Humans have long sought to reduce the effects of aging. Now, there may be another reason to continue searching for ways to slow the clockâpreventing Parkinson's disease.
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Helmeted bicycle riders have a 58 percent reduced odds of severe traumatic brain injury after an accident compared to their non-helmeted counterparts, according to researchers from the University of Arizona, Tucson. Their ...
Oct 8, 2015
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A collaborative research team involving scientists at King's College London, and funded in part by Alzheimer's Research UK and the Medical Research Council (MRC), has discovered a panel of molecular markers that may be able ...
Sep 7, 2015
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In the summer of 2012, Olga Kotelko, a 93-year-old Canadian track-and-field athlete with more than 30 world records in her age group, visited the Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology at the University of ...
Aug 17, 2015
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A disproportionate number of people hospitalized in Canada with traumatic brain injuries are 65 years or older, a new study from St. Michael's Hospital has found.
Jul 6, 2015
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An expert panel convened by the Institute of Medicine clarified the cognitive aging process by making a distinction from Alzheimer disease and related dementias, and provided recommendations to enhance cognitive health in ...
Jun 22, 2015
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Normal ageing affects our ability to carry out complex cognitive tasks. But exactly how our brain functions change during this process is largely unknown. Now, researchers in Malaysia have demonstrated that ageing changes ...
May 29, 2015
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People who have suffered serious head injuries show changes in brain structure resembling those seen in older people, according to a new study.
Mar 25, 2015
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The strategies for living a long and healthy life are well known and relatively simple, if not always easily executed: Maintain an appropriate weight. Eat the right foods. Exercise. Limit stress.
Mar 23, 2015
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A study of brain aging finds that being male was associated with worse memory and lower hippocampal volume in individuals who were cognitively normal at baseline, while the gene APOE ?4, a risk factor for Alzheimer disease, ...
Mar 16, 2015
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