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With his term soon to expire, Social Security chief Martin O’Malley’s efforts to address the agency’s overpayments to beneficiaries remain incomplete.Sunday, November 17, 2024 from Ageing | The Guardian
Collariums, which emit UVA radiation, are often advertised on private social media accounts, thwarting search warrant efforts Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast Queensland Department of Health investigators are...Thursday, November 14, 2024 from ScienceDaily: Healthy Aging News
Researchers have linked disease-related proteins and genes to identify specific cellular pathways responsible for Alzheimer's genesis and progression. The proteins were gathered from cerebrospinal fluid and are a good proxy for activity...Thursday, November 14, 2024 from ScienceDaily: Healthy Aging News
Researchers have identified a potential treatment for Sandhoff and Tay-Sachs diseases -- two rare, often fatal lysosomal storage disorders that cause progressive damage to nerve cells in the brain and spinal cord. After years of...Thursday, November 14, 2024 from ScienceDaily: Healthy Aging News
New research highlights middle age as a pivotal period for brain health, with significant changes in how cells remove damaged mitochondria. Defects in this recycling process have been linked to neurodegenerative disorders like...Wednesday, November 13, 2024 from ScienceDaily: Healthy Aging News
Recent advances in bladder cancer treatments may offer hope of curative care to more patients, including those with high-risk localized, muscle-invasive disease, according to a new editorial.Wednesday, November 13, 2024 from ScienceDaily: Healthy Aging News
The Huntington's disease (HD) mutation eventually causes a fatal brain disease in adulthood, but a new study finds that early in life, children with the HD mutation have bigger brains and higher IQ than children without the mutation.Wednesday, November 13, 2024 from ScienceDaily: Healthy Aging News
After a comprehensive two-year follow-up, researchers found that MRI-guided stereotactic body radiotherapy (SBRT) for prostate cancer significantly reduced long-term side effects and improved quality of life, particularly in bowel and...Wednesday, November 13, 2024 from ScienceDaily: Healthy Aging News
The aging and failure of cells that occurs when one part of the body is damaged can spread to other organs, a study suggests.Wednesday, November 13, 2024 from Ageing | The Guardian
About 10-15% of adults have temporomandibular disorder, a condition connected with TMJ – here’s what to know It seems like all of my friends are having jaw pain. As we trudged deeper into our 30s, I was prepared to hear about bad backs...Tuesday, November 12, 2024 from ScienceDaily: Healthy Aging News
Loneliness and cognitive performance were related in the short term for older adults, according to a new study.Tuesday, November 12, 2024 from ScienceDaily: Healthy Aging News
A research team has shown that that combining pembrolizumab, an immunotherapy drug, with standard chemotherapy can improve treatment outcomes for patients with small cell bladder cancer and small cell/neuroendocrine prostate cancer.Tuesday, November 12, 2024 from Kaiser Health News - Aging
Diverse networks of friends, former co-workers, neighbors, and extended family are often essential sources of support for older adults living alone. Often it is the elderly caring for the elderly.Monday, November 11, 2024 from Ageing | The Guardian
This traditional period of inner turmoil is often accompanied by weight gain, cosmetic treatments, ill-advised purchases and new hobbies. But is it becoming a thing of the past? Name: The midlife crisis. Age: So it generally happens...Monday, November 11, 2024 from ScienceDaily: Healthy Aging News
A new study has found frailty increases a person's risk of dementia, but early intervention may be the key to prevention.Monday, November 11, 2024 from ScienceDaily: Healthy Aging News
Increasing percentages of some older U.S. men with intermediate-risk and high-risk prostate cancers are undergoing treatments that carry risks of side effects that can significantly reduce the quality of life without extending life,...Sunday, November 10, 2024 from Ageing | The Guardian
I have particularly unpleasant memories of my teens and 20s. And I’m not the only one … If you’re 34, watch out: Tom Hanks says 35 is the worst age . Why ask Hanks – delightful as he seems – as opposed to, say, the highly qualified...Friday, November 8, 2024 from Kaiser Health News - Aging
Medicare officials defend the use of home visits that often spot medical conditions that are never treated.Thursday, November 7, 2024 from ScienceDaily: Healthy Aging News
One of the first studies to investigate the prevalence of unrecognized cognitive impairment among patients seen at Federally Qualified Health Centers, has found that it is ubiquitous, especially among minoritized older adults. These...Wednesday, November 6, 2024 from ScienceDaily: Healthy Aging News
Older people who are sleepy during the day or lack enthusiasm for activities due to sleep issues may be more likely to develop a syndrome that can lead to dementia, according to a new study.Wednesday, November 6, 2024 from Ageing | The Guardian
Scientists think there may be benefits for older people who step back. I prefer to have ‘thank you and goodbye’ parties with my dearest friends Some researchers at a Royal Society symposium, with nothing better to do, have come up with a...Tuesday, November 5, 2024 from ScienceDaily: Healthy Aging News
Thanks to a 'natural experiment' involving 30,000 people, researchers were able to determine very precisely what an extra year of education does to the brain in the long term. To their surprise, they found no effect on brain structure...Tuesday, November 5, 2024 from ScienceDaily: Healthy Aging News
By examining RNA in hundreds of thousands of individual brain cells, scientists further support that alcohol use disorder could accelerate Alzheimer's disease progression, paving the way for future targeted treatments.Monday, November 4, 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...Monday, November 4, 2024 from Kaiser Health News - Aging
