Some humans age faster than others. Variation in biological aging can be measured in
midlife, but the implications of this variation are poorly understood. We tested associations …

Increasing life expectancy has been interpreted as improving health of a population.
However, mortality is not always a reliable proxy for the pace of aging and could instead …

Background People age at remarkably different rates, but how to estimate trajectories of
senescence is controversial. Methods In a secondary analysis of a representative cohort of …

Background: To prevent onset of age-related diseases and physical and cognitive decline,
interventions to slow human aging and extend health span must eventually be applied to …

The rise in human longevity is one of humanity's crowning achievements. Although
advances in public health beginning in the 19th century initiated the rise in life expectancy …

From two leading experts, a revolutionary new way to think about and measure aging. Aging
is a complex phenomenon. We usually think of chronological age as a benchmark, but it is …

The 20th century saw an unprecedented increase in average human lifespan as well as a
rapid decline in human fertility in many countries of the world. The accompanying worldwide …

Antiaging therapies show promise in model organism research. Translation to humans is
needed to address the challenges of an aging global population. Interventions to slow …

Frailty is a multiply determined, age-related state of increased risk for adverse health
outcomes. We review how the degree of frailty conditions the development of late-life …

Recent trends and increasing differences in life expectancy present opportunities for
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