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Exploring Longevity: Insights and Research on Human Lifespan and Healthspan
By Frontiers in Aging - Individuals who achieve remarkable longevity are prime examples of successful aging, maintaining relatively good health, and avoiding serious diseases throughout their lives. This makes them concrete examples of resilience. The number of these...
Depression is not a normal part of aging. How staying engaged helps older adults remain healthy and avoid loneliness.
By: Mary Gay Broderick - UC Health - Contrary to what many people believe, depression is not a normal part of aging. Despite often having risk factors for depression — one of which is having a chronic disease — older adults have some of the lowest levels of mental...
Aging Well in America: AARP’s Vision for a National Plan on Aging
By AARP - By 2030, one in five Americans will be age 65 or older. This trend is potentially transformational for the economy, culture, and society in the U.S., as it is for other nations where the same trend is playing out. While other countries are responding to...
Don’t bring me down: Microgravity helping scientists advance medicines to the final frontier
By Josh Abbott - Bioprocess International - The International Space Station (ISS) presented a webinar Friday hosted by Patrick O’Neill, public affairs and outreach lead at the ISS. The webinar discussed the upcoming life science activities planned for the Northrop...
PEPITEM – a novel protective agent for inflammageing
by University of Birmingham - The study, published today in the journal npj Aging, raises the exciting possibility of a protective agent that could dampen age-related inflammation and restore normal immune function in older adults. PEPITEM (Peptide Inhibitor of...
I’ve spent 25 years studying the brain—I never do these 4 things that destroy our memory as we age
By Charan Ranganath - CNBC - As a neuroscientist, I’ve spent the last 25 years researching the science of memory. A funny question I get a lot from people is: “Am I just getting dumber the older I get?” I don’t blame anyone for wondering this. Many of us find...
For healthy aging, light exercise or sleep beats being sedentary
By Caren Chesler - Washington Post - If you want to increase your odds of living a long and healthy life, watch less television and become more physically active, because even a small amount of physical activity can improve overall health, according to an...
Regenerative Medicine Is Changing the Way We Age
By Amy Marturana Winderl - HealthCentral - Taking a person’s own cells out of their body and then putting them back in to heal damaged organs and tissues is a medical concept that feels plucked straight out of a science fiction book. It’s even trippier to consider...
Lifestyle changes found to significantly benefit early-stage Alzheimer’s patients
by Eric W. Dolan - PsyPost.com - A recent clinical trial has unveiled that intensive lifestyle modifications can significantly enhance cognition and daily functioning in patients with mild cognitive impairment or early dementia due to Alzheimer’s disease. Published in...
Rapamycin may slow aging. Here’s one way the drug will be tested
By Allison Aubrey - NPR - A few years back, Matt Kaeberlein was diagnosed with a frozen shoulder. “It was really bad,” he recalls. He wasn’t sleeping well and couldn’t throw a ball due to the pain. His doctor recommended physical therapy, and told him that it may take...
A biohacker’s love story: This 33-year-old asked her date for health labs before meeting—now they’re married
By Alexa Mikhail - Forbes WEll - Kayla Barnes, a 33-year-old wellness CEO based in Cleveland, was eager to pick up her date from the airport one spring evening last year. It would be the first time she would meet Warren Lentz, who lived in Los Angeles, in person, and...
Mediterranean diet linked to enhanced longevity, reduced cardiovascular mortality in cancer survivors
By Medical Life Science News - he Mediterranean Diet is a powerful ally for health even after a cancer diagnosis. This is the key result of an Italian study carried out as part of the UMBERTO Project, conducted by the Joint Research Platform Umberto Veronesi...