Democrats and conservatives are divided over whether the federal health program for people over 65 should be run almost entirely by the private sector. If Trump retakes the White House, the shift to Medicare Advantage may accelerate.Sunday, November 3, 2024 from Ageing | The Guardian
Launched in the Observer, John’s Campaign aims to give frail people the right to be accompanied by those who love them Everyone has their own special way of grieving. Mine turned my life upside down. On 26 November 2014, two days after...Friday, November 1, 2024 from ScienceDaily: Healthy Aging News
A team of researchers has uncovered a groundbreaking mechanism in the formation of harmful protein aggregates that lead to neurodegenerative diseases such as Parkinson's Disease. The team, led by Professor Norifumi Shioda and Associate...Friday, November 1, 2024 from ScienceDaily: Healthy Aging News
Socioeconomic factors such as education, occupation, and wealth influence the likelihood of developing cognitive impairment or dementia in later life and whether a person is likely to recover, finds a new study.Friday, November 1, 2024 from Ageing | The Guardian
Australia is gripped by a cost-of-living crisis but inside Saint Haven you wouldn’t know it. Owner Tim Gurner speaks about his passion project, his fear of dying and his infamous avocado comments Inside the luxury club is a set of small...Friday, November 1, 2024 from Kaiser Health News - Aging
Several Democratic-led states have expanded public insurance programs to cover immigrants in the U.S. regardless of legal status. Donald Trump is trying to blame Kamala Harris for the policies.Friday, November 1, 2024 from Kaiser Health News - Aging
Estados liderados por demócratas, como Illinois, están abriendo cada vez más programas de seguros públicos a inmigrantes sin papeles.Thursday, October 31, 2024 from ScienceDaily: Healthy Aging News
A new study has found a surprising link between high levels of methylmalonic acid and the weakening of CD8+ T cells, shedding light on potential pathways through which aging may promote lung cancer progression.Thursday, October 31, 2024 from On Aging
Some 106 million people provide unpaid care for an adult in the U.S. Many feel invisible and profoundly lonely. But some are creating new ways to support each other.Wednesday, October 30, 2024 from Ageing | The Guardian
Bloodied women’s bodies are once more to the fore in a seasonal crop of hagsploitation films This Halloween, it seems, is all about the “hag”. Overshadowing the axe-wielding clown in Terrifier 3 , a dark-web serial killer in Red...Wednesday, October 30, 2024 from ScienceDaily: Healthy Aging News
An important new study has demonstrated that a combination therapy can slow cognitive decline in older adults at risk for dementia.Wednesday, October 30, 2024 from ScienceDaily: Healthy Aging News
New research suggests older adults wait 3-6 months after a heart attack before elective noncardiac surgery to reduce the risk of serious complications like stroke or another heart attack.Wednesday, October 30, 2024 from ScienceDaily: Healthy Aging News
Researchers published a study examining symptoms, health outcomes, and physical function over time in older adults with and without Alzheimer's disease and related dementias and polypharmacy.Wednesday, October 30, 2024 from Ageing | The Guardian
Naomi Whitehead attains status after death of Elizabeth Francis, who was third-oldest known living person in world A 114-year-old woman residing in Pennsylvania who says she never smoked or drank alcohol recently became the oldest known...Tuesday, October 29, 2024 from ScienceDaily: Healthy Aging News
Discoveries that impact lifespan and healthspan in fruit flies are usually tested in mice before being considered potentially relevant in humans, a process that is expensive and time intensive. A pioneering approach leapfrogs over that...Tuesday, October 29, 2024 from Kaiser Health News - Aging
The company faces more than 2,000 lawsuits alleging it sold defective knee and hip implants.Tuesday, October 29, 2024 from ScienceDaily: Healthy Aging News
A research team has developed a deep skin-stimulating LED mask which has been verified in clinical trials to improve dermis elasticity by 340%.Monday, October 28, 2024 from ScienceDaily: Healthy Aging News
Buildup of a protein called filamentous actin, or F-actin, in the brain inhibits the removal of cellular wastes, including DNA, lipids, proteins and organelles. The resulting accumulation of waste diminishes neuronal functions and...Monday, October 28, 2024 from Ageing | The Guardian
Campaigners urge ministers to set out plans to encourage people over 50 back into the workplace When investment firm Canada Life took on and trained a group of over-50s at its Isle of Man investment headquarters recently, managers had...Sunday, October 27, 2024 from Ageing | The Guardian
The DVLA must have a more robust process of assessments, says one reader, while octogenarian Judi Fendley says she would be happy to undergo and pay for tests Tragic accidents will not, I am afraid, be prevented simply by the compulsory...Sunday, October 27, 2024 from Ageing | The Guardian
More than half the women in the UK over the age of 50 will suffer a fracture. But can more awareness – and some heavy lifting – help us beat many of the effects of osteoporosis? Imagine a room full of women. Imagine half of them breaking...Thursday, October 24, 2024 from ScienceDaily: Healthy Aging News
Scientists say mifepristone, used in cancer and reproductive care, could pave the way for anti-aging treatments.Thursday, October 24, 2024 from ScienceDaily: Healthy Aging News
Researchers have found that semaglutide may lower the risk of Alzheimer's disease in people with type 2 diabetes (T2D).Thursday, October 24, 2024 from Kaiser Health News - Aging
When you think about the opioid crisis, the image of adults in their 20s, 30s, even sometimes those who are middle-aged, may come to mind. Rightly so, since most overdose deaths occur in people between ages 25 and 64. But did...Wednesday, October 23, 2024 from ScienceDaily: Healthy Aging News
What keeps some immune systems youthful and effective in warding off age-related diseases? In new research done on mice, scientists point the finger at a small subset of blood stem cells, which make an outsized contribution to...