Thyroid Hormones Helped Early Humans Survive, But Left Us Susceptible to...
Although most victims survive the 735,000 heart attacks that occur annually in the U.S., their heart tissue is often irreparably damaged — unlike many...
Highly Processed Foods Harm Memory in the Aging Brain – Omega-3...
Four weeks on a diet of highly processed food led to a strong inflammatory response in the brains of aging rats that was accompanied...
UCLA Study Points to Iron as Cause of Alzheimer’s Disease
Alzheimer's disease has proven to be a difficult enemy to defeat. After all, aging is the No. 1 risk factor for the disorder, and...
Scientists Restore Vision, Reverse Age-Related Vision Loss From Glaucoma in Animal...
Harvard Medical School scientists have successfully restored vision in mice by turning back the clock on aged eye cells in the retina to recapture...
Study Suggests Vitamin D May Prevent Age-Related Memory Impairment
If you don't want to dumb down with age, vitamin D may be the ticket. Daily supplementation of vitamin D over several months helped...
Disrupted Sleep Linked to Neurodegenerative Conditions, Alzheimer’s Disease
Broken Cellular 'Clock' Linked to Brain Damage
A new discovery may help explain the surprisingly strong connections between sleep problems and neurodegenerative conditions such as...
Altering Gut Bacteria Promotes Health and Increases Lifespan
Scientists at the Buck Institute for Research on Aging have promoted health and increased lifespan in Drosophila by altering the symbiotic, or commensal, relationship between bacteria...
Paper Calls for Preventing Diseases of Aging vs Fighting Chronic Illness
Medicine focuses almost entirely on fighting chronic diseases in a piecemeal fashion as symptoms develop. Instead, researchers writing in the journal Nature say more effort should...
Study Links Loss of Dream-Stage REM Sleep to Higher Risk of...
Spending less time in REM sleep is linked to a greater overall risk of death from any cause, as well as from cardiovascular disease...
Training One Arm Improves Strength, Decreases Muscle Loss in Opposite Arm
New research from Edith Cowan University (ECU) has revealed that training one arm can improve strength and decrease muscle loss in the other arm...
Extending “Healthspan” by Controlling Age-Related Inflammation
Inflammation is the common denominator of many chronic age-related diseases such as arthritis, gout, Alzheimer's, and diabetes. But according to a Yale School of...
Aspirin May Fight Cancer by Slowing DNA Damage
Aspirin is known to lower risk for some cancers, and a new study led by a UC San Francisco scientist points to a possible...
