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Age has made me a more fully realized version of myself – I didn’t recognize that until returning to the Philippines Last month, it was my paternal grandmother’s 105th birthday. It’s unlikely that we’ll have many more chances to visit...Thursday, April 10, 2025 from Ageing | The Guardian
Am I just too fussy or too old? Either way I’m not cut out for a life in the wilderness I don’t really want to run away from everything. But I’m disappointed to realise I’m no longer able to do so anyway. We all have the instinct for...Wednesday, April 9, 2025 from ScienceDaily: Healthy Aging News
Researchers have discovered a new way that neurons act in neurodegeneration by using human neural organoids -- also known as 'mini-brain' models -- from patients with frontotemporal lobar degeneration (FTLD). Understanding this new...Wednesday, April 9, 2025 from ScienceDaily: Healthy Aging News
A simpler method of analyzing blood samples for Alzheimer's disease has been tested in a large multi-center study.Wednesday, April 9, 2025 from ScienceDaily: Healthy Aging News
With the global prevalence of obesity on the rise, it is crucial to explore the neural mechanisms linked to obesity and its influence on brain and cognitive health. However, the impact of obesity on the brain is complex and multilevel.Wednesday, April 9, 2025 from ScienceDaily: Healthy Aging News
Tim-3 is an immune checkpoint molecule involved in immunity and inflammation recently linked to late-onset Alzheimer's disease (AD), but its role in the brain was unknown until now. Researchers used preclinical models to uncover Tim-3's...Tuesday, April 8, 2025 from Kaiser Health News - Aging
A federal judge in Texas blocked a Biden administration rule to boost staffing at nursing homes. The decision comes even though many homes lack enough workers to maintain residents’ care.Tuesday, April 8, 2025 from ScienceDaily: Healthy Aging News
Researchers discovered the blood vessels at the back of the eye -- called retinal microvasculature -- can show early signs someone is at risk of developing dementia.Tuesday, April 8, 2025 from ScienceDaily: Healthy Aging News
Calcium transport into and out of mitochondria -- the powerhouses of cells -- is central to cellular energy production and cell death. To maintain the balance of calcium within these powerhouses, cells rely on a protein known as the...Sunday, April 6, 2025 from Ageing | The Guardian
When the world’s oldest woman passed away at 117, much was made of her three yoghurts a day diet. But what role does yoghurt actually play in longevity? Get our weekend culture and lifestyle email Supercentenarians – humans who live...Saturday, April 5, 2025 from Ageing | The Guardian
Which moisturiser is worth buying? What’s the deal with retinol vs retinal? And do I need an eye cream? (Answer: no.) Our beauty columnist shares her secrets to glowy, firm skin Anti-ageing – I know, I know. It’s a gross and futile term....Friday, April 4, 2025 from ScienceDaily: Healthy Aging News
Scientists and researchers around the globe are investigating a series of mysteries about what happens to our bones over time.Friday, April 4, 2025 from ScienceDaily: Healthy Aging News
Damage to the mitochondria, the 'power plants' of the cells, contributes to many diseases. Researchers now describe how cells with defective mitochondria activate a special recycling system to eliminate damaged genetic material.Friday, April 4, 2025 from Kaiser Health News - Aging
Families, nursing facilities, and home health agencies rely on foreign-born workers to fill health care jobs that are demanding and do not attract enough American citizens. The Trump administration’s anti-immigration policies threaten to...Friday, April 4, 2025 from Kaiser Health News - Aging
Los estadounidenses dependen de muchos trabajadores nacidos en el extranjero para cuidar a sus familiares mayores, lesionados o discapacitados que no pueden valerse por sí mismos.Thursday, April 3, 2025 from ScienceDaily: Healthy Aging News
Retired adults who habitually exercised outperformed sedentary adults in physical and cognitive tests.Thursday, April 3, 2025 from ScienceDaily: Healthy Aging News
In a new extensive systematic review, researchers identified 17 modifiable risk factors that are shared by stroke, dementia, and late-life depression. Modifying any one of them can reduce your risk of all three conditions. The findings...Thursday, April 3, 2025 from Kaiser Health News - Aging
