New measure of biological age can predict health risks
Credit: Gunilla Sonnebring People age in different ways. Biological age is a metric that scientists use to predict health risks, ...
Tag: Gerontology
Inequitable medicare reimbursements threaten care of most vulnerable
Credit: Saint Louis University Hospitals, doctors and Medicare Advantage insurance plans that care for some of the most vulnerable patients ...
Novel compound is promising drug candidate for Alzheimer’s disease
New gamma secretase inhibitor blocks only amyloid production, no other functionsCredit: Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute TROY, N.Y. -- A newly identified ...
Can weighted vests help maintain bone health when older adults slim down?
Credit: WFU / Ken Bennett Losing weight can be a tricky balance of risks and benefits for older adults: You ...
Reelin reverts the main pathological processes related to Alzheimer’s and other tauopathy
An essential protein for brain plasticityCredit: UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA Promoting the signalling pathway of reelin -an essential extracellular protein for ...
Potential way to halt blinding macular degeneration identified
Scientists find unexpected connection between 2 main forms of AMDCredit: Dan Addison | UVA Communications Researchers have successfully treated age-related ...
Possible Alzheimer’s breakthrough suggested
Researchers say newly found protein is bio-marker for disease; suggest suppression of 'aggregatin' could lead to future treatments to slow ...
January Alzheimer’s & Dementia highlights: Sleep, race/ethnicity, artificial intelligence
Alzheimer's & Dementia: The Journal of the Alzheimer's Association January 2020 Journal DigestCredit: Credit Alzheimer's Association CHICAGO, January 16, 2020 ...
Researchers identify gene with functional role in aging of eye
In mouse studies, a 'methylation clock' on the ELOVL2 gene ticks toward impaired vision, but when gene expression was boosted, ...
Many older people’s glasses of wrong power
Credit: Photo by Elin Lindstrom Overall, Swedish 70-year-olds' eyesight is good, but many could see even better. Six in ten ...
Study questions routine troponin testing for ACS in geriatric patients with NSCs
Credit: KIRSTY CHALLEN, B.SC., MBCHB, MRES, PH.D., LANCASHIRE TEACHING HOSPITALS, UNITED KINGDOM DES PLAINES, IL-- The results of a study ...
Lonely in a crowd: Overcoming loneliness with acceptance and wisdom
Study looked at characteristics of loneliness in a senior housing community and the strategies residents used to overcome itCredit: Erik ...
Rejuvenating the brain
More stem cells improve learning and memory of old miceCredit: CRTD We all will experience it at some point, unfortunately: ...
Possible dementia vaccine closer after mice studies
Human trials tipped within two yearsCredit: Flinders University A preventive treatment for dementia may proceed to clinical trials after successful ...
Home for the holidays — But will grandpa remember me?
Now there's hope; Hebrew University team finds TB vaccine lowers rates of Alzheimer's disease in cancer patientsCredit: Lior Mizrahi Holidays ...
New study shows how patients’ health values can impact vital pelvic floor treatment
The value women put on health has direct effect on treatment outcomesCredit: Swansea University Researchers and health professionals in Swansea ...
Adulthood with autism
MU researcher highlights the value of self-determination for young adults with autismCredit: MU News Bureau COLUMBIA, Mo. - The independence ...
Is targeting aging the future of medicine? Researchers make the case
Credit: The Gerontological Society of America Human life expectancy worldwide rose dramatically over the past century, but people's health spans ...
Your genes aren’t the only factor dictating Alzheimer’s risk, says Baycrest-U of T study
The colour of our eyes or the straightness of our hair is linked to our DNA, but the development of ...
UArizona Health Sciences seeks new way to understand human aging
Dr. Janko Nikolich-Zugich has received a prestigious $4.5 million MERIT Award from the NIH to pursue a new, more promising ...
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