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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...
Longevity drug? Study finds taking Ozempic/Wegovy may also benefit brain health
By Danny Sullivan - Longevity.Technology - A new study has found that semaglutide, better known as Ozempic and Wegovy, does not negatively impact brain health and may even provide benefits for cognition and nicotine dependence. The research, carried out by the...
Improving Health Span by Slowing Age-Related Cognitive Decline
By Genetic & Engineering Biotechnology News - Two University of Oklahoma (OU) scientists have been awarded more than $2 million in grants from the Hevolution Foundation to further their studies on age-related cognitive impairment, with an emphasis on improving...
BioXtek: Creating cutting-edge regenerative therapeutics from human birth tissue
by Phil Newman - Longevity.Technology - At birth, the baby is the headline event while the rest of the materials, which have played a crucial role in the intricate process of building a fully-functioning human from just two cells, are often discarded as medical waste....
What research shows about brains of older Americans
By Carly Mallenbaum - Axios - Age is taking center stage this election year after President Biden's debate performance at 81 worried even his biggest supporters. Why it matters: Americans are living longer — and emerging research offers insight as to why — but not...
OpenAI’s Sam Altman and Thrive Global’s Arianna Huffington want to share the ‘miracle drug’ to extend human life
By Alexa Mikhail - Fortune Well - There’s a lot of speculation about how artificial intelligence can revolutionize health care. Thought leaders in health and wellness are eager to see how AI could minimize health care burnout and staffing shortages. Others are...