Aging

Obesity And Arthritis Diminish Quality Of Life In Elderly Women

Women live longer than men but it may not be a great life.   In a study that included 5,888 people over 65, women suffered up to two and a half times more disabilities than men of the same age and the higher rates of obesity and arthritis among these women ...

Article - News Staff - May 3 2009 - 11:39am

Aged Neural Stems Cells Still In Running Order

A recent study of adult neural stem cells suggests a new route for research and development of  treatments for neurodegenerative disease in elderly patients. Within the last 20 years neuroscientists have shown that new neurons are generated in the brain th ...

Article - Kathy Murphy - May 18 2009 - 12:52am

Oxidative Stress Linked To Aging, Cancer... And Now Longer Life

Oxidative stress has been linked to aging, cancer and other diseases in humans. Paradoxically, researchers have suggested that small exposure to oxidative conditions may actually offer protection from acute doses. Now, scientists at the University of Cali ...

Article - News Staff - May 28 2009 - 9:07pm

Sleeping Pills Linked To Suicide In Older Patients

Sleeping pills have been associated with a four-fold increase in suicide risk in the elderly but is it just bad correlation, in that sleeping pills are just a convenient way to commit suicide?   Researchers writing in the BMC Geriatrics say that  after adj ...

Article - News Staff - Jun 3 2009 - 7:29pm

Stress Really Can Give You Gray Hair

Graying hairs that crop up with age could be more than just nature, they could be signs of stress, according to a new report in the June 12 issue of Cell.  The researchers say that the kind of "genotoxic stress" that does damage to DNA depletes t ...

Article - News Staff - Jun 11 2009 - 12:15pm

Tai Chi Can Help With Arthritis Pain- Study

A new study says Tai Chi can have positive health benefits for musculoskeletal pain. The results of the first comprehensive analysis, conducted by The George Institute for International Health in Australia, suggests Tai Chi produces positive effects for im ...

Article - News Staff - Jun 16 2009 - 9:47am

A little dose of happy today

Good day, bad day, in between- this 1 minute video will put a smile on your face. An elderly couple walked in to the Mayo Clinic lobby, saw a piano, and played an impromptu duet. The man, who is turning 90, obviously wasn't there for knee surgery, bas ...

Blog Post - Becky Jungbauer - Jun 26 2009 - 8:29am

Breast Milk Gets Even More Magical

Scientists at Queen Mary, University of London have discovered that an ingredient in human breast milk called pancreatic secretory trypsin inhibitor, or PSTI, protects and repairs the delicate intestines of newborn babies. PSTI is found at its highest leve ...

Article - News Staff - Jun 29 2009 - 6:54pm

COPD Linked To Cognitive Decline In Aging

Severe chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is associated with lower cognitive function in older adults, according to research from Mount Sinai School of Medicine. Researchers compared cognitive performance in over 4,150 adults with and without COP ...

Article - News Staff - Jul 7 2009 - 11:12am

Enzyme And Aging- PAPPA Knockout Mice Live At Least 30 Percent Longer

Want to live forever but starving is not for you?   A study published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences  may be more to your liking. ...

Article - News Staff - Jul 12 2009 - 12:04am