Golf Is Good – Golfing Regularly Could Be a Hole-in-One for Older Adults’ Health
Regularly golfing, at least once per month, was found to lower the risk of death among older adults. While the protective effects of playing golf…
Aging
Researchers Can Accurately Estimate Your Age Based on the Microbes Living on Your Body
New understanding of how our microbiomes change as we age sets the stage for future research on the role microbes play in accelerating or decelerating…
Toxic Protein Tau Exposed – Linked to Alzheimer’s and Neurodegenerative Diseases
Columbia-led team harnesses two powerful technologies to identify promising targets for diagnosing and treating neurodegenerative diseases. The protein tau has long been implicated in Alzheimer’s…
Revitalizing the Aging Brain by Activating Immune Cells
Researchers at Albany Medical College in New York have discovered that a specific type of immune cell accumulates in older brains, and that activating these…
Synergistic Cellular Pathways Identified That Extend Lifespan by 500%
Discovery of cellular mechanisms could open door to more effective anti-aging therapies. Scientists at the MDI Biological Laboratory, in collaboration with scientists from the Buck…
Body Clock Biologists Find That Beauty Sleep Is Real – Discovery May Unlock the Mysteries of Aging
Biologists from The University of Manchester have explained for the first time why having a good night’s sleep really could prepare us for the rigors…
Drinking 1% vs 2% Milk Associated With a Significant Difference in Aging
High-fat milk consumption is connected to significantly shorter telomeres. Drinking 1% rather than 2% milk accounts for 4.5 years of less aging in adults according…
Low Libido in Older Women Isn’t Just From Menopause
A qualitative study by researchers at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine found that women in their 60s report various reasons behind why they…
Protein Levels in People’s Blood Accurately Predicts Their Age – Aging Isn’t Smooth Continuous Process
Stanford Scientists Reliably Predict People’s Age by Measuring Proteins in Blood Protein levels in people’s blood can predict their age, a Stanford study has found….
Novel Amyloidosis Discovered by Scientists
A collaboration led by scientists at Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology (TUAT), Japan, has discovered a novel amyloid protein that induces amyloidosis in rats….
No Matter How Old You Are, Regular Exercise Is Good for Your Heart
A new study in the Canadian Journal of Cardiology showed that older individuals have the most to gain and may gain the most from rehabilitation…
New Study Uncovers Why People Gain Weight As They Get Older [Video]
Many people struggle to keep their weight in check as they get older. Now new research at Karolinska Institutet has uncovered why that is: Lipid…
Treatment for High Blood Pressure May Slow Cognitive Decline
High blood pressure appears to accelerate cognitive decline among middle-aged and older adults, but treating high blood pressure may slow this down, according to a…
Experts Now Say That Declining Mental Sharpness Doesn’t Have to Come With Age
Think Declining Mental Sharpness “Just Comes With Age”? Think Again, Says a Prestigious NIH-Funded Conference We’ve long thought cognitive decline was just “characteristic of aging,”…
Brain Takes a Beating As Arteries Age
Researchers in Umeå, Sweden, have presented a model that explains why memory deteriorates as the body ages. With age, the brain receives an increased load…
Scientists Use Gene Therapy to Successfully Treat Mitochondrial Diseases
Mitochondrial disease is now thought to be the second most commonly diagnosed genetic disease worldwide, and, unfortunately, there are still no proven treatment strategies for…
Size of Nucleolus Plays Important Role Protecting Cells Against Infection
All cells in the body have the basic ability to protect themselves from infection, called the innate immune response. But how cells do this is…
Physical Exercise Improves Cognition in Alzheimer’s Disease
A study by a Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) research team finds that neurogenesis — inducing the production of new neurons — in the brain structure…