Aging

Excess Sugar Consumption Linked To Aging

We know that lifespan can be extended in some animals by restricting calories such as sugar intake shortly after birth.   Université de Montréal scientists now say that it's not sugar itself that is important in this process but the ability of cells t ...

Article - News Staff - Mar 5 2009 - 10:39pm

Live Fast, Die Young? Metabolism Doesn't Work That Way, Says New Study

The theory that a higher metabolism means a shorter lifespan may have reached the end of its own life, according to a study published in the journal Physiological and Biochemical Zoology. The study, led by Lobke Vaanholt (University of Groningen, The Nethe ...

Article - News Staff - Mar 9 2009 - 6:19pm

Grey Hair And Free Radicals- The Hydrogen Peroxide Solution

Who hasn't tried to bleach their hair with hydrogen peroxide  in college?    I can't tell you how many young scientists we know who tried to go for that young Reed Richards look. It turns out that hydrogen peroxide may be responsbile for bleached ...

Article - News Staff - Mar 10 2009 - 12:17pm

14 is now middle age

40 is the new 30, but maybe it should be the new 80. ...

Blog Post - Becky Jungbauer - Mar 17 2009 - 2:33pm

Cognitive Ability Peaks At 22 And Declines After- Maybe

A new study says that some aspects of peoples' cognitive skills, like making rapid comparisons, remembering unrelated information and detecting relationships, will peak at about the age of 22 and then begin a slow decline starting around age 27. Timot ...

Article - News Staff - Mar 20 2009 - 12:15am

The Egg: Fountain Of Youth For Sperm

Botox and face lifts only give the appearance that you've turned back the clock, and although expensive procedural looks are deceiving, your telomeres don't lie.  As your cells divide, telomeres become shorter, eventually leading to cell death ov ...

Article - Hayley Mann - Mar 31 2009 - 1:24pm

Don't Eat Leftovers- Bacterial Remnants And Genetics Leads To Arthritis, Says Study

Here's another reason to hate leftovers. A research study in the Journal of Leukocyte Biology sheds light on one cause of arthritis: bacteria. In the study, scientists from the United States and The Netherlands show that a specific gene called NOD2 tr ...

Article - News Staff - Mar 31 2009 - 10:55am

Dance Your Way To Old Age

Older people can dance their way towards improved health and happiness, according to a report from the Changing Ageing Partnership (CAP).  The research, by Dr Jonathan Skinner from Queen’s University Belfast, reveals the social, mental and physical benefit ...

Article - News Staff - Apr 5 2009 - 12:39am

Some Parkinson's Medications Make Patients 'Hypersexual'

A new study conducted at Mayo Clinic and published in the April issue of Mayo Clinic Proceedings reports that one in six patients receiving therapeutic doses of certain drugs for Parkinson's disease develops new-onset, potentially destructive behavior ...

Article - News Staff - Apr 8 2009 - 11:21am

Fewer Calories Equals Less Cancer?

What's the key to everlasting youth? For years now, evidence has steadily accumulated, from studies on mice, flies, worms, and even yeast, that cutting calories is the secret to a long lifespan- at least in a wide range of non-human organisms. But do ...

Article - Michael White - Apr 10 2009 - 12:02pm