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Difference between retina’s biological age and person’s real age linked to heightened death risk. ‘Retinal age gap’ potential use as screening tool, suggest researchers. The…
Some cognitively frail adults have impaired cognition but intact brain structure and function. At the first sign of cognitive trouble, people often worry Alzheimer’sAlzheimer’s disease…
Enhanced nerve transmission seen in older adults who remained active. When elderly people stay active, their brains have more of a class of proteins that…
Reducing frailty in older adults could be an effective strategy to prevent dementia, according to a largescale new study. Published in the Journal of Neurology,…
Taking it easy as you get older? Wrong. Message of new Lieberman study: ‘Because we evolved to be active throughout our lives, our bodies need…
Uncovered: Key to How Exercise Protects Against Consequences of Aging Monash University, Australia scientists have discovered an enzyme that is key to why exercise improves…
Cataract surgery was also associated with lower risk of Alzheimer’s disease dementia specifically. Results reported in JAMA Internal Medicine associate cataract surgery with 30% lower…
DNADNA, or deoxyribonucleic acid, is a molecule composed of two long strands of nucleotides that coil around each other to form a double helix. It…
Weakening muscles are a natural part of the aging process, but for some people with a condition called sarcopenia the decline is abnormally fast. A…
Credit: Anya Wotton/ANU People with elevated blood pressure that falls within the normal recommended range are at risk of accelerated brain aging, according to new…
For the first time, researchers have used human data to quantify the speed of different processes that lead to Alzheimer’sAlzheimer’s disease is a disease that…
New drug molecules could prevent skin aging caused by sun exposure. Two new molecules that generate minute amounts of the gas hydrogen sulfide have been…
Research from APC Microbiome Ireland (APC) at University College Cork (UCC) published on August 9, 2021, in the leading international scientific journal Nature Aging introduces…
New paper highlights history and recent successes in advancing research from concept to commercialization. Small business program funding from the National Institute on Aging (NIA),…
A study released in STEM CELLS Translational Medicine has confirmed the safety of a novel type of cellular therapy for knee pain caused by osteoarthritis. Conducted by…
Yeast can be grown on both solid and liquid nutrition medium and is a good model system for studying aging. Yeast cells share many molecular…
A neutrophil undergoes NETosis, expelling chromatin to ensnare and destroy a pathogen. Credit: Ryan Lu A new University of Southern California (USC) study of a…
The latest investigations into a promising new genetic test for glaucoma — the leading cause of blindness worldwide — has found it has the ability…
Study in middle- to older-aged adults suggests whole grains may protect against heart disease. Eating whole grains linked to smaller increases in waist size, blood…