A compromised immune system is a poor defense. Building it requires healthy habits: get plenty of sleep and exercise, manage stress and eat well.

Even a creature as mundane as a cow responds to proper, respectful treatment, as Ted Forrest Fansher showed many decades ago.

National Geographic writer and explorer Dan Buettner’s, The Blue Zones, is his attempt to find out what it takes to achieve the aim of a long and prosperous life.

DDT had no practical use until Paul Hermann Müller, a chemist working in Basel, Switzerland, discovered that it was an effective contact insecticide.

Early in stem cell research, scientists believed that differentiated body cells could not be coaxed back to a stem-like state. This belief has been turned on its head, offering hope for more healthy aging.

Survey finds that teens who have seen their parents drunk are more than twice as likely to get drunk themselves in a typical month.

Researchers are investigating an array of biochemical fixatives that propose to increase longevity.

In his semi-retirement from a long career focusing on outer space, scientist Robert Nathan is focusing on how humans can extend their life on earth.

Part of the task of looking our best involves paying attention to what we eat. And learning about food and nutrition is the first step to healthy eating.

Aging and death are part of life—or are they? Science is telling us that it may soon be possible to extend life indefinitely. But is that what we really want?