Just in time for the annual tradition of making (and breaking) New Year resolutions, genetic testing business 23andMe has kicked off recruitment for a 100,000-person study of weight loss and …

Figure 1 isn’t for the squeamish, but investors apparently love it. The company, a kind of social network where more than a million healthcare professionals can view rare conditions, learn …

Dementia doesn’t happen all at once. And it’s not well understood what, if anything, can be done to reverse it. But doctors now have more ideas about what can slow …

NIR BARZILAI HAS a plan. It’s a really big plan that might one day change medicine and health care as we know it. Its promise: extending our years of healthy, disease-free …

Nobel laureates and billionaires fight to sell you what they hope is a longevity pill. “Live healthier for longer through extraordinary science” That’s the promise offered by a supplement company …

Globally, the number of people over age 60 will more than double by mid-century, and increasing longevity is poised to be a major driver of 21st century economic growth.  Older …