Aging

Cognitive Ability Peaks At 22 And Declines After- Maybe

A new study says that some aspects of peoples' cognitive skills, like making rapid comparisons, remembering unrelated information and detecting relationships, will peak at about the age of 22 and then begin a slow decline starting around age 27. Timot ...

Article - News Staff - Mar 20 2009 - 12:15am

The Egg: Fountain Of Youth For Sperm

Botox and face lifts only give the appearance that you've turned back the clock, and although expensive procedural looks are deceiving, your telomeres don't lie.  As your cells divide, telomeres become shorter, eventually leading to cell death ov ...

Article - Hayley Mann - Mar 31 2009 - 1:24pm

Don't Eat Leftovers- Bacterial Remnants And Genetics Leads To Arthritis, Says Study

Here's another reason to hate leftovers. A research study in the Journal of Leukocyte Biology sheds light on one cause of arthritis: bacteria. In the study, scientists from the United States and The Netherlands show that a specific gene called NOD2 tr ...

Article - News Staff - Mar 31 2009 - 10:55am

Dance Your Way To Old Age

Older people can dance their way towards improved health and happiness, according to a report from the Changing Ageing Partnership (CAP).  The research, by Dr Jonathan Skinner from Queen’s University Belfast, reveals the social, mental and physical benefit ...

Article - News Staff - Apr 5 2009 - 12:39am

Some Parkinson's Medications Make Patients 'Hypersexual'

A new study conducted at Mayo Clinic and published in the April issue of Mayo Clinic Proceedings reports that one in six patients receiving therapeutic doses of certain drugs for Parkinson's disease develops new-onset, potentially destructive behavior ...

Article - News Staff - Apr 8 2009 - 11:21am

Fewer Calories Equals Less Cancer?

What's the key to everlasting youth? For years now, evidence has steadily accumulated, from studies on mice, flies, worms, and even yeast, that cutting calories is the secret to a long lifespan- at least in a wide range of non-human organisms. But do ...

Article - Michael White - Apr 10 2009 - 12:02pm

SIRT1, The 'Longevity' Protein, May Inhibit Cancer Too

Yuan et al. have identified another anti-cancer effect of the "longevity" protein SIRT1. By speeding the destruction of the tumor promoter c-Myc, SIRT1 curbs cell division. The study will be published in the Journal of Cell Biology. ...

Article - News Staff - Apr 13 2009 - 12:10am

No Open Heart Surgery- Transcatheter Valve Implantation On A Beating Heart

Transcatheter valve implantation is a newly developed technique for the curative treatment of high-grade aortic stenosis. It is likely to be of benefit especially to elderly, multimorbid patients for whom the risk of open heart surgery would be too great. ...

Article - News Staff - Apr 20 2009 - 9:54am

New Method To Identify Genes Related To Aging

Scientists at the University of Liverpool have developed a new method to help researchers identify genes that can help protect the body during the aging process. The team developed a method of analysing genes in multiple ageing tissue types in both animals ...

Article - News Staff - Apr 20 2009 - 10:19am

The Stigma Of Memory Loss Becomes A Self-Fulfilling Prophecy

Thinking your memory will get worse as you get older may actually be a self-fulfilling prophecy. Researchers at North Carolina State University have found that senior citizens who think older people should perform poorly on tests of memory actually score m ...

Article - News Staff - Apr 21 2009 - 3:15pm