Females, on average, live nearly five years longer than males. They also tend to experience age-related cognitive decline at ...

In a Q&A, David Page of the Whitehead Institute says politics is putting basic research on sex differences and women’s health ...

Explore daily insights on the USA TODAY crossword puzzle by Sally Hoelscher. Uncover expert takes and answers in our ...

Transgender, nonbinary, and intersex people exist," argues one letter. Another: "We should be humbled by the gaps in our ...

Study in mice and human cadavers hints that a brain-protective gene in the chromosome becomes more active with age.

Scientists at the University of Virginia have discovered that as men age, they often lose the Y chromosome in some of their ...

A test on lab mice may have helped scientists in California debunk a theory that part of the make up of genetics in females ...