Aging

Premature Ovarian Failure Linked To Mutation In STAG3 Gene

Research in The New England Journal of Medicine and Human and Molecular Genetics journals finds that mutation in the STAG3 gene is the major cause of human fertility disorders, as it provokes a loss of function of the protein it encodes.  STAG3 encodes a ...

Article - News Staff - Mar 5 2014 - 6:11pm

Red Meat Helps Prevent Functional Decline In The Elderly

A new study in the Journal of the American Geriatrics Society found that a diet high in animal protein- meat- may helped elderly individuals function at higher levels physically. ...

Article - News Staff - Mar 11 2014 - 3:16pm

Good News: Colon Cancer Incidence Rates In Older Americans Have Plummeted

Colon cancer incidence rates have dropped sharply- 30 percent in the U.S. in the last 10 years, among adults 50 and older. The drop has been attributed to the widespread uptake of colonoscopy, with the largest decrease in people over age 65. Colonoscopy u ...

Article - News Staff - Mar 17 2014 - 1:04am

Only 20 Percent Of UK People With Hearing Problems Use Hearing Aids

Just 20 percent of UK people with hearing problems actually wear a hearing aid, according to a new analysis in the journal Ear and Hearing which looked at the habits of 160,000 aged 40 to 69 years. The results showed that 10.7 per cent of adults had signi ...

Article - News Staff - Mar 18 2014 - 10:14am

Eat More Nutrients, Die Young

There has long been a hypothesis that a starvation diet can extend lifespan. The only way it was really shown was by weaning mice on such a diet- and that isn't really ethical for human babies. And it doesn't work in the wild, because dietary res ...

Article - News Staff - Mar 18 2014 - 12:29pm

National Breast Cancer Screening- Harms Outweigh Benefits For Seniors

Extending national breast cancer screening programs to women over the age of 70 does not decrease cancers detected at advanced stages, according to new research at the European Breast Cancer Conference. Instead, extending screening programs to older women ...

Article - News Staff - Mar 21 2014 - 2:07pm

Citrate Shock-Absorbing Bone Goo Discovery

A new paper has found that the chemical citrate – a by-product of natural cell metabolism – is mixed with water to create a viscous fluid that is trapped between the nano-scale crystals that form our bones. This fluid allows enough movement, or 'slip ...

Article - News Staff - Mar 24 2014 - 4:38pm

Diet Drinks Linked To Heart Trouble For Older Women

Drinking two or more diet drinks a day may increase the risk of heart disease, heart attack and stroke in otherwise healthy postmenopausal women, according to findings presented yesterday at the American College of Cardiology’s 63rd Annual Scientific Sessi ...

Article - News Staff - Mar 31 2014 - 2:13pm

Why Is The UK Seeking More Dementia Diagnoses?

The British government is putting pressure on commissioners, and in turn general practitioners, to make more diagnoses of dementia and that is leading to concern in a BMJ editorial. ...

Article - News Staff - Apr 2 2014 - 4:31am

Upside To Age-Related Decline In Memory- Lower Risk Of Cancer Death

Older people without dementia but who are starting to have memory and thinking problems may have a lower risk of dying from cancer, according to a paper in Neurology. People with dementia are less likely to develop cancer also. The study involved 2,627 pe ...

Article - News Staff - Apr 10 2014 - 1:30am