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New clues to slow aging? Scientists use genetic rewiring to increase lifespan of cells
By Katharine Lang - Medical News Today We all strive to live long and healthy lives, but can you lengthen your life? The National Institutes of Health (NIH) tell us that the best way to increase lifespan is to eat well, get quality sleep, exercise regularly, get...
Miami’s Blue Zones Center partners with Overtown Youth Center to promote healthy habits for longevity
By NBC 6 South Florida Blue Zones Center says the partnership is linked to their goal of achieving a higher life expectancy and providing the underserved community, education on the lifestyle habits of the world's healthiest, longest-lived people. The Blue Zones...
Biomarkers of Aging for Facilitating Future Research
by Arkadi Mazin - Lifesapn.io The Biomarkers of Aging Consortium, an initiative uniting about 200 geroscientists around the goal to inform and guide the use of biomarkers of aging, has put out its first paper. Since studies with lifespan as their endpoint can take a...
Maintaining a stable weight may be linked to exceptional longevity
By Erika Watts - Medical News Today Older women looking to extend their lifespan to the age of 90 or beyond should focus on maintaining a stable weight. A recent multi-institutional study found that older women who maintained a stable body weight after 60 were more...
A Review of Human Disease Models in Drug Development
By Florina Gobel - Center for Contemporary Sciences In the article Human disease models in drug development published in Nature, the authors delve into the critical role of human disease models in drug development, emphasizing the importance of bridging the gap...
Longevity gene from naked mole rats extends lifespan of mice
By University of Rochester The successful transfer of a gene that produces HMW-HA paves the way for improving the health and lifespan of humans, too. In a groundbreaking endeavor, researchers at the University of Rochester have successfully transferred a longevity...
The Mediterranean diet: Two more reasons it’s the ‘gold standard’ for longevity
By Harry Miller - Canada News Media The Mediterranean diet, which features an emphasis on plant foods, is considered the “gold standard” dietary pattern in terms of the wide range of health benefits it offers. Studies have associated adherence to the eating pattern...
How My Mother’s Dementia Showed Me Another Side of Neurodiversity
By Steve Silberman - Scientific American My mother taught me to love words. Her dementia taught me to listen more closely My late father, Donald, an English professor, raised me to appreciate great literature. But it was my mother, Leslie, who taught me to love...
Exosomes secreted by mesenchymal stem cells delay brain aging by upregulating SIRT1 expression
Source: Scientific Reports The increase in the aging population has seriously affected our society. Neurodegenerative diseases caused by aging of the brain significantly impact the normal life of the elderly, and delaying brain aging is currently the focus of...
How to Live a Long, Healthy Life
By Diane Roberts Stoler Ed.D. - Psychology Today The importance of sleep and mental health. Many of us aspire to live a long and healthy life, enjoying an active and independent lifestyle as we age. The good news is that longevity is not entirely out of your control....
Stanford Scientists Identify Gene “Fingerprint” for Brain Aging
By Stanford Medicine - SciTechDaily Many of us, upon reaching middle age, observe a decline in memory and cognitive abilities. However, the exact molecular changes in the brain responsible for this are not fully understood by scientists. However, a recent study...
Unlocking Healthy Longevity: Anti-Aging Function Discovered in Cell Protein
by University of Queensland - SciTechDaily Researchers at The University of Queensland have found an anti-aging function in a protein deep within human cells. Associate Professor Steven Zuryn and Dr. Michael Dai at the Queensland Brain Institute have discovered that a...