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The Buck Institute for Research on Aging and Phenome Health are joining forces in the quest to understand the biology of ageing. Phenome Health, a Seattle-based nonprofit research organisation, uses a data-driven approach to health and disease that integrates diverse types of biological big data. The new Center for Phenomic Health at the Buck will [...]
A further funding injection brings the company one step closer to launching its hormone-free formulations to help manage hot flashes, anxiety and low testosterone levels. Rebalance Health has successfully secured a further $7.37 million in funding following a Series C round, bringing its total raised to around $19 million. The funding will help the company [...]
A North American digital health company is looking to extend the commercial reach for its pioneering diagnostic platform, developed to identify patients suffering from a potentially fatal sleep disorder common among older adults. Chicago-headquartered Sibel Health received US Food and Drug Administration clearance in July 2022 for its ANNE Sleep tool created to help doctors [...]
German medtech firm AIRAmed has received FDA clearance for AI software which targets the early detection of dementias. The medical image management and processing system provides relevant brain volumetry data to assist physicians in early detection of Alzheimer’s and other dementias. AIRAscore uses deep learning and artificial intelligence (AI) technology to provide quantitative assessment of [...]
A leading expert on ageing has said society needs to stop thinking of older people in terms of “us versus them” and reassess the often negative language used when talking about the over-65s. Trish D’Antonio, the executive director of the US National Center to Reframe Aging, said one of the most widespread terms employed when [...]
Seven years ago, the renowned theoretical physicist and cosmologist Professor Stephen Hawking warned that the creation of artificial intelligence would be “either the best, or the worst thing, ever to happen to humanity.” He was speaking at the opening of the Leverhulme Centre for the Future of Intelligence, a multi-disciplinary institute within Cambridge University dedicated [...]
Often referred to as the ‘silent killer’ as it shows few if any symptoms, high blood pressure is responsible for 7.5 million deaths worldwide every year. Left untreated, it puts people at risk of stroke, heart disease, and heart attack – especially those aged 50-plus. Yet only 48% of those in this age group who [...]
A cargo-carrying robot that follows you around could be the answer to promoting healthy ageing. Research carried out by Newcastle University in the UK has shown the gita robot (pronounced jee-ta and spelt with a lowercase ‘g’) can support the mobility and wellbeing of older people. The findings of the world-first citizen-led study have revealed [...]
A new blood test which could pave the way for earlier diagnosis of Parkinson’s has been developed. Neuroscientists have progressed a diagnostic blood test which is based on recognition of the prominent role mitochondrial dysfunction plays in the pathogenesis of Parkinson’s. The resultant assay enables the accurate, real-time quantification of mitochondrial DNA damage in a [...]
US society is currently facing a difficult trade-off between youth and experience as the baby boomer generation continues to hold disproportionate political and social sway, according to gerontocracy expert Kevin Munger. The assistant professor of political science and social data analytics at Penn State University in the United States is featured in the latest Agetech [...]
