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Dec 6, 20211 min read
Lowering blood insulin levels could lower your risk of getting COVID-19
Keeping blood insulin levels within healthy parameters is a daily goal for people with diabetes, it may even lower the risk of getting COVID
Dec 6, 20211 min read
Alzheimer’s risk gene paradoxically protects against memory loss
A new study links a variant of the apolipoprotein E gene called APOE ε4 to better memory in older age.
Dec 3, 20211 min read
Silicon Valley’s quest to live forever could benefit humanity as a whole
All things must die, according to the poet Alfred Lord Tennyson, but that could be about to change.
Dec 2, 20211 min read
How many steps a day should you take? Study finds 7,000 can go a long way
The new findings showed significant health benefits even among adults who didn't reach the 10,000-step-a-day mark.
Dec 1, 20211 min read
South Korea’s inequality paradox: long life, good health and poverty
The country responsible for impressive gains in healthcare and nutrition finds itself with nearly half its older citizens living in poverty.
Nov 30, 20211 min read
Genetic coding variants associated with human longevity and protection against age-related diseases
The new findings showed significant health benefits even among adults who didn't reach the 10,000-step-a-day mark.
Nov 29, 20211 min read
SARS-CoV-2, COVID-19 and the aging immune system
The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic is a global health threat with particular risk for severe disease and death in older adults
Nov 26, 20211 min read
Number of calories consumed is key to the anti-aging effect of calorie restriction
Calorie restriction (CR) is one of the most effective interventions for the modulation of aging.
Nov 25, 20211 min read
Knock-down of odr-3 and ife-2 additively extends lifespan and healthspan in C. elegans
Genetic manipulations can ameliorate the aging process and extend the lifespan of model organisms.
Nov 24, 20211 min read
Hyperbaric oxygen therapy alleviates vascular dysfunction and amyloid burden in Alzheimer’s disease
Vascular dysfunction is entwined with aging and in the pathogenesis of Alzheimer’s disease and contributes to reduced cerebral blood flow.
Nov 23, 20211 min read
5 secrets behind 95-year-old Queen Elizabeth’s longevity: daily regimen and rules of British monarch
The British monarch Queen Elizabeth II is the "world's longest-reigning living monarch" at 95 years of age.
Nov 22, 20211 min read
Empty nesters complete 'longevity gap year' travelling the world
Empty nest syndrome is what many parents go through after their kids start living on their own.
Nov 19, 20211 min read
Animal protein vs plant protein: what’s best for health, muscle and longevity?
After years of being the also-ran, plant protein has taken its place alongside animal protein in many supermarket chillers.
Nov 19, 20211 min read
Scientists Create Artificial Mitochondria That Can Make Energy for Damaged Cells
Cells like to gulp and burp. It’s not indigestion. Rather, cells squeeze out little fatty blobs that can merge with another cell as a way...
Nov 18, 20211 min read
A longevity expert shares the diet, exercise and sleep rules he lives by for a longer, stronger life
Today’s advanced research and innovations make it possible for us to live longer, stronger and healthier lives.
Nov 16, 20211 min read
Can cocoa consumption help us age better?
Does cocoa, known to be packed with powerful antioxidants that protect our cells from damage, help us age better?
Nov 15, 20211 min read
Death knock: named life-threatening pulse
Impact of changes in heart rate with age on all-cause death and cardiovascular events in 50-year-old men from the general population.
Nov 14, 20211 min read
Accurate protein production promotes longevity
Worms, flies, and yeast live longer if the fidelity of their protein-making machinery is improved, a study shows.
Nov 12, 20211 min read
Switching to salt substitute decreased stroke risk by 14%
Switching from regular salt to a salt substitute reduced the risk for stroke, major CV events and death in a large trial of adults in rural.
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