Tool that predicts if chemotherapy will produce debilitating side effects in older adults
This easy-to-use risk assessment tool provides oncologists and patients with an individualized report on the likelihood of severe chemotherapy side ...
Tag: Gerontology
Stretching more effective than walking to lower high blood pressure: USask study
Credit: USask/Victoria Dinh A new University of Saskatchewan (USask) study has found that stretching is superior to brisk walking for ...
Rotten egg gas could guard against Alzheimer’s disease
Credit: Bindu Paul and Johns Hopkins Medicine Typically characterized as poisonous, corrosive and smelling of rotten eggs, hydrogen sulfide's reputation ...
New drug form may help treat osteoporosis, calcium-related disorders
Credit: Chris Adam/Purdue University WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - A novel form of a drug used to treat osteoporosis that comes ...
Discovery of aging mechanism for hematopoietic stem cells
Limited rejuvenation of aged hematopoietic stem cells in young bone marrow nicheCredit: ©Atsushi IWAMA, The Institute of Medical Science, The ...
Socioeconomic background linked to survival after having a cardiac arrest in hospital
Credit: European Heart Journal Hospital in-patients from lower socioeconomic backgrounds are less likely to receive prompt cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) after ...
Blood pressure drug may be key to increasing lifespan, new study shows
Metolazone, a drug used to treat hypertension, activates a mitochondrial stress response that prolongs lifespan in the roundworm Caenorhabditis elegansCredit: ...
Computational model reveals how the brain manages short-term memories
Salk scientists show how "working memories" might be stored by neurons that can maintain information longer than averageCredit: L: Salk ...
Scientists publish the first human psychological aging clock using artificial intelligence
Scientists at Deep Longevity published the first set of psychomarkers of aging developed using deep learning to track the changes ...
Costs, COVID-19 risk and delays top older adults’ concerns about seeking emergency care
Findings could help hospitals improve emergency department care and follow-up for people aged 50 to 80Credit: University of Michigan Even ...
Longenesis announces Curator platform for privacy-preserving data use for COVID-19 research
Longenesis announces the first deployment of its flagship product Curator for real-time, privacy-preserving biomedical data identification, with National Research Programme ...
Researchers identify an action mechanism for a drug against Alzheimer’ disease
Late-onset Alzheimer's disease murine modelCredit: UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA A study conducted on mice published in the journal Geroscience has identified ...
FAU receives NIH grant to enhance social engagement in older adults
FAU nursing, neuroscience and physics researchers join forces on the 'mathematics of relatedness'Credit: Florida Atlantic University Vibrant social relationships are ...
Imagining perfect molecules using AI – a benchmarking system for generative chemistry
Insilico Medicine together with collaborators announces the publication of Molecular Sets (MOSES), a benchmarking system for generative chemistry modelsCredit: Insilico ...