Study reveals that autophagy is an essential component in a neuroendocrine pathway that allows sensory neurons and nutrient levels to work together to influence lifespan

The finding, made in mice, could lead to new strategies for warding off age-related diseases and extending lifespan

In the first six weeks, the supplement resulted in 700 grams of gains in lean body mass—the same amount of muscle the men involved in the study would normally have lost in a year

Umbilical cord blood from human newborns, and in particular a single protein contained in it, boosted old mice’s brain function and cognitive performance, new research from Stanford shows

While continued work in this area is needed to replicate and extend these exciting findings, they do suggest that what we eat as we age could be critically important to the maintenance of our brain health

Genetic variant accelerates normal brain aging in older people by up to 12 years

Tea drinking reduces the risk of cognitive impairment in older persons by 50 per cent and as much as 86 per cent for those who are genetically at risk of Alzheimer’s, according to the NUS study

Synthetic compound developed in the Moscow State University slows down aging of mice through mutation

Despite this study's observed connection between consuming fewer calories and improved lifespan, researcher assures that people shouldn't start counting calories and expect to stay forever young

Researchers gathered information on the eating habits of 967 Scottish people around age 70 who did not have dementia