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 ...
Tag: Gerontology
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 ...
MoveCare: First robots for the elderly coming soon
Credit: Università degli Studi di Milano MoveCare European project has entered its testing phase. MoveCare is part of the Horizon ...
Professor Fatima Cardoso wins Advanced Breast Cancer Award
Credit: Champalimaud Clinical Centre, Lisbon, Portugal The European School of Oncology (ESO), together with the Advanced Breast Cancer Global Alliance, ...
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 ...
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 ...
Rapamycin for longevity — Opinion article
Credit: Mikhail V. Blagosklonny [email protected] The scientist discusses several reasons, including fear of the actual and fictional side effects of ...
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 ...
Overcoming the blood-brain-barrier: Delivering therapeutics to the brain
Credit: Professor Moein Moghimi, Newcastle University, UK For the first time, scientists have identified a simple way that can effectively ...
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 -- ...
With AGS Cocare: Help, AGA expands reach of seminal delirium prevention program
Credit: (C) 2019, American Geriatrics Society A seminal program for preventing delirium (the medical term for abrupt, rapid-onset confusion or ...
MDI Biological Laboratory scientist receives federal grant to study aging
Award to Aric Rogers, Ph.D., could lead to therapies to extend healthy lifespanCredit: MDI Biological Laboratory BAR HARBOR, MAINE -- ...
Researchers to study medical cannabis and chronic pain
The $3.5M NIH project will see if cannabis substitutes for traditional pain medsCredit: UGA A team of researchers at the ...
Tau-mediated RNA splicing errors linked to Alzheimer’s disease
Credit: Baylor College of Medicine A collaborative study published today in the journal Cell Reports provides evidence for a new ...