Researchers have developed a new "body clock" tool that calculates people’s biological age — and could even predict the risk of disability or death. The tool, which comes from the University of ...

Our organs age at different rates, and a blood test determining how much they’ve each aged could predict the risk of conditions like lung cancer and heart disease decades later, finds a new study led ...

Biological age tests measure how fast your body is aging compared to your actual age. These tests rely on biomarkers tied to ...

How old are you really? Birthdays may be a common tally, but your “age” isn’t determined by time alone. New research increasingly shows the importance of considering chronological age as something ...

In a nutshell: A team of Stanford Medicine researchers has developed a new blood test that can estimate the biological age of major organs, shedding light on why some people age faster than others and ...

We all know that we age as time goes by, what may come as a surprise is that according to new studies, each of our organs seems to age at a different rate. For example, we may have a young brain and ...

The system, devised by researchers at Case Western Reserve University and Cleveland Clinic, better accounts for biological disadvantages that limit access to transplant for some patients Researchers ...

The candles on your birthday cake don't tell the whole story. As anyone who ever attended a high-school reunion can tell you, some people age faster than others. Whoever put the candles on your cake ...

Share on Pinterest The biological age of individual organs may be a good predictor of disease risk, a new study suggests. Image credit: LumiNola/Getty Images. Chronological age refers to how many ...