Aging

A New Method To Find Longevity Genes

Despite much research, the genetic causes why animals have such different longevities remain largely unknown, much because so many factors act on ageing that isolating the effect of a single gene is  almost  impossible. But now, a study just published in ...

Article - Catarina Amorim - Sep 11 2012 - 4:07am

Clear + Brilliant Resurfacing Device Demonstrates Reduction Of Pore Count And Pore Size

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Article - Anna Ohlden - Apr 19 2012 - 2:00pm

Live Longer, Thanks To Evolution

Researchers have documented  the first fossil-based evidence supporting an evolutionary theory of aging, which predicts that species evolving in low mortality and resource-limited ecosystems tend to be more long-lived. But that is not an endorsement of ban ...

Article - News Staff - Apr 25 2012 - 1:03pm

Counterintuitive- What The Youthful Brain Does May Not Mean So Much

Aging is unavoidable- except perhaps for the brain, say researchers. They also present counterintuitive evidence that it is what you do in old age that matters when it comes to maintaining a youthful brain- not what you did earlier in life. Education alone ...

Article - News Staff - Apr 29 2012 - 5:00am

Idiothetic Memory- This Spatial Learning Does Not Seem To Worsen With Age

In western countries there are 20 times more people aged 65 years andr older than one hundred years ago. With those demographic changes have come changes in brain research.  Understanding the mechanisms responsible for aging-related changes in cognitive pr ...

Article - News Staff - Apr 30 2012 - 7:30pm

Mary Shelley's Frankenstein Monster V. 2.0

Is immortality really ideal? Is the confusion and befuddlement worth surviving the times and ages?  Much like Mary Shelley’s monster that arose from the dead, would we be wretched, dejected, and distraught by the prospects of a future that we can’t even h ...

Article - Denzel Faulkner - Jun 3 2012 - 12:55pm

Leukemia Mutations Linked To Aging, Not Cancer

At the time of diagnosis, hundreds of mutations already exist in leukemia cells but new research has found they are a part of normal aging and are not related to cancer. Even in healthy people, stem cells in the blood routinely accumulate new mutations ove ...

Article - News Staff - Jul 23 2012 - 3:31am

Tips For Great Sex After Prostate Cancer

It's very likely that whichever prostate cancer treatment you choose- prostatectomy surgery, hormone therapy, brachytherapy, external beam radiation, or HIFU (high intensity focused ultrasound)- you will see an impact on your sex life. Exactly how de ...

Article - News Staff - Oct 1 2012 - 10:00pm

FDA Approval Of Subcutaneous Implantable Defibrillator For Patients At Risk Of Sudden Cardiac Arrest

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has granted Boston Scientific Corporation regulatory approval for its S-ICD(R) System, the world's first and only commercially available subcutaneous implantable defibrillator (S-ICD) for the treatment of patient ...

Article - News Staff - Oct 6 2012 - 4:30pm

Scientists Use Adult Stem Cells To Make Old Muscles Young Again

Researchers have identified a key factor responsible for declining muscle repair during aging, and discovered how to halt the process in mice- using a common drug.  ...

Article - News Staff - Oct 9 2012 - 2:30pm