It's a fact of life that as we age, our bodies will change. And that includes our teeth and mouths. "Teeth take quite a journey as time goes by," says cosmetic dentist Dr. David Wagner, DDS. "As we ...

Breathing changes with age occur so gradually that most people fail to recognize them until well advanced. The respiratory system undergoes predictable alterations beginning around age 30, with ...

Aging doesn’t happen overnight. New science reveals that your body sends quiet signals long before major changes appear—and ...

At the age of about 90, Nettie London started complaining to her assisted living facility about the quantity of garlic put in just about every food served. It was, she was told, because a lot of ...

From babies who cry through the night to teens who sleep all morning to older adults who just can’t seem to catch any z’s, sleep patterns and the amount of sleep you need change throughout our lives.

Virginia Tech researchers at the Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at VTC have discovered that microscopic structural changes in the aging heart may reduce the risk of irregular heartbeats.

The cover of Aging-US Volume 17, Issue 12, features Figure 5 from the research paper, titled "A combination of differential expression and network connectivity analyses identifies a common set of RNA ...

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 ...

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.