Health
Learning and staying in shape key to longer lifespan, study finds
People who are overweight cut their life expectancy by two months for every extra kilogramme of weight they carry, research suggests.
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'Lifespan machine' probes cause of aging: Findings suggest that aging has no single mechanism
Aging is one of the most mysterious processes in biology. We don't know, scientifically speaking, what exactly it is. We do know for sure when it ends, but to make matters even more inscrutable, the timing of death is determined ...
Jan 27, 2016
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Glucosamine promotes longevity by mimicking a low-carb diet
The widely used food supplement glucosamine promotes longevity in aging mice by approximately 10 percent due to improved glucose metabolism. Michael Ristow, M.D., a professor at ETH Zurich, and his team find that the compound ...
Apr 8, 2014
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Biological age-predicting 'epigenetic clock' for studying how to extend lifespan
Lots of factors can contribute to how fast an organism ages: diet, genetics and environmental interventions can all influence lifespan. But in order to understand how each factor influences aging—and which ones may help ...
Apr 5, 2017
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Researchers find alpha-ketoglutarate more than doubles lifespan of nematode
(Medical Xpress)—A team of researchers working at the University of California has found that adding the compound α-ketoglutarate (alpha-KG) to a nematode diet can drastically extend its lifespan. In their paper published ...
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New study explains duality of longevity drug rapamycin
A Penn- and MIT-led team explained how rapamycin, a drug that extends mouse lifespan, also causes insulin resistance. The researchers showed in an animal model that they could, in principle, separate the effects, which depend ...
Mar 29, 2012
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Simple lifestyle changes can add a decade or more healthy years to the average lifespan
Vancouver − Health prevention strategies to help Canadians achieve their optimal health potential could add a decade or more of healthy years to the average lifespan and save the economy billions of dollars as a result ...
Oct 21, 2011
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Diabetes
In mice, diabetes drug metformin tied to longer, healthier lives
(HealthDay)—A new study in mice hints that the widely used diabetes drug metformin might have life-extending benefits beyond its effects on diabetes.
Jul 30, 2013
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Diet supplemented with specific probiotic bacterial strain increases mice lifespan
The mammalian gut is home to hundreds of bacterial species that contribute to food digestion and, in some cases, inflammatory gut diseases. Probiotics, beneficial bacterial species, can enhance gut health by keeping the resident ...
Jan 6, 2012
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Living long and living well: Is it possible to do both?
Exactly when does old age begin? Which health markers best predict who will live a long and healthy life versus a life spent in poor health?
Jun 6, 2017
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