For generations, gray hair has been treated as a cosmetic problem to hide, a visible marker of age and stress. Now a wave of ...

Elizabeth Collins was 13 years old when she started going gray. As any teenager would do, she colored her hair dark brown, sometimes black to cover up her gray hairs, settling into a cycle of coloring ...

White matter and gray matter are distinct types of areas of the brain. Both are essential for thinking skills, emotions, and muscle movement. You may have heard the terms “gray matter” and “white ...

It can be a shock to find your first gray hairs on your head, especially if you are only in your 20s. But women's health specialist Kirtly Jones, MD, says a few gray hairs are perfectly normal, even ...

Gray hair is commonly associated with stress, heredity, and aging. However, there’s much more to it than that. Just like skin, your hair gets its natural color from melanin — without it, your hair ...

Salt and pepper, silver, pewter, charcoal. Whatever you call it, we all get gray hair at some point. But why do some people go gray in their 20s while others don’t see the first sign of silver until ...

We may earn commission from links on this page, but we only recommend products we love. Promise. Embracing aging is something that doesn’t come too easily to me (hello, existential crises) but the one ...

Some say that becoming as dull as a rock is an effective way to disengage. By Christina Caron Take a moment to imagine a small gray rock sitting in the palm of your hand. It’s silent, smooth and ...

Gray matter is made up of neuronal cell bodies, while white matter primarily consists of myelinated axons. In the brain, white matter is found closer to the center of the brain, whereas the outer ...