Age spots, also known as liver spots, are common in fair-skinned people over 50 years of age. Step 1 Use sunscreen when you go out, paying particular attention to your face and hands. Age spots are caused by a lifetime of exposure to the sun, so the sooner you start wearing sunblock, the [...]
Three separate studies confirm a gene that suppresses tumor cell growth also plays a key role in aging. The researchers found increasing concentration, or expression, of the gene p16INK4a in older cells; these aging cells worked poorly compared to young cells and remembered their “age” even when transferred from old mice to young mice. The [...]