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AI could be used to predict whether a person will develop Alzheimer’s-associated dementia by simply analysing their speech, scientists believe. Researchers at Boston University are exploring how analysis of speech patterns via a machine learning model could detect with a high degree of accuracy whether someone with mild cognitive impairment will develop Alzheimer’s-associated dementia within [...]
Dementia risk factors associated with cardiovascular health may have increased over time compared to factors such as smoking and having less education, new analysis suggests. A UCL study has explored how the prevalence of dementia risk factors had changed over time and how this could impact rates of dementia in the future. There has been [...]
An international research mission to identify and harness genetic variants that potentially stave off early-onset Alzheimer's made fresh progress, it reports in a new study. Five years ago, the global team of researchers identified a patient who did not develop cognitive impairment until her late 70s, despite being part of a family at extremely high genetic [...]
The first comprehensive cell atlas of ageing human muscle reveals the intricate genetic and cellular processes behind muscle deterioration and mechanisms to counteract it. How muscle changes with ageing, and tries to fight its effects, is now better understood at the cellular and molecular level with the first comprehensive atlas of ageing muscles in humans. [...]
The British Society for Research on Ageing (BSRA) is calling for more public backing in the UK for research to help people stay healthier for longer, as an alternative to charities that support research on diseases. The greatest risk factor for disease is ageing, but we have very little charitable support for research into how [...]
MSU researchers have concluded that little is being done to address the prevalence of early knee osteoarthritis (OA) symptoms faced by patients after anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) reconstruction, calling for more action. Scholars from Michigan State University’s Department of Kinesiology have published a new study in the Journal of Athletic Training in January showing these [...]
With governments across the globe facing a ticking timebomb when it comes to funding the care needs of their ageing populations, a leading social and medical anthropologist has told the latest Agetech World podcast that there is much Japan can teach policymakers. Click here to listen to the latest Agetech World podcast Among Dr Iza Kavedžija’s [...]
From post-war baby boomers to the current Generation Alphas, stage-of-life labels beloved of cultural commentators, researchers and marketers, will soon be a thing of the past, predicts the head of the globally influential UK National Innovation Centre for Ageing. Researcher, teacher, writer and TEDx speaker, Professor Nic Palmarini, has told the latest Agetech World podcast [...]
A new UK-led research consortium has been formed to tackle one of the biggest challenges currently facing the world: healthy ageing. The global partnership will bring together six UK organisations and 14 US and Canadian institutions to explore how humans age, with the aim of developing new interventions to support healthy ageing. UK Research and [...]
The International Longevity Summit Africa 2023 (ILS Africa) brought together world-leading experts to explore opportunities and challenges on the continent's path towards longevity and healthy ageing. Held from 23-24 August, experts in the fields of longevity, biotechnology, transhumanism and policy met for ILS Africa which shone a spotlight on the continent's potential in the global [...]
