Aging

Marijuana Won't Reverse Alzheimer's, Study Claims

A new study published in Current Alzheimer Research claims that marijuana doesn't temper or reverse the effects of Alzheimer's disease and may even cause harm. The findings could lower expectations about the benefits of medical marijuana in comba ...

Article - News Staff - Feb 8 2010 - 8:12pm

Eternity Soup- The Quiz To End Aging

Scientific Blogging fave Greg Critser has a new book out, Eternity Soup: Inside The Quest To End Aging (available at fine retailers everywhere, or at that link if you want us to make a nickel) and in celebration he has put together a short quiz to find out ...

Article - Hank Campbell - Feb 27 2010 - 7:56pm

Video Games Help Seniors Combat Depression

Research conducted at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine suggests that "exergames" – entertaining video games that combine game play with exercise can improve the symptoms of subsyndromal depression (SSD) in seniors. In a ...

Article - News Staff - Feb 25 2010 - 2:04pm

The Coming Gero-Economy

Green jobs—great. But gray jobs, maybe an even better bet. If there is a single graphic that everyone concerned with the nation’s future should have tattooed on their eyeballs, my vote goes to this one: Here is its central message: Forty years from now, on ...

Article - Greg Critser - Feb 28 2010 - 2:12pm

"Super-Aged" Seniors Challenge Inevitability Of Alzheimer's

People who stay mentally sharp into their 80s and beyond challenge the notion that brain changes linked to mental decline and Alzheimer's disease are a normal, inevitable part of aging, say scientists presenting at the ACS National Meeting. The resear ...

Article - News Staff - Mar 24 2010 - 11:13am

How Do We Adapt To Longer Lifespans?

People in developed nations are living as much as a decade longer than their parents did as a result of staying healthy to a more advanced age, according to a new review published in Nature. The better health in older age stems from public health efforts t ...

Article - News Staff - Mar 24 2010 - 2:00pm

Nature on Greg Critser on Aging

Congratulations to Scientific Blogging's own Greg Critser, whose latest book, Eternity Soup is reviewed in Nature: Critser's book is a brilliant exposé of the increasingly popular anti-ageing industry and how its practitioners have misled many pe ...

Blog Post - Michael White - Mar 26 2010 - 2:44pm

Eternity Soup And Aging In Wisconsin

Greg Critser started blogging here within a month after we opened the doors.  How did he hear of us?   I have no idea and neither does he but shortly after we started we were referenced by lots of well-known writers like Andrew Sullivan and Greg and many ...

Blog Post - Hank Campbell - Mar 29 2010 - 3:05pm

Eat Less, Abuse Science

Eternity Soup, by Greg Critser Harmony Books, 2010 Scientific Blogging's own Greg Critser has tackled the science and business of eternal youth in his latest book. It's an engaging and excellent read. Critser is a fine storyteller, mixing his di ...

Article - Michael White - Mar 31 2010 - 9:39pm

DAF-16: Aging Gene Governs Lifespan In Humans?

University of Birmingham scientists have discovered that the gene DAF-16 plays an important part in determining the rate of aging and average lifespan of the laboratory worm Caenorhabditis elegans (C. elegans) and its close evolutionary cousins. DAF-16 is ...

Article - News Staff - Apr 10 2010 - 8:59pm