Research

A new probe aimed at gaining a better understanding of the ageing process to help shape treatments that could reverse degenerative processes has been launched. Researchers are focusing in on one of the hallmarks of ageing - the increased frequency of senescent cells in most organs, leading to tissue dysfunction. The presence of these cells [...]

Sitting for long hours without breaks can increase risk mortality risk in older women, a new study shows. The research, published in the Journal of the American Heart Association (JAHA), has data showing that older women who sat for 11.7 hours or more per day increased their risk of death by 30 percent, regardless of whether [...]

A study finds an increased risk of hospital readmission for older Americans within 180 days of undergoing major surgery — a risk that is particularly acute for individuals who are frail or have dementia. The findings from researchers at the University of Yale, were published in the journal JAMA Network Open. Previous research by the same [...]

A study conducted by researchers at the Federal University of São Carlos (UFSCar) in Brazil and University College London (UCL), found the factors that increase the risk of frailty in old age to be different in men and women. The study, which was funded by FAPESP, is published in the journal Archives of Gerontology and Geriatrics. According [...]

Scientists have found a way to predict Alzheimer’s disease up to seven years before symptoms appear by analysing patient records with machine learning. According to the findings, which are published in Nature Aging, the conditions that most influenced prediction of Alzheimer’s were high cholesterol and, for women, the bone-weakening disease osteoporosis. The work demonstrates the [...]

New findings from Pennington Biomedical Research Center show that life span can be increased by making cells less efficient at producing energy. A new study, published in the journal Aging Cell, showed that BAM15, a compound that makes mitochondria less efficient at producing energy, extended life span in fruit flies, and was associated with less body fat and [...]

Exposure to fine particulate matter (PM2.5) air pollution is linked to an increased risk of hospital admission for major heart and lung diseases, find two large US studies, published by The BMJ. Together, the results suggest that no safe threshold exists for heart and lung health. According to the Global Burden of Disease study, exposure to [...]

Patients who had previously received home health care had a higher likelihood of accessing hospice care at the end of their life, according to a new study. Researchers, whose findings are published in the Journal of Palliative Medicine, examined the home health care and hospice care experiences of more than two million people. Using Medicare data, researchers found [...]

A new study has shown promising results in improving sleep and quality of life in individuals living with memory problems. A group of researchers from Penn Nursing, Penn Medicine, Rutgers School of Nursing, and Drexel University’s College of Nursing and Health Professions, have delved into the efficacy of a non-pharmacological approach in a trial known [...]

New research has revealed that devastating falls in residential aged care homes could be prevented by using gold standard approaches of regular exercise and a personalised falls prevention plan. Falls in older adults cost Australia’s health systems $2.5 billion each year and can have devastating personal consequences, with 130,000 older Australians hospitalised for a fall [...]