Humans can probably live to at least 130, and possibly well beyond, though the chances of reaching such super old age remain vanishingly small, according to new research.
Sep 29, 2021
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Your immune system's ability to combat COVID-19, like any infection, largely depends on its ability to replicate the immune cells effective at destroying the SARS-CoV-2 virus that causes the disease. These cloned immune cells ...
May 7, 2022
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You've heard of the fat suit and the pregnancy suit; now meet AGNES - the old person suit.
Jan 3, 2012
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Anger may be more harmful to an older person's physical health than sadness, potentially increasing inflammation, which is associated with such chronic illnesses as heart disease, arthritis and cancer, according to new research ...
May 9, 2019
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New findings from the Monell Center reveal that humans can identify the age of other humans based on differences in body odor. Much of this ability is based on the capacity to identify odors of elderly individuals, and contrary ...
May 30, 2012
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According to a recent study, resistance training improves the health of over 65-year-olds, and the benefits occur even when training as little as once per week. The benefits include improvements in blood values, muscle strength ...
Feb 27, 2019
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How old do you feel inside? Not your chronological age (that pesky number on your birthday cake) but how old is the real you, the person inside?
May 29, 2019
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Molly was 88 years old and in good health. She had outlived two husbands, her siblings, most of her friends and her only son.
May 4, 2023
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When observing an old person picking up a box and a young person picking up a comparable box, it is easy to distinguish the difference in strength, flexibility and confidence of the two people. The brain region responsible ...
Nov 21, 2019
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Margaret Morganroth Gullette is one of the nation's leading voices on the negative impacts and violence of ageism. Gullette, 81 and a resident scholar at the Women's Studies Research Center of Brandeis University, is the ...
Sep 7, 2022
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