News tagged with older age
Children of older men have more gene abnormalities: study
Do older fathers doom their children to genetic disease?
Genetics
Aug 22, 2012 |
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Link found between MicroRNA and neurological aging in fruit flies
(Medical Xpress) -- Researchers from several institutions in the Philadelphia area have banded together to form a team to look into the possible impact a certain type of MicroRNA (miRNA) may have on the neurological ...
Medical research
Feb 16, 2012 |
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Researchers find smoking and high blood pressure may be linked to ageing of the brain
(Medical Xpress)—Researchers at King's College London have identified several cardiovascular risk factors, including smoking and high blood pressure, which may be associated with the accelerated decline ...
Health
Nov 26, 2012 |
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Research opens the possibility of temporarily reversing aging in the immune system
Researchers funded by the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) have discovered a new mechanism controlling ageing in white blood cells. The research, published in the September issue of the Journal of ...
Medical research
Aug 16, 2011 |
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Proteins used to map the aging process
Loss of muscle mass is not only associated with disease, such as HIV and cancer, but also with the normal aging process. Anabolic steroids are sometimes used to reverse loss of lean muscle tissue but they can have unwanted ...
Medical research
Jun 19, 2011 |
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Sleep does not benefit learning in older adults as it does for young people: study
(Medical Xpress) -- Neuroscientists have long known that memory, sleep quality and sleep duration deteriorate with age, yet sleep enhances two major types of learning in young people. To date, few investigations have looked ...
Neuroscience
Nov 14, 2011 |
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Marathons safe for aging boomers, study finds
(HealthDay)—It's safe for older adults to run marathons, a new study finds.
Cardiology
Sep 02, 2012 |
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Pessimism about the future may lead to longer, healthier life, research finds
Older people who have low expectations for a satisfying future may be more likely to live longer, healthier lives than those who see brighter days ahead, according to new research published by the American Psychological Association.
Psychology & Psychiatry
Feb 27, 2013 |
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Uncontrolled hypertension could bring increased risk for Alzheimer's disease
A study in the JAMA Neurology (formerly the Archives of Neurology) suggests that controlling or preventing risk factors such as hypertension earlier in life may limit or delay the brain changes associated with Alzheimer's d ...
Alzheimer's disease & dementia
Mar 18, 2013 |
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Presence of common infection—cytomegalovirus—helps to explain increased other virus susceptibility in aging adults
(Medical Xpress)—The first experimental proof that long-term infection with cytomegalovirus, or CMV, may impair the aging immune system's response to unrelated viruses – such as West Nile or the flu – ...
Immunology
Sep 06, 2012 |
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Preventing cognitive decline in healthy seniors
Cognitive training exercises—or mental exercise—may help prevent cognitive decline in healthy older adults, while evidence for the benefits of pharmacologic substances and exercise is weak, outlines a review published ...
Psychology & Psychiatry
Apr 15, 2013 |
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Study unveils 'hidden' alcohol abuse among older people
A study has uncovered a growing drink problem among older people and researchers are now urging the Government to review its UK health strategy to support society's "invisible addicts".
Addiction
Sep 08, 2012 |
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Study finds association between air pollution and cognitive decline in women
A large, prospective study led by a researcher at Rush University Medical Center indicates that chronic exposure to particulate air pollution may accelerate cognitive decline in older adults. The results of the study will ...
Health
Feb 13, 2012 |
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Declining testosterone levels in men not part of normal aging, study finds
A new study finds that a drop in testosterone levels over time is more likely to result from a man's behavioral and health changes than by aging. The study results will be presented Monday at The Endocrine Society's 94th ...
Health
Jun 23, 2012 |
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Painful truths about genital injuries
A comprehensive survey of genital injuries over the last decade involving mishaps with consumer products like clothing, furniture, tools and toys that brought U.S. adults to emergency rooms reveals that such injuries are ...
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Nov 09, 2012 |
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