Aging

Osteoporosis: Therapy Reduces The Risk Of Fragility Fractures By 40 Percent

Osteoporosis, a disease of progressive bone loss, affects 70 percent of the U.S. population older than age 50- about 50 percent of women and 20 percent of men. These individuals are at risk for fragility fractures, a break that results from a fall, or occ ...

Article - News Staff - Oct 12 2015 - 8:00am

Immune Gene Prevents Parkinson's Disease And Dementia In Mice

An estimated seven to ten million people worldwide are living with Parkinson's disease (PD), which is an incurable and progressive disease of the nervous system affecting movement and cognitive function. More than half of PD patients develop progress ...

Article - News Staff - Oct 9 2015 - 6:30am

Lack Of D1 Receptor Leads To Slowness Of Movements In Parkinson's Disease

Dopamine deficiency in the basal ganglia (a set of subcortical structures) causes severe motor dysfunctions, such as slowness of movements (bradykinesia), as observed in Parkinson's disease. Dopamine binds D1 and D2 receptors that are expressed in th ...

Article - News Staff - Oct 15 2015 - 7:30am

Premature Birth Linked To Weaker Brain Connections

One of every nine infants in the United States is born early and, thus, with increased risk of cognitive difficulties, problems with motor skills, and attention deficit-hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), autism spectrum disorders and anxiety. Babies born prem ...

Article - News Staff - Oct 18 2015 - 11:18am

Male And Female Hearts Don't Age The Same Way

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Article - News Staff - Oct 20 2015 - 7:38am

Age-Associated Financial Vulnerability: It's Risky Business, Growing Old

Managing money can be difficult at any age but for older adults, changes in physical condition and life circumstances can lead to changes for the worse in financial behavior, putting their well-being in danger. Now those changes have been given a name: ag ...

Article - News Staff - Oct 26 2015 - 7:39pm

The Secret To Keeping A Younger Brain May Be Exercise

It is generally recognized that our physical fitness and our mental fitness are linked, especially as we get older, but how does being physically fit affect our aging brains? Neuroimaging studies, in which the activity of different parts of the brain can ...

Article - News Staff - Oct 26 2015 - 9:30am

Menopausez: Fluctuating Estrogen Increases Sensitivity To Stress, Depression

If you're feeling a little blue during the transition to menopause, there's good reason, according to a new study being reported online today in Menopause. The study suggests that the estradiol (a form of estrogen) fluctuation that is common dur ...

Article - News Staff - Nov 6 2015 - 3:15pm

Is Aging A Disease? New Classification Of Aging Called For

A recent paper explores the evolution of disease classification practices and the progress made since William Cullen's seminal Nosolagae Methodicae synopsis published in 1769. The paper discusses some of the additions to the ICD-10 including some of ...

Article - News Staff - Nov 11 2015 - 7:30am

No Limits: Senior Citizens Can Still Burn Energy Like Tour De France Cyclists

It may feel like old age is slowing you down, but that is not the case for everyone. A new research program found that age is no obstacle to performing well. Even as well as elite cyclists. The Department of Biomedicine and the Center for Healthy Aging at ...

Article - News Staff - Nov 13 2015 - 2:06pm