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An international study has provided the first scientific proof for how many steps a person needs to take per day to significantly reduce the risk of premature death: 8,000. Given the average length of a human stride (76 centimetres for men and 67 centimetres for women), taking 8,000 steps is equivalent to walking about 6.4 [...]
As if menopause is not enough of an assault on a woman’s body, couple it with type two diabetes, sleep apnea and inflammation, and there is a destructive combination that might lead to dementia in later life. With a $1.4 million grant from the National Institutes of Health, Stacey Gorniak, associate professor of health and [...]
Research has shown that music might be a drug-free way to lower pain perception. This decreased sensitivity to pain – also known as hypoalgesia – can occur when pain stimuli are disrupted between their point of input and where they are recognised as pain by the conscious mind. In a new study, researchers in Canada [...]
A regimen of pre-surgical immunotherapy and chemotherapy followed by post-surgical immunotherapy significantly improved lung cancer survival rates, according to a new study. This was compared to the use of chemotherapy alone for patients with operable non-small cell lung cancer. The findings of the Phase III trial by researchers at The University of Texas MD Anderson [...]
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 research team has identified a way to trigger programmed cell death which could open the door for improved cancer treatments. CD95 receptors, also known as Fas, are called death receptors. These protein receptors reside on cell membranes. When activated, they release a signal that causes the cells to self-destruct. Modulating Fas may allow chimeric [...]
The lives of people with low-vision or blindness could be transformed by new "acoustic vision" technology inspired by bats, researchers believe. Researchers have developed “acoustic touch” technology that they believe can help people ‘see’ using sound. The technology has the potential to transform the lives of those who are blind or have low vision. Around [...]
Researchers have discovered a link between certain per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) and an increased risk for thyroid cancer, according to a new study. PFAS, also known as 'forever chemicals', are a large, complex group of synthetic chemicals that can migrate into the soil, water and air. Due to their strong carbon-fluorine bond, they do [...]
A new study sheds light on the link between calorie intake and healthy ageing in humans. Reducing overall calorie intake has long been known to delay the progression of age-related diseases in animal models. A new study, led by researchers at the National Institutes of Health, suggests the same biological mechanisms may also apply to [...]
Adults with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) are nearly three times more likely to develop dementia than adults without ADHD, according to a new study. The research followed older adults in Israel over 17 years to examine if those with ADHD are at increased risk for dementia, including Alzheimer’s disease. Michal Schnaider Beeri, director of [...]
