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’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…
Researchers at Stevens Institute of Technology show that strain on ventricular walls explains where lesions develop in the aging brain. As our brains age, small…
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…
Results reported in JAMA Internal Medicine associate cataract surgery with 30% lower risk of dementia in aging population. Cataracts affect most older adults at risk…
As we age, our muscles gradually become smaller, weaker, and less able to heal after injury. In a new study, UPMC and University of Pittsburgh…
DNA damage signaling induced by aging telomeres increases the expression of ACE2, the human SARS-CoV-2 cell receptor. SARS-CoV-2 causes the pandemic coronavirus disease COVID-19, that…
Research uses data from the Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging (CLSA). The COVID-19 pandemic has had a significant impact on the mental health of older…
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…
People with elevated blood pressure that falls within the normal recommended range are at risk of accelerated brain aging, according to new research from The…
For the first time, researchers have used human data to quantify the speed of different processes that lead to Alzheimer’s disease and found that it…
We all know being surrounded by greenery is good for the mind and soul, but can it be good for the body, too? Planetary health…
The attachment of the small protein ubiquitin to other proteins (ubiquitination) regulates numerous biological processes, including signal transduction and metabolism / Scientists at the University…
Two new molecules that generate minute amounts of the gas hydrogen sulfide have been found to prevent skin from aging after being exposed to ultraviolet…
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…