Latest News in Aging
Study: Weight issues move up need for walkers, canes, other devicesObese older adults are more likely to use walkers, canes and other mobility devices at a younger age...
Dense Bones Linked to Raised Risk for Prostate CancerMen who develop prostate cancer, especially the more aggressive and dangerous forms that spread thro...
Calcium Connections: Penn Researchers Discover Basic Pathway for Maintaining Cell's Fuel StoresUniversity of Pennsylvania School of Medicine researchers have described a previously unknown biolog...
Mountain marmots made bigger by climate change, says new studyThe research, carried out by scientists at Imperial College London and collaborators in the UK and U...
Choline Deficiency May Hinder Fetal Brain Development Lack of choline during pregnancy may lead to reduced blood vessel growth in the brain of the develop...
HIV Components Drive Bone Breakdown, Even without Active InfectionAlthough individuals who are HIV positive can now expect to live longer because of the availability ...
NASA Telescope Finds Elusive Buckyballs in Space for First TimeAstronomers using NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope have discovered carbon molecules, known as "buckyba...
Gene linked to aging also linked to Alzheimer'sMIT biologists report that they have discovered the first link between the amyloid plaques that form...
Healthy dividing cells spontaneously trigger tumor suppressor, study shows A major tumor suppressor protein (p53) that defends the body against severe cancer also pulses with ...
'Runaway' development implicated in loss of function of the aging brainThe brain undergoes rapid growth and development in the early years of life and then degenerates as ...
Rescuing Fruit Flies from Alzheimer's DiseaseInvestigators have found that fruit fly (Drosophila melanogaster) males - in which the activity of a...
Testosterone Boosts Heart Risk in Men with Poor MobilityDaily treatments with a testosterone gel raised the risk of cardiovascular problems in older men wit...
Mayo Clinic Researchers Find Dementia in Diabetics Differs from Dementia in NondiabeticsResearchers from Mayo Clinic's Florida campus say that dementia in some diabetics appears to be caus...
Insulin signaling key to caste development in beesWhat makes a bee grow up to be a queen? Scientists have long pondered this mystery. Now, researchers...
Protein linked to aging may boost memory and learning abilityOver the past 20 years, biologists have shown that proteins called sirtuins can slow the aging proce...
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