Tag: Aging

WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. - March 6, 2019 - Scientists at Wake Forest Baptist Health have been awarded $3.9 million from the ...

Study of Veterans Health Administration records suggest relationship between menopause symptoms and multiple chronic health conditions CLEVELAND, Ohio (March 6, ...

Asthma patients often undergo tests involving inhaled methacholine, a drug that can cause narrowing of the airways, similar to what ...

New research indicates that elderly men are significantly undertreated for osteoporosis compared with elderly women, and blacks have the lowest ...

In a Community Dentistry & Oral Epidemiology study, poor cognitive function in older adults was associated with poorer oral health ...

To get older adults to pay attention to important health information, preface it with the good news about their health. ...

Clinical trial shows reduction of inflammation in humans; diet appears to reverse Crohn's and colitis pathology in mice What if ...

Credit: Alex Dolce, Florida Atlantic University By 2050 about 16 million Americans and 60 million people worldwide will be affected ...

Physical & mental health issues, hearing problems, and poor diet, exercise and sleep all associated with lack of companionship & ...

PITTSBURGH, March 4, 2019 - If mitigating racial disparities in those who contract pneumococcal diseases, such as meningitis and pneumonia, ...

Genetic manipulation that more than doubles lifespan also leads to better offspring - according to new collaborative research from the ...

It's time to strengthen support for the 28% of people who provide care for an ageing family member, friend or ...

A new study by the University of Tennessee, Knoxville will examine how the intersection of being both LGBT and a ...

NIH-funded project includes largest sample to date for Alzheimer's gene associationCredit: Image courtesy of Kunkle et al and Nature Genetics. ...

NYU study identifies gaps, opportunities for medication management coordination between providers Medically high-risk patients and communication breakdowns between providers contribute ...

Credit: Christopher Donnelly, Ph.D. PITTSBURGH, Feb. 27, 2019 - A single misbehaving protein - called TDP-43 - is behind 97 ...

Resistance training improves the health of over 65-year-olds, and the benefits occur even when some people train as little as ...

Metronidazole resistance examinedCredit: University of Houston In the world of superbugs (bacteria that has grown resistant to antibiotics) Clostridioides difficile, ...

Projects focus on sleep apnea and community health worker interventions WASHINGTON, DC (February 26, 2019) -- The Patient-Centered Outcomes Research ...

Genetic tests for patients with precursor lesions might reveal those at greatest risk A small, retrospective study has found that, ...