Anti-aging artist’s concept. Salk researchers treated mice with anti-aging regimen beginning in middle age and found no increase in cancer or other health problems later…
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Those hoping to avoid one of the worst side effects of aging – bone, joint, and muscle pain that doesn’t go away – might need…
Daily activities like washing dishes reduced heart disease risk in senior women. Seniors take note, running or brisk walking is not the only way to…
Any physical activity is better late than never but earlier in older age, better still. Twenty minutes of daily moderate to vigorous exercise in early…
Pooling data from dozens of experiments let researchers show whose brains benefit the most from exercise. We all know exercise is good for us, but…
A new model, available as an online calculator, estimates the impact of dietary changes on life expectancy. A young adult in the U.S. could add…
A group of genes that play an essential role in building components of our cells can also impact human lifespan, finds a new study led…
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…