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A gene that plays a vital role in determining people’s susceptibility to a range of potentially fatal vascular conditions, such as heart attacks, has been pinpointed. The discovery advances understanding of the underlying causes of a wide range of serious health conditions, including hardening of the arteries, and, say researchers from the University of Virginia’s [...]
Using talking therapies to help deal with depression may cut the risk of suffering a heart attack or stroke in later life, a new University College London study suggests. Previous research has advocated that those affected by depression and anxiety are more likely to suffer from cardiovascular problems. Now this latest study published in the [...]
The market for brain supplements is expected to grow by US $4,020.62m in the next four years - driven largely by an ageing global population. Thriving urban communities and a rise in the number of retail sales outlets, are also expected to help push up the compound annual growth rate (CAGR) by 8.18% between now [...]
South Korean scientists have made a potentially groundbreaking discovery that could change how Alzheimer’s disease is diagnosed and treated. The team from the Center for Cognition and Sociality within the Institute for Basic Science in Daejeon in central west South Korea, have discovered that reactive astrocytes rather than amyloid-beta plaques, may be the cause of [...]
World Cup-winning footballer Sir Geoff Hurst, veteran radio DJ Tony Blackburn and former Strictly Come Dancing judge Dame Arlene Phillips, are among entertainment and sporting legends who have thrown their weight behind a campaign to appoint a Commissioner for Older People and Ageing in England. Death in Paradise star Don Warrington and TV chef Rustie [...]
Cleopatra is said to have favoured asses’ milk, the ancient Greeks olive oil and yoghurt, Elizabethan women slices of raw meat, the Georgians mature wine, and the Victorians honey, oatmeal and egg yolks. The above may read like a catalogue of fashionable foods from an historical grocery list or the latest fad diet. But in [...]
Adults suffering hearing loss could cut their risk of developing dementia by wearing a hearing aid, a new decade-long study suggests. An international team of scientists compared outcomes by tracking 437,704 people with varying degrees of hearing impairment, whose data is stored in the UK biobank, a large-scale biomedical database and research resource containing in-depth [...]
A new twist on a drug used to treat alcohol use disorder could double up as a treatment for stroke. Carb - short for Carbamathione - is a new formulation designed to treat ischemic stroke, protect brain tissue against injury and minimise the size of localised brain damage. About 87% of all strokes are caused [...]
Treating high blood pressure in young and middle-aged adults could help prevent later life dementia and Alzheimer’s, a new study suggests. Research published by UC Davis in JAMA Network Open, a monthly open access medical journal produced by the American Medical Association, reveals that hypertension in your 30s is associated with worse brain health around [...]
More needs to be done to recruit older people in clinical trials, a leading geriatrician argues. Professor Miles Witham, who is the co-theme lead for Ageing, Sarcopenia and Multimorbidity at the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) Newcastle’s Biomedical Research Centre (BRC), says it is vital older people are included in trials to [...]
