Aging
Longevity and Age Management
Want to stop your brain deteriorating with age? It's all in the mind
Keeping your mind busy can halve the rate at which your brain shrinks, according to research. Being mentally active helps stop the hippocampus, the brain's memory centre, from deteriorating with age. ... Continue Reading
American inequality highlighted by 30-year gap in life expectancy
The United States of America is becoming less united by the day. A 30-year gap now exists in the average life expectancy between Mississippi, in the Deep South, and Connecticut, in prosperous New England. Huge disparities have also opened up in income, health and education depending on where people live in the US, according to a report published yesterday. ... Continue Reading
Does Mild Cognitive Impairment Concern You?
Conventional physicians have yet to recognize the growing epidemic of mild cognitive impairment that faces our aging population. Currently, there is no standard medical protocol for preventing or treating this condition that may be a precursor to Alzheimer’s disease. In this article, physician Dr. Rosick discusses the need for early diagnosis and preventive treatment. ... Continue Reading
Caloric Restriction Comes in a Pill
Scientists have provided the strongest evidence yet that the anti-aging benefits of calorically restricted diets can be duplicated -- minus the near-starvation -- by a pill. ... Continue Reading
Common drugs may combat ageing disease
TWO common drugs have reversed the effects in mice of progeria, a rare genetic disease that causes premature ageing. The drugs have few side effects, so might one day be used to treat children with the disease. ... Continue Reading
Experts say slowing aging is way to fight diseases in 21st century
A group of aging experts from the United States and the United Kingdom suggest that the best strategy for preventing and fighting a multitude of diseases is to focus on slowing the biological processes of aging. ... Continue Reading
The World's Longevity Secrets
It may have seemed like good news when federal officials announced last month that U.S. life expectancy had jumped four months and, for the first time, surpassed 78 years. ... Continue Reading
Hidden Facial Cheek Fat Compartments Are Key To Youthful Appearance
Rejuvenating newly identified fat compartments in the facial cheeks can help reduce the hollowed look of the face as it ages, according to new research by plastic surgeons at UT Southwestern Medical Center. ... Continue Reading
Blood tests 'could be used to predict lifespan'
Blood tests could soon be used to predict how long someone will live, scientists say. ... Continue Reading
Time in the Sun: How Much Is Needed for Vitamin D?
With heart deaths linked to low vitamin D levels, an expert offers advice on getting just enough sun ... Continue Reading
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