of the disease trajectory.” The authors argue that many of ...

Aging research has traditionally focused on lifespan and healthspan as primary outcome domains, implicitly treating chronological time as a uniform container of value. The memory-structured ...