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The generation that faced discrimination, ostracism, and the AIDS epidemic now faces old age. Many struggle with isolation along with a host of pressing health problems.Sunday, December 22, 2024 from Ageing | The Guardian
What’s more depressing than the thought of a long, slow decline in health? The thought of several short, sharp declines. Thank you, science! I don’t believe ageing is linear: I reckon we have long plateaux, then everything falls apart...Saturday, December 21, 2024 from Ageing | The Guardian
The Duke of York is a royal problem, says Marina Hyde: it’s time they owned it. Matt Goss discusses mega-fame, political correctness and loneliness with Simon Hattenstone. After April Balascio’s foster brother was killed, she started...Friday, December 20, 2024 from Kaiser Health News - Aging
A whistleblower suit alleged a health insurer bilked Medicare by exaggerating how sick patients were.Friday, December 20, 2024 from ScienceDaily: Healthy Aging News
Using an AI tool, researchers have analyzed brain images from 70-year-olds and estimated their brains' biological age. They found that factors detrimental to vascular health, such as inflammation and high glucose levels, are associated...Friday, December 20, 2024 from Kaiser Health News - Aging
KFF Health News gives readers a chance to comment on a recent batch of stories.Thursday, December 19, 2024 from ScienceDaily: Healthy Aging News
A new study reveals significant improvements in the health of older adults when compared to previous generations.Thursday, December 19, 2024 from ScienceDaily: Healthy Aging News
Researchers have discovered a surprising link between a chronic gut infection caused by a common virus and the development of Alzheimer's disease in a subset of people. It is believed most humans are exposed to this virus -- called...Thursday, December 19, 2024 from ScienceDaily: Healthy Aging News
Phase I clinical trial of a drug was successfully completed, with promise to treat Alzheimer's and other neurodegenerative diseases. The compound, named VU319, is the first end-to-end drug discovery effort related to memory loss,...Wednesday, December 18, 2024 from ScienceDaily: Healthy Aging News
People with breathing problems during sleep may have a larger hippocampus, the area of the brain responsible for memory and thinking, according to a new study. The study, which included mostly Latino people, also found that those with...Wednesday, December 18, 2024 from On Aging
How does fitness and movement change across the lifespan? According to NPR's Allison Aubrey, who covers health and wellness, the official recommendation is to aim for more than 150 minutes a week of moderate-intensity physical activity....Wednesday, December 18, 2024 from Ageing | The Guardian
Those born in the baby boomer generation are entering the longest phase of elderhood in history, full of potential but also fraught with challenges My friend Jeremy’s father has always taken pride in doing things himself. When Jeremy...Wednesday, December 18, 2024 from Ageing | The Guardian
As faces chase agelessness, cosmetic procedures are surging – and the taboo against commenting on women’s appearances is beginning to dissolve “Notice how the incisors and the canines are the same length?” This is a question I asked and...Tuesday, December 17, 2024 from ScienceDaily: Healthy Aging News
Almost three quarters of adolescents in Australia experience clinically significant depression or anxiety symptoms, with most being chronic, according to a new study. And preventive strategies outside our clinics are urgently required to...Monday, December 16, 2024 from ScienceDaily: Healthy Aging News
A new study raises the possibility that jobs that require frequent spatial processing -- such as figuring out a taxi route or the best way to navigate to a hospital -- could lead to lower rates of death from Alzheimer's disease....Sunday, December 15, 2024 from Ageing | The Guardian
It’s about facing the freedom you have now, not as an overwhelming burden but as an opportunity The question I am nearing 80 and am overwhelmed by what I think is called existential boredom. The truth is I’ve been struggling with it for...Friday, December 13, 2024 from On Aging
Last week's earthquake off the coast of Humboldt County triggered a tsunami warning urging people across a huge swath of California and Oregon to evacuate. Why aren't tsunami warnings more precise?Thursday, December 12, 2024 from On Aging
A group of women who've been walking their local mall together for decades share the ways their commitments to movement, and each other, have enriched their lives and health.Thursday, December 12, 2024 from Kaiser Health News - Aging
Judith Graham, KFF Health News' "Navigating Aging" columnist, talks with older adults who live alone by choice or circumstance. They share what it means to thrive in later years.Thursday, December 12, 2024 from ScienceDaily: Healthy Aging News
A new study has identified a unique brain network that links varied patterns of brain atrophy, or shrinkage, associated with schizophrenia.Wednesday, December 11, 2024 from ScienceDaily: Healthy Aging News
Older adults whose blood pressure fluctuates over time may be more likely to have problems with thinking and memory skills, according to a new study. The association was found in Black participants but not in white participants in the...Wednesday, December 11, 2024 from On Aging
DeEtte Sauer, 83, went from being a girl who wasn't allowed to participate in sports, to an elite swimmer as a senior. She talks with NPR's Juana Summers about what being active means to her.Wednesday, December 11, 2024 from ScienceDaily: Healthy Aging News
People around the globe are living longer -- but not necessarily healthier -- lives, according to new research. A study of 183 World Health Organization (WHO) member countries found those additional years of life are increasingly fraught...Tuesday, December 10, 2024 from On Aging
Older folks interested in lifting weights flock to a gym in Baltimore, where the trainer has special expertise in working with people in their 60s, 70s and 80s to build strength and independence.Tuesday, December 10, 2024 from Kaiser Health News - Aging
Many older adults living alone, isolated and vulnerable, struggle with health issues. But a noteworthy slice of this growing group of seniors maintain a high degree of well-being. Meet Hilda Jaffe, age 102.Tuesday, December 10, 2024 from Kaiser Health News - Aging
