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A new study has found that a five-minute assessment could dramatically improve diagnosis and treatment for dementia patients in a primary care setting. The under-diagnosis of dementia, especially among Black and Hispanic patients, is a long-standing challenge in medicine. The new study, published in Nature Medicine, finds that an easy, five-minute assessment paired with recommendations [...]
Researchers at the RIKEN Center for Integrative Medical Sciences (IMS) have discovered numerous age-related changes in the lipid metabolism of mice, across both organs and sexes, that could lead to a better understanding of age-related conditions such as Alzheimer’s disease, atherosclerosis, kidney disease, and cancer. Among these changes was the selective accumulation, throughout the body, [...]
An Osaka Metropolitan University-led research team has been exploring how videoconferencing can improve the health of older adults living in the countryside. The COVID-19 pandemic made videoconferencing software commonplace in businesses and even schools, but this communication tool has the potential to offer benefits beyond the office or classroom. OMU Associate Professor Kazuki Uemura of [...]
Members of the Ageing On research group of the University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU) have investigated how to better look after carers of the elderly. The general profile of carers of the elderly is mainly older and middle-aged women, working class, with a very high prevalence of lower back pain and consequently possible psycho-affective [...]
A new study to be presented at the SLEEP 2024 annual meeting found that sleep apnea is associated with increased odds of future utilisation of health care services including hospitalisation among older adults. Results show that participants aged 50 years and older with sleep apnea had a 21% higher odds of reporting future use of [...]
In a study of Medicare beneficiaries, researchers from Brigham and Women’s Hospital found that one year after hospitalisation for heart failure, six per cent of patients had progressed to dialysis. Researchers from Brigham and Women’s Hospital, a founding member of the Mass General Brigham healthcare system, have found links between heart failure and kidney disease [...]
The benefits gained with higher lifestyle scores may be associated with the positive influence of heart disease risk factors on the aging of the body and its cells, finds a new study. The benefit of better heart health may be associated with the positive impact of heart healthy lifestyle factors on biological aging (the age [...]
A new collaboration has received €37.5 million for regenerative medicine using smart materials to help boost research aiming to cure chronic diseases in an ageing population. The DRIVE-RM consortium has been awarded the funding under the prestigious NWO SUMMIT programme. The DRIVE-RM, led by Professor of Experimental Nephrology Marianne Verhaar from UMC Utrecht, collaboration involves [...]
The findings of a new study say routine cognitive testing may help older drivers and their physicians make better decisions about driving to maximise safety while preserving independence as long as possible. One of the thorniest decisions facing older adults is when to give up their keys and stop driving, but a new study by researchers [...]
New mathematical tools revealing how quickly cell proteins break down are poised to uncover deeper insights into how we age, according to a recently published paper. The paper, co-authored by researchers at Mississippi State, Harvard Medical School and the University of Cambridge, “Maximum entropy determination of mammalian proteome dynamics,” presents the new tools that quantify [...]
