Alzheimer’s Association Zenith Fellows awards pursue novel treatments, protection gene
Grants support new approaches to treatment of Alzheimer's and other dementiasCredit: Alzheimer's Association CHICAGO, October 31, 2019 - The Alzheimer's ...
Tag: Aging
Quality over quantity! Interval walking training improves fitness and health in elderly individuals
Credit: Shizue Masuki Ph,D., Institute for Biomedical Sciences, Shinshu University In Japan, health-conscious folks have been known to carry around ...
Researchers find high-intensity exercise improves memory in seniors
Credit: Paulina Rzeczkowska Researchers at McMaster University who examine the impact of exercise on the brain have found that high-intensity ...
UTSA studies osteoporotic bone fractures to rethink treatment
Credit: Photo Courtesy of UTSA About half of all women in the U.S. will suffer a bone fracture due to ...
Machine learning leads to novel way to track tremor severity in Parkinson’s patients
Method incorporates wearable sensors and machine-learning algorithms to allow free body movement in patients' natural environmentsCredit: Alex Dolce, Florida Atlantic ...
Update: House passes EMPOWER for Health Act, supporting care for us all as we age
Credit: (C) 2019, American Geriatrics Society The American Geriatrics Society (AGS) congratulates the U.S. House of Representatives, which within hours ...
Texas A&M Veterinary School helps create first-ever cancer screenings for dogs
A partnership with medical firm Volition will develop new blood tests that can identify early cancer in dogsCredit: Texas A&M ...
Excellence in gerontological nursing
UTA professors recognized for their leadership, contributions to gerontologyCredit: The University of Texas at Arlington In an effort to train ...
EMPOWER for health act highlights rare, important bipartisan priority: Care as we age
Credit: (C) 2019, American Geriatrics Society Among several legislative proposals slated for a vote today in the U.S. House of ...
WPI researcher creating safer, more accurate way to detect prostate cancer
WPI Biomedical Engineer receives $1.8 Million NIH grant to build robotic system to find and monitor common and deadly cancerCredit: ...
A blood factor involved in weight loss and aging
Credit: © Institut Pasteur Aging is a process that affects all functions of the human body, particularly brain function. However, ...
IOF report underscores urgent need to maintain mobility in the world’s older population
Launched for World Osteoporosis Day, a new edition of the IOF Compendium of Osteoporosis highlights alarming increases in dependency ratios ...
CNIO researchers obtain the first mice born with hyper-long telomeres
The study shows that it is possible to extend life without any genetic modificationCredit: CNIO A chance finding ten years ...
UTA leads multi-institution effort to attack unsafe medication use, make patients safer
PROMIS lab takes on medication misuseCredit: UT Arlington Each year, U.S. hospitals record more than 700,000 emergency room visits and ...
Adipogenic progenitors keep muscle stem cells young
In adult skeletal muscle, loss of myofiber integrity caused by mechanical injuries or diseases are repaired by resident muscle stem ...
Habitual tea drinking modulates brain efficiency: Evidence from brain connectivity evaluation
The researchers recruited healthy older participants to two groups according to their history of tea drinking frequency and investigated both ...
Conclusions from a behavioral aging study on male and female F2 hybrid mice on age-related behavior
Due to strain-specific behavioral idiosyncrasies, inbred mouse strains are suboptimal research models for behavioral aging studies.Credit: Malin Hernebring [email protected] Due ...
UTHealth leads effort to enhance Texas’ financial exploitation investigations of seniors
Credit: UTHealth An elder abuse team at The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth) is partnering with ...
Deciphering the early stages of Parkinson’s disease is a matter of time
The secret to deciphering elderly disorders is understanding how key proteins organize themselves over timeCredit: Guilherme A. P. de Oliveira ...
Scientists at the MDI biological laboratory are decoding the genetic mechanisms of aging
Discoveries could one day lead to new drugs to prolong healthy human lifespanCredit: MDI Biological Laboratory BAR HARBOR, MAINE -- ...
