Aging

Alzheimer's And Aducanumab: Should Taxpayer Money Be Spent?

In 2019, Biogen announced that it was abandoning its late stage drug for Alzheimer’s, aducanumab but then in 2021 they got FDA approval for it. ...

Article - Hank Campbell - Jun 30 2021 - 1:31pm

Perhaps Age Matters More Than Genetics In Risk Of Illness As We Get Older

How powerful are the genes that make up our bodies? The Minnesota Center for Twin and Family Research notes that as many as half of our traits may be inherited from our genes. Additionally, those double-helix DNA strands are responsible for all the protei ...

Article - Maya Chowdhury - Sep 10 2021 - 6:01am

For Alzheimer's Patients, Familiar Music Helps

You may not want to hear the same song over and over, but for patients with mild cognitive impairment or early Alzheimer’s disease, repeated listening to personally meaningful music induces beneficial brain plasticity, according to a new study. It found th ...

Article - News Staff - Nov 10 2021 - 3:54pm

There Are Few Countries In Which It's Good To Die

Even before the COVID-19 pandemic, 81 countries, rich and poor, mostly do poorly on how well their health systems provide for the physical and mental wellbeing of patients at the end of life. ...

Article - News Staff - Jan 18 2022 - 2:39pm

Ashitaba Won't Help You Live Longer, It Won't Even Help You Become A Samurai

The race is on to be the food craze of 2019 and the leading contenders so far are biltong- beef jerky from South Africa- and angelica keiskei koidzumi (ashitaba) from Japan. If a plant can have a leaf cut off and have it grow back the next day, why not ass ...

Article - Hank Campbell - May 2 2022 - 8:53am

Assisted Suicide Mostly Used By Well-Educated White Patients With Cancer

An analysis of 5,329 patients across the U.S. who died from medical aid in the 23 years after Oregon became the first state to legalize assisted suicide and predictably found one demographic dominates the group: well-educated, wealthy people with cancer.  ...

Article - News Staff - Jul 18 2022 - 3:12pm

Middle-Aged Women Are More Likely To Embrace Alternatives To Medicine, But Don't Tell Their Doctors

If you want to find the demographic that most likely thinks chiropractors, massages, meditation, and yoga are medicine, find middle-aged women in a rich country.  They just don't mention it to their doctors, even though physicians ask what else they a ...

Article - Hank Campbell - Jul 26 2022 - 8:31am

Follicle Stimulating Hormone May Increase Risk Of Obesity After Menopause

Obesity is correlated to risk for breast cancer after menopause and new study suggests that this adiposity is related to the follicle stimulating hormone (FSH). It is only an observational study, in the exploratory section and not causal, but the authors s ...

Article - News Staff - Aug 9 2022 - 1:49pm

Nature Vs Nurture In Longevity

The standing desk fad, and disastrous future outcomes for those who followed it, happened because epidemiologists correlated sitting and 'higher risk' of death. Obviously there is a 100 percent chance of dying but correlation looks for rows of be ...

Article - Hank Campbell - Aug 24 2022 - 5:57pm

Debunked: U-Shaped Happiness Curve Of Aging

On average, happiness declines as we approach middle age, bottoming out in our 40s but then picking back up as we head into retirement, according to a number of studies. This so-called U-shaped curve of happiness is reassuring but, unfortunately, probably ...

Article - The Conversation - Sep 1 2022 - 9:42am