Common neuropsychiatric symptoms that doctors see in Alzheimer's disease patients originate from brain inflammation rather than amyloid and tau proteins, report University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine researchers in JAMA ...
Nov 27, 2023
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Scientists have estimated that the age of an individual does not indicate how likely they are to be infected by SARS-CoV-2. However, development of symptoms, progression of the disease, and mortality are age-dependent.
Oct 12, 2020
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Age-related macular degeneration (AMD), which is characterized by choroidal neovascularization (CNV), or blood vessel growth, is the primary cause of blindness in elderly individuals of industrialized countries. The prevalence ...
Jun 16, 2014
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The degeneration of a small, wishbone-shaped structure deep inside the brain may provide the earliest clues to future cognitive decline, long before healthy older people exhibit clinical symptoms of memory loss or dementia, ...
Sep 9, 2013
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Scientists at the Monell Center have identified the location and certain genetic characteristics of taste stem cells on the tongue. The findings will facilitate techniques to grow and manipulate new functional taste cells ...
Feb 4, 2013
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(HealthDay) -- The health of elderly people appears closely linked with their diet and the type of microorganisms living in their gut, suggesting that what you eat may affect how well you age, according to new research.
Jul 13, 2012
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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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Canada is on the verge of becoming a "super-aged" nation—a term that refers to nations where 21 percent or more of the population is aged 65 or older. At present, Japan, Italy, Finland and Germany all meet this criteria, ...
Jun 25, 2024
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The new mRNA vaccines have just as good a protective effect against COVID-19 for the very oldest as for younger people. This is evident in a study at Umeå University, where researchers have followed individuals in special ...
May 11, 2023
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Elderly Singaporeans who are above 60 years old develop weaker vaccine-acquired immunity against COVID-19 upon receiving two doses of the Pfizer/BioNTech BNT162b2 vaccine, in comparison to their younger counterparts. These ...
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