The powerful role of exercise in maintaining skeletal muscle could be the key to improving health and resilience in older age, according to new research from Monash University. The new research, published on the bioRxiv preprint ...
Jun 10, 2026
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Navigating Vancouver's streets on foot can feel somewhat perilous. Cars, cyclists and e-scooters come at you from all directions. Construction shuts off walkways leading to diversions. Sidewalks are often uneven and in need ...
May 27, 2026
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Older adults report fewer recent regrets than younger adults, finds research published in the journal Emotion. In addition, although older and younger adults report a similar number of long-term regrets, older adults experience ...
May 7, 2026
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By midlife, an animal's everyday behaviors can signal how long it is likely to live. That is the striking conclusion of a new study in which researchers put scores of short-lived fish under continuous, lifelong surveillance ...
Mar 12, 2026
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As we age with each passing year, we become more susceptible to chronic diseases like cancer, heart disease, and dementia. Scientists have long focused on fighting these conditions one at a time. Recently, however, many have ...
Feb 26, 2026
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In Switzerland, 0.02% of the population lives beyond the age of 100. Could there be biological characteristics associated with this exceptional longevity? As part of the "SWISS100" study, the first large-scale Swiss research ...
Feb 24, 2026
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Even though aging is the largest risk factor for Parkinson's disease, the majority of research aimed at taming the incurable neurodegenerative motor disease has largely left aging out of the mix. A group of researchers from ...
Feb 11, 2026
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Historically, aging played only a minor role in biological research for a long time and was considered a marginal topic. This picture has changed fundamentally since: Scientists around the world are trying to solve the "mystery ...
Feb 4, 2026
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How much do your genes determine how long you'll live? It's a question that fascinates us, and one that's been debated for decades. For years, the answer seemed settled—genes account for about 20–25% of the variation in human ...
Feb 2, 2026
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What determines how long we live—and to what extent is our lifespan shaped by our genes? Surprisingly, for decades, scientists believed that the heritability of human lifespan was relatively low compared to other human traits, ...
Feb 1, 2026
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