Aging

Gardening can offer enough moderate physical activity to keep older adults in shape but Kansas State researchers writing in the journal HortScience say that among the other health benefits of gardening is keeping older hands strong and nimble. "One of ...

Article - News Staff - Feb 3 2009 - 7:25pm

RHAMM- The Protein That May Eliminate Wrinkles

Hollywood stars of a certain age take note: Research at Berkeley Lab suggests that a protein linked to the spread of several major human cancers may also hold great potential for the elimination of wrinkles and the rejuvenation of the skin. If this promise ...

Article - News Staff - Feb 17 2009 - 3:03pm

Participating in certain mental activities, like reading magazines or crafting in middle age or later in life, may delay or prevent memory loss, according to a study released today. The study involved 197 people between the ages of 70 and 89 with mild cogn ...

Article - News Staff - Feb 17 2009 - 8:02pm

Hormonal Regeneration: Turn Back The Wheel Of Time Like Benjamin Button

- Bioidentical Hormones for Physical Rejuvenation and Fitness "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button" has come to the movie theatres around the globe. Benjamin Button is born with the appearance and physical maladies of an elderly man but continuou ...

Article - News Staff - Apr 11 2009 - 10:16pm

Mediterranean Diet Linked To Womens' Skeletal Health

A study from the Harokopio University of Athens (Greece) says that adherence to a dietary pattern close to the Mediterranean diet, with high consumption of fish and olive oil and low red meat intake, has a significant impact in women skeletal health. Resul ...

Article - News Staff - Feb 18 2009 - 3:39pm

New hypothesis on cause of Alzheimer's

A new hypothesis, published in today's Nature, suggests that Alzheimer's may be caused by a normal prenatal developmental process gone awry in the adult brain. Before you cast aside years of beta-amyloid research or proclaim a cure is imminent, ...

Blog Post - Becky Jungbauer - Feb 19 2009 - 11:39am

Excess Sugar Consumption Linked To Aging

We know that lifespan can be extended in some animals by restricting calories such as sugar intake shortly after birth. Université de Montréal scientists now say that it's not sugar itself that is important in this process but the ability of cells t ...

Article - News Staff - Mar 5 2009 - 10:39pm

Live Fast, Die Young? Metabolism Doesn't Work That Way, Says New Study

The theory that a higher metabolism means a shorter lifespan may have reached the end of its own life, according to a study published in the journal Physiological and Biochemical Zoology. The study, led by Lobke Vaanholt (University of Groningen, The Nethe ...

Article - News Staff - Mar 9 2009 - 6:19pm

Grey Hair And Free Radicals- The Hydrogen Peroxide Solution

Who hasn't tried to bleach their hair with hydrogen peroxide in college? I can't tell you how many young scientists we know who tried to go for that young Reed Richards look. It turns out that hydrogen peroxide may be responsbile for bleached ...

Article - News Staff - Mar 10 2009 - 12:17pm

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