From halting diversity programs that benefit disabled workers to making federal staffing cuts, the Trump administration has taken a slew of actions that harm people with disabilities.Wednesday, April 2, 2025 from ScienceDaily: Healthy Aging News
Differences in the distribution of certain proteins and markers in the brain may explain why some people first experience vision changes instead of memory loss in Alzheimer's disease, finds a new study.Wednesday, April 2, 2025 from ScienceDaily: Healthy Aging News
Researchers have demonstrated how specific biomarkers in the blood can predict the development of dementia up to ten years before diagnosis, among older adults living independently in the community.Wednesday, April 2, 2025 from ScienceDaily: Healthy Aging News
Older adults experience less muscle soreness following exercise according to research which overturns the widespread belief that aging muscles are less resilient. Younger adults were categorized as between 18 to 25 and older adults more...Wednesday, April 2, 2025 from ScienceDaily: Healthy Aging News
A new analysis of a vaccination program in Wales found that the shingles vaccine appeared to lower new dementia diagnoses by 20% -- more than any other known intervention.Wednesday, April 2, 2025 from Ageing | The Guardian
Why is the moral panic only ever about younger generations? It’s time we heard what confuses or worries them about us Every generation looks at the next generation, and the one after that, with bafflement and concern. There’s probably a...Tuesday, April 1, 2025 from Ageing | The Guardian
Despite social media hype, there is little evidence that the therapies, marketed as pills, shots and IV infusions, have any effects on ageing The fountain of youth is an enduring legend. Different iterations of the fabled spring – which...Monday, March 31, 2025 from ScienceDaily: Healthy Aging News
A newly developed blood test for Alzheimer's disease not only aids in the diagnosis of the neurodegenerative condition but also indicates how far it has progressed, according to a new study.Monday, March 31, 2025 from ScienceDaily: Healthy Aging News
New research reveals that lower proportions of specific sleep stages are associated with reduced brain volume in regions vulnerable to the development of Alzheimer's disease over time.Monday, March 31, 2025 from Ageing | The Guardian
More than a quarter of adults over 65 fall annually. Fortunately, it’s avoidable, and when it happens you can recover The National Institute on Aging reports that more than one in four adults 65 and older fall annually. Fortunately, it’s...Sunday, March 30, 2025 from Ageing | The Guardian
Didier Eribon’s guilt and shame fuels an angry and eloquent meditation on our attitudes towards the elderly and the end of life “My mother,” writes Didier Eribon, “was unhappy her whole life.” Abandoned as a child, she started work at 14...Friday, March 28, 2025 from Ageing | The Guardian
Thank you, Guardian | Grudges | Couples therapy | Meat-free Feast | Labour membership John Crace’s mention of his late mother, Rosemary, carrying the Guardian around her care home moved me to tears ( Digested week, 21 March ). My...Wednesday, March 26, 2025 from ScienceDaily: Healthy Aging News
People living in more disadvantaged neighborhoods may be more likely to develop dementia than people living in neighborhoods with fewer disadvantages, according to a new study. The study does not prove that neighborhood factors cause...Wednesday, March 26, 2025 from ScienceDaily: Healthy Aging News
People who have early signs of heart problems may also have changes in brain health that can be early signs of dementia, such as loss of brain volume, according to a meta-analysis. The meta-analysis does not prove that early heart...Wednesday, March 26, 2025 from ScienceDaily: Healthy Aging News
A study finds that factors beyond a person's control, like socioeconomic status and whether their mom smoked or was obese, can influence whether they are overweight or obese as teenagers or adults.Wednesday, March 26, 2025 from ScienceDaily: Healthy Aging News
A team has discovered a possible therapeutic approach to repair injured muscles either from aging or degenerative muscle disorders.Wednesday, March 26, 2025 from ScienceDaily: Healthy Aging News
Stroke survivors who have attended some level of higher education may face even steeper mental declines, according to a study. The findings suggest that attending higher education may enable people to retain greater cognitive ability...Tuesday, March 25, 2025 from ScienceDaily: Healthy Aging News
