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A new study has shown how talking speed is a better indicator of brain health than the ability to find words as we age. As people age they may begin to struggle to find words when they are talking. This commonly causes concerns regarding cognitive decline and the potential of dementia. However, a new study [...]
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 [...]
Hundreds of NHS patients with advanced Parkinson’s disease are set to benefit from a wearable drug infusion to help better control their symptoms. The treatment, called foslevodopa–foscarbidopa, is gradually released around-the-clock, and will now offer an additional option for certain patients experiencing movement-related symptoms and whose condition is no longer responding to their oral medicines. [...]
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 [...]
New findings from 12 studies involving 2,901 participants have demonstrated that tai chi outperforms conventional exercise in improving mobility and balance in seniors. While tai chi is understood to be beneficial for functional mobility and balance in older adults, such benefits are not well understood due to large variance in research study protocols and observations. [...]
A new USC study shows how cycles of a fasting-mimicking diet reduce insulin resistance, liver fat, immune system aging, and biological age in clinical trial patients. The study, published in Nature Communications, adds to the body of evidence supporting the beneficial effects of the fasting-mimicking diet (FMD). The FMD is a five-day diet high in [...]
A paper has put forward a new framework for standardising the development and validation of biomarkers of ageing to better predict longevity and quality of life. Led by Harvard researchers, the team has zeroed in on biomarkers of ageing using omic data from population-based studies. The team included ageing and longevity expert Alex Zhavoronkov, PhD, [...]
Global non-profit Hevolution Foundation has announced $115 million in funding that makes up 49 new awards under its Geroscience Research Opportunities (HF-GRO) programme. As part of Hevolution’s mission to catalyse the healthspan scientific ecosystem and drive transformative breakthroughs in healthy aging, HF-GRO is funding promising pre-clinical research in aging biology and geroscience. Through this first [...]
