A new study published in Nature Mental Health has found that people with a higher genetic risk for schizophrenia tend to have ...

A new study suggests that vitamin D supplementation may help preserve the lengths of the protective caps at the ends of chromosomes known as telomeres.

A new AI tool called FaceAge can estimate your biological age from a selfie—and reveal hidden cancer risks. Backed by a study in The Lancet Digital Health, it could transform early detection and ...

A new AI model can deduce a person's biological age using a selfie. Could it be used to guide cancer treatment decisions?

They're also probing how factors like makeup, cosmetic surgery or room lighting variations could fool the system. Ethics debates loom large. An AI that can read biological age from a selfie could ...

And while biological aging can be accelerated by a number of factors, like stress, pregnancy, smoking, drinking alcohol and even extreme heat, some of these changes can be reversible — and it ...

Background: Biomarkers like coronary artery calcium (CAC) and traditional risk factors are well-validated for coronary artery disease (CAD) assessment but not always available, and with limited workup ...

Learn more from WebMD about the causes of mental illness, including biological, psychological, and environmental factors.

Longer periods of extreme heat has been found to accelerate biological age in older adults by up to two years, according to new research.

Share on Pinterest Scientists have quantified the impact certain lifestyle factors have on biological aging. Christian Charisius/picture alliance via Getty Images Researchers are still working to ...

Environmental factors, lifestyle choices have greater impact on health than genes, study finds Some of the environmental factors are modifiable, the researchers said.