For human health, prematurely aging cells are a big problem. When a cell ages and stops growing, its function changes, which can cause or worsen cardiovascular disease, Alzheimer's disease and other chronic diseases. But these cells are...Tuesday, March 25, 2025 from ScienceDaily: Healthy Aging News
An adult brain affected by attention deficit disorder with or without hyperactivity (ADHD) presents modifications similar to those observed in individuals suffering from dementia. These are the findings of a study which shows that,...Monday, March 24, 2025 from ScienceDaily: Healthy Aging News
Maintaining a healthy diet rich in plant-based foods, with low to moderate intake of healthy animal-based foods and lower intake of ultra-processed foods, was linked to a higher likelihood of healthy aging -- defined as reaching age 70...Wednesday, March 19, 2025 from ScienceDaily: Healthy Aging News
An experimental drug appears to reduce the risk of Alzheimer's-related dementia in people destined to develop the disease in their 30s, 40s or 50s, according to the results of a new study. The findings suggest -- for the first time in a...Wednesday, March 19, 2025 from ScienceDaily: Healthy Aging News
For women in their 80s, experiencing increasing sleepiness during the day over a five-year period is associated with double the risk of developing dementia during that time, according to a new study. The study does not prove that daytime...Wednesday, March 19, 2025 from Ageing | The Guardian
Motoring figures | The power of music | Art appreciation | Friends’ joint accounts | Drummer jokes “Fresh incentives to boost a flatlining electric car market are urgently needed, according to the UK automotive industry,” you report ( 13...Monday, March 17, 2025 from ScienceDaily: Healthy Aging News
Researchers have detailed the precise mechanism through which the inflammatory signaling molecule IL-12 contributes to Alzheimer's disease.Monday, March 17, 2025 from Ageing | The Guardian
Dining out | Sourdough don’ts | Is this art? | Organ recital | Online safety I take no notice of the reviews posted by restaurant customers ( ‘The customer isn’t always right’: top chef loses appetite for difficult diners, 15 March )....Monday, March 17, 2025 from Ageing | The Guardian
Losing a licence can be a blow to older people’s independence, but keeping it too long can be fatal Get our weekend culture and lifestyle email Our octogenarian dad had been driving for almost 65 years and he wasn’t about to willingly...Friday, March 14, 2025 from On Aging
Older men get a surprisingly large benefit from volunteering opportunities that they find meaningful. "Grandpas United" brings them into schools for life lessons that benefit both generations.Friday, March 14, 2025 from ScienceDaily: Healthy Aging News
Researchers have revealed a new scientific clue that could unlock the key cellular pathway leading to devastating neurodegenerative diseases like Alzheimer's disease and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS).Friday, March 14, 2025 from ScienceDaily: Healthy Aging News
A research team has developed a new system to estimate a person's biological age -- a measure of how well their body has aged, rather than just counting the years since birth. Using just five drops of blood, this new method analyzes 22...Thursday, March 13, 2025 from ScienceDaily: Healthy Aging News
A person's 'bioenergetic age' -- or how youthfully their cells generate energy -- might be a key indicator of whether they're at risk of developing Alzheimer's disease, new research shows. The study suggests healthy living can turn back...Thursday, March 13, 2025 from ScienceDaily: Healthy Aging News
Researchers have made a huge leap forward in the fight against Parkinson's disease, solving a decades-long mystery. In a major breakthrough, they have been able to see the human PINK1 protein and how it is switched on for the first time....Thursday, March 13, 2025 from Ageing | The Guardian
Sarah Sorensen says we should be hanging up on surveillance capitalism The Guardian has published quite a lot of articles recently expressing some concern over the use of smartphones. Emma Beddington’s piece ( My phone knows what I...Thursday, March 13, 2025 from Ageing | The Guardian
Everyday afflictions | New moons | Art appreciation | Cinema ads | End of the peer show Regarding Adrian Chiles’s article ( I twanged my achilles playing pickleball. Here’s what it taught me about tendons – and human nature, 12 March ),...