Aging

Aging And Men: Most Are Happy Until Around Age 70 When More Issues Start To Creep Up

Survey results related to how men approach old age found that happiness remains relatively stable for some 80 percent of the population, but perceptions of unhappiness – or dealing with "hassles" – tends to get worse once you are about 65-70 yea ...

Article - News Staff - Feb 20 2014 - 11:36am

An Adult Stem Cell Based Method For Turning Back The Clock On Aging Muscles

Researchers have created an adult stem cell based method for restoring strength to damaged skeletal muscles in the elderly.  Skeletal muscles are some of the most important muscles in the body, supporting functions such as sitting, standing, blinking and ...

Article - News Staff - Feb 20 2014 - 1:44pm

Thyroid Gland Linked To Risk Of Depression In Older People

The thyroid gland has an important role in regulating the body's metabolism, but researchers say it can also influence mental health. Past research found links between an increased risk of depression and both over- and under-active thyroid glands. No ...

Article - News Staff - Feb 20 2014 - 8:45pm

Worried You Have Alzheimer's? Then You Probably Should Be

Are you worried you are losing your memory and wonder if you might have Alzheimer's coming? You have a good chance of being correct. Self-reported memory complaints predict clinical memory impairment later in life rather well, according to a new pape ...

Article - News Staff - Feb 21 2014 - 1:13pm

Premature Ovarian Failure Linked To Mutation In STAG3 Gene

Research in The New England Journal of Medicine and Human and Molecular Genetics journals finds that mutation in the STAG3 gene is the major cause of human fertility disorders, as it provokes a loss of function of the protein it encodes.  STAG3 encodes a ...

Article - News Staff - Mar 5 2014 - 6:11pm

Red Meat Helps Prevent Functional Decline In The Elderly

A new study in the Journal of the American Geriatrics Society found that a diet high in animal protein- meat- may helped elderly individuals function at higher levels physically. ...

Article - News Staff - Mar 11 2014 - 3:16pm

Good News: Colon Cancer Incidence Rates In Older Americans Have Plummeted

Colon cancer incidence rates have dropped sharply- 30 percent in the U.S. in the last 10 years, among adults 50 and older. The drop has been attributed to the widespread uptake of colonoscopy, with the largest decrease in people over age 65. Colonoscopy u ...

Article - News Staff - Mar 17 2014 - 1:04am

Only 20 Percent Of UK People With Hearing Problems Use Hearing Aids

Just 20 percent of UK people with hearing problems actually wear a hearing aid, according to a new analysis in the journal Ear and Hearing which looked at the habits of 160,000 aged 40 to 69 years. The results showed that 10.7 per cent of adults had signi ...

Article - News Staff - Mar 18 2014 - 10:14am

Eat More Nutrients, Die Young

There has long been a hypothesis that a starvation diet can extend lifespan. The only way it was really shown was by weaning mice on such a diet- and that isn't really ethical for human babies. And it doesn't work in the wild, because dietary res ...

Article - News Staff - Mar 18 2014 - 12:29pm

National Breast Cancer Screening- Harms Outweigh Benefits For Seniors

Extending national breast cancer screening programs to women over the age of 70 does not decrease cancers detected at advanced stages, according to new research at the European Breast Cancer Conference. Instead, extending screening programs to older women ...

Article - News Staff - Mar 21 2014 - 2:07pm