Entre las cualidades asociadas a la resiliencia en los mayores se incluyen el optimismo y la esperanza, la capacidad de adaptarse a circunstancias cambiantes, las relaciones personales relevantes, las conexiones con la comunidad y la...Monday, December 9, 2024 from On Aging
Getting or staying active has a wide variety of health benefits as people age. They can include everything from stronger bones to improved mental wellbeing.Monday, December 9, 2024 from Kaiser Health News - Aging
Aging alone, without a spouse, a partner, or children, requires careful planning. New programs for this growing population offer much-needed help.Monday, December 9, 2024 from Kaiser Health News - Aging
Todos estos recursos abordan la necesidad de estos adultos mayores de relacionarse con otras personas, evitar el aislamiento y prepararse para un futuro en el que podrían tener menos energía, más problemas de salud y necesitar más ayuda.Sunday, December 8, 2024 from Ageing | The Guardian
A free adult social care system modelled on one already in operation in a London borough is achievable, according to Sally Powell and Stephen Burke . Plus a letter from John Ransford A royal commission on the future of social care (...Friday, December 6, 2024 from ScienceDaily: Healthy Aging News
Researchers have unraveled how immune cells called microglia can transform and drive harmful processes like neuroinflammation in Alzheimer's disease. The study also integrates drug databases with real-world patient data to identify...Friday, December 6, 2024 from ScienceDaily: Healthy Aging News
A groundbreaking study has created the world's largest and most geographically comprehensive international norms for handgrip strength, enabling global peer-comparison, health screening and surveillance across the adult lifespan.Friday, December 6, 2024 from Ageing | The Guardian
Hunting bigger, more experienced animals eradicates memories and knowledge crucial to group survival, research suggests It’s not just humans who get wiser as they age – animals do too, according to a growing body of research. The...Thursday, December 5, 2024 from ScienceDaily: Healthy Aging News
New research has found that women who have had both ovaries surgically removed before the age of 50 and carry a variant of the apolipoprotein gene, the APOE4 allele, are at high risk of late-life Alzheimer disease (AD). Use of hormone...Thursday, December 5, 2024 from Ageing | The Guardian
Will lowering cortisol levels help with puffiness? Do you need to take magnesium? What’s underconsumption core? We’re here to help We all want to be well – to feel good or, at least, not feel bad. For the most part, we know how to do...Wednesday, December 4, 2024 from ScienceDaily: Healthy Aging News
By comparing cancer incidence rates with genomic surveillance data, researchers suggest that higher rates of certain cancers in the UK and other countries may be linked to two bacterial strains. These strains are also among the most...Wednesday, December 4, 2024 from ScienceDaily: Healthy Aging News
A laboratory study provides evidence about how advanced age can be protective against cancer -- with implications for treating patients in different age groups.Wednesday, December 4, 2024 from ScienceDaily: Healthy Aging News
New research identifies an association between glyphosate exposure in mice and symptoms of neuroinflammation, as well as accelerated Alzheimer's disease-like pathology. This study tracks both the presence and impact of glyphosate's...Wednesday, December 4, 2024 from ScienceDaily: Healthy Aging News
Researchers have developed a novel computational pipeline designed to identify protein biomarkers associated with complex diseases, including Alzheimer's disease (AD). This innovative tool analyzes biomarkers that can induce 3D...Wednesday, December 4, 2024 from Kaiser Health News - Aging
Last winter, only 4 in 10 nursing home residents got an updated covid vaccine. The low uptake leaves a fragile population vulnerable. Some industry watchdogs say it could be a sign of eroding trust between nursing home residents and...Tuesday, December 3, 2024 from ScienceDaily: Healthy Aging News
Researchers have identified a subset of brain cells in mice that act as the master regulators of urination.Tuesday, December 3, 2024 from ScienceDaily: Healthy Aging News
Patients with frontotemporal dementia often lack the ability to empathize. A study has now shown that these patients do not show the same brain activity as healthy individuals when they witness the pain of others, a finding that it is...Tuesday, December 3, 2024 from ScienceDaily: Healthy Aging News
A research team has discovered that accumulated DNA damage in the retina is a key contributor to age-related macular degeneration and that targeting specific retinal cell types may lead to treatments that slow or stop progression.Tuesday, December 3, 2024 from Ageing | The Guardian
My father was more thrilled with his present than the times we gave him lovely photos, swanky dinners and a fancy laptop I waited until I was 15 years old to have my first major disagreement with my physicist dad. We were living in...Tuesday, December 3, 2024 from Kaiser Health News - Aging
A Biden administration rule that imposed minimum rules on nursing levels may not survive, even though many homes lack enough workers to maintain residents’ care.Monday, December 2, 2024 from ScienceDaily: Healthy Aging News
Researchers have linked a specific type of body fat to the abnormal proteins in the brain that are hallmarks of Alzheimer's disease up to 20 years before the earliest symptoms of dementia appear, according to a new study. The researchers...Monday, December 2, 2024 from ScienceDaily: Healthy Aging News
Ketone bodies are not just about energy. These metabolites are powerful signaling molecules that have profound effects on the proteome and protein quality control in the brain. Scientists, working in mouse models of Alzheimer's disease...Monday, December 2, 2024 from ScienceDaily: Healthy Aging News
As muscles age, their cells lose the ability to regenerate and heal after injury. Now, researchers have created the most comprehensive portrait to date of how that change, in mice, unfolds over time.Sunday, December 1, 2024 from Ageing | The Guardian
A brilliant young scientist believes that if we preserve our brains, they could be revived in the future, helping us live for centuries Elizabeth Hughes Gossett shouldn’t have survived beyond 11, the age at which she developed type 1...Friday, November 29, 2024 from On Aging
A new CDC report finds that more than 85% of U.S. adults 65 and older are not getting enough exercise. All adults should get moderate aerobic activity and weight or resistance training every week.