Older People Are Just As Good at Learning To Help Others – Worse at Learning to Self-Help
Older adults may be slower to learn actions and behaviors that benefit themselves, but new research shows they are just as capable as younger people…
Older adults may be slower to learn actions and behaviors that benefit themselves, but new research shows they are just as capable as younger people…
The latest investigations into a promising new genetic test for glaucoma — the leading cause of blindness worldwide — has found it has the ability…
Eating whole grains linked to smaller increases in waist size, blood pressure, blood sugar. Middle- to older-aged adults who ate at least three servings of…
You’re as old as your immune system. Investigators at the Stanford University School of Medicine and the Buck Institute for Research on Aging have built…
Every day, our bodies face a bombardment of UV rays, ozone, cigarette smoke, industrial chemicals, and other hazards. This exposure can lead to free-radical production…
Good oral health, including dentures, may protect against cognitive decline. Tooth loss is a risk factor for cognitive impairment and dementia–and with each tooth lost,…
NIH scientists discover that bacteria may drive activity of many hallmark aging genes in flies. To better understand the role of bacteria in health and…
Canadian researchers at The Ottawa Hospital, the University of Ottawa, the Bruyère Research Institute, and ICES have built and validated an online calculator that empowers…
Patients with a unique cellular disorder are helping researchers understand a series of health complications better. For the first time, researchers led by Newcastle University,…
An unexpected discovery: Inflammatory proteins may slow cognitive decline in aging adults. Research has previously linked inflammation to Alzheimer’s disease (AD), yet scientists from Massachusetts…
Mice lacking ADORA2B in their blood exhibit accelerated aging, including poor memory and hearing deficits. Research conducted by Qiang et al has discovered a link…
Findings may have important implications for understanding age-related diseases. Scientists at Sanford Burnham Prebys have gained a deeper insight into the intricacies of autophagy, the…
New study finds fresh evidence for our inevitable death. A study led by Fernando Colchero, University of Southern Denmark, and Susan Alberts, Duke University, North…
‘The Aging-US authors developed over 800 new C. sativa cultivars and hypothesized that high-CBD C. sativa extracts may be used to down-regulate ACE2 expression in…
A single biomarker can accurately indicate the presence of underlying neurodegeneration in people with cognitive issues. Levels of a protein called neurofilament light chain (NfL)…
Discovery of unique virus traits offer possible explanations as to why older adults and people with diabetes or heart disease can have more severe responses…
New research into Alzheimer’s disease (AD) suggests that secondary infections and new inflammatory events amplify the brain’s immune response and affect memory in mice and…
‘Cognitive clock’ may enable assessment of risk for memory and thinking problems. How old is your brain compared to your chronological age? A new measure…