Aging

Mass. General team's findings may have application to treatment of cancer, neurodegenerative disorders Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) investigators have discovered the mechanism by which cells sense dysfunction of the proteasome - a…
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Wednesday, April 17, 2019 - Cancer is a disease that afflicts an alarming number of people, with one in two being diagnosed with a type of cancer during their lifetime. The global cancer burden has risen to 18.1 million people in 2018,…
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Credit: Sanford Burnham Prebys LA JOLLA, CALIF. - April 17, 2019 - Lying within our muscles are stem cells, invisible engines that drive the tissue's growth and repair. Understanding the signal(s) that direct muscle stem cells to spring…
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Study concludes that partnered, postmenopausal women, who are survivors of breast cancer fare better with sexual problems resulting from treatments designed to increase risk of reccurence CLEVELAND, Ohio (April 17, 2019)--Vaginal dryness…
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Credit: (C) 2019, American Geriatrics Society The American Geriatrics Society (AGS) annually honors researchers, clinicians, educators, and emerging health professionals who have made outstanding contributions to high-quality,…
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Credit: (C) 2019, American Geriatrics Society The American Geriatrics Society (AGS) will recognize the late Arti Hurria, MD, a geriatrics oncologist who was one our country's most passionate advocates for older adults with cancer,…
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Credit: (C) 2019, American Geriatrics Society The American Geriatrics Society (AGS) today named Kellie Flood, MD, one of Alabama's premier geriatrics health professionals, its 2019 Clinician of the Year. An Associate Professor at the…
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Credit: (C) 2019, American Geriatrics Society Advancing care for older people across health specialties, the American Geriatrics Society (AGS) and the AGS Health in Aging Foundation today announced that Courtney Balentine, MD, MPH, of the…
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Credit: (C) 2019, American Geriatrics Society The American Geriatrics Society (AGS) today announced that Nicole Brandt, PharmD, MBA, BCGP, BCPP, FASCP, of the University of Maryland School of Pharmacy will be honored with the 2019…
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Despite tools, there's a disconnect when it comes to information and treatment UBC researchers have determined the majority of men struggle when it comes to understanding the diagnosis and treatment of prostate cancer. Professors Joan…
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Credit: Insilico Medicine Tuesday, April 16, 2019 - Animal biomedical data start-up PetSensus and Insilico Medicine, a company specializing in the application of deep learning for target identification and drug discovery in humans,…
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USC study suggests a dose of the TRIM9 gene could decrease damage in stroke, concussion, encephalitis Could a medication someday help the brain heal itself after a stroke, or even prevent damage following a blow to the head? A new USC…
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Hospitals have put a lot of effort into encouraging good hand hygiene among their staff, but new findings suggest a new frontier for preventing transmissionCredit: University of Michigan For decades, hospitals have worked to get doctors,…
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Treatment with a choline kinase inhibitor prompts immune cells to clear away damaged mitochondria, thus reducing NLRP3 inflammasome activation and preventing inflammationCredit: UC San Diego Inflammation is a balanced physiological…
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