Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) affects 22 million people in the U.S. and is linked to a higher risk of hypertension, heart attacks, stroke, diabetes and many other chronic conditions.
Whether they need a knee replaced, a hernia stitched up, a cataract in their eye removed or their gall bladder taken out, a new poll shows many older adults harbor concerns about scheduling elective surgery. But once they’ve had it done, most are glad they did, the poll shows. COVID-19 has affected surgery scheduling but many hospitals are now getting back on track.
Throughout much of the world, increasing numbers of women are delaying having their first child until they are in their late thirties, and even into their forties.
We all know we should exercise and eat healthy. But doing that isn’t just good for maintaining your figure as you age. New research from the University of Georgia shows that physical activity could help protect your cognitive abilities as you age. And it doesn’t have to be intense exercise to make an impact.
Tulane scientists will use the five-year grant to better understand why the brain-protecting benefits of estrogen may not apply to all women, especially those with hypertension and Type 2 diabetes.
The Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology (ARVO) announced today that Robert P. Finger, MD, MIH, PhD, of the University of Bonn, Germany, is the 2022 recipient of the Ludwig Von Sallmann Clinician-Scientist Award.
Leonid Peshkin has developed a new model system aiming to illuminate the fundamentals of aging
Now that the holiday season has concluded, perhaps you’ve noticed the warning signs of Alzheimer’s disease or related dementia in aging family members. George Grossberg, M.D., the Samuel W. Fordyce professor and director of geriatric psychiatry at Saint Louis University School of Medicine, said it is during family gatherings that caregivers often notice older adults 65 and over may be slipping cognitively.
A large study that investigates just what keeps our brains sharp as we age and what contributes to cognitive decline has been launched by researchers from Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, Harvard University/Massachusetts General Hospital, the University of Minnesota Medical School and the University of California Los Angeles (UCLA).
Falls are a leading cause of hospitalization and institutionalization for older adults in the U.S. and fall prevention efforts are an important part of geriatric education and health.
Following a panel discussion of emergency medicine physicians and geriatricians at the 2021 American Academy of Emergency Medicine’s Scientific Assembly, researchers say, unfortunately, most of the emergency departments in the U.S. and worldwide do not provide the level of service recommended by the Geriatric Emergency Department (GED) Guidelines. Endorsed by four major medical organizations, the GED guidelines characterize the complex needs of the older emergency department patient and current best practices, with the goal of promoting more cost-effective and patient-centered care. These recommendations necessitate increased staff, resources, and education.
Herbert Wertheim School of Public Health and Human Longevity Science at University of California San Diego researchers studied the impact of daily life movement to cardiovascular disease risk using a machine-learning algorithm and found decrease in risk with increased activity.
Rather than nursing homes being the default living option as people age, an Iowa State University researcher is looking for ways to improve homes so that people can more easily “age in place.”
In 2021, the pandemic disrupted scheduled care for around 30% of older adults, according to a new poll of people age 50 and older. And many of them – especially those who aren’t vaccinated against COVID-19 – still haven’t gotten the preventive care or treatment that they had been scheduled to get last year.
A new Baycrest study reports that older adults store too much information in their brains, leading them to have “cluttered” memories. As a result of these cluttered memories, they have more trouble remembering specific and detailed information compared to younger adults.
Chulalongkorn University reaffirms its commitment to “Innovations for Society”, which aims at developing innovations that address social issues and creating a better society in all aspects, including health, well-being and knowledge in order to move society forward. Let’s find out more about Chulalongkorn University’s amazing innovations.
The brain’s ability to clear a protein closely linked to Alzheimer’s disease is tied to our circadian cycle, according to research published in PLOS Genetics.
“Our findings suggest that being fit can protect against mild cognitive impairment in older people,” says Ekaterina Zotcheva.
Mobile apps make it possible to track everything from exercise and calories to blood pressure and blood sugar, and use the information to stay on target with health goals or managing a chronic condition. But a new poll shows that most people over age 50 aren’t using such apps – and that those who might get the most help out of them are less likely to actually use them.
A new model, available as an online calculator, estimates the impact of dietary changes on life expectancy.
Do cognitive abilities change together, or do they change independently of each other? An international research team from the USA, Sweden, and Germany involving the Max Planck Institute for Human Development has presented new findings now published in Science Advances.
Having two or more chronic conditions (known as multimorbidity) in middle age is associated with an increased risk of dementia later in life, finds a large study of British adults, published by The BMJ today.
Alzheimer's and other dementias are among the most widespread diseases today. Diagnosis is complex and can often only be established with certainty late in the course of the disease. A team of Empa researchers, together with clinical partners, is now developing a new diagnostic tool that can detect the first signs of neurodegenerative changes using a sensor belt.
Black residents of Baton Rouge and New Orleans faced twice the risk of SARS-CoV-2 infection as white residents, a study shows.
Data from a UC San Diego Herbert Wertheim School of Public Health and Human Longevity Science study point to as much as a 27% increase in heart disease risk in postmenopausal women who experience both high levels of social isolation and loneliness.
A team of researchers from the University of Kentucky’s Sanders-Brown Center on Aging is working to identify new proteins that are destructive to the brain. They know that about 25% of individuals, and 50% of individuals with Alzheimer disease, have the genetic mutation APOE ε4 allele — a known risk factor for the disease. Through a recent study, researchers were surprised to find that even in the brains of patients without the disease-driving mutation, ApoE proteins were enhanced in dementia. Their findings appear in The American Journal of Pathology, published by Elsevier.
The Tisch Cancer Institute (TCI) at Mount Sinai and the Samuel Waxman Cancer Research Foundation (SWCRF) are launching a unique research program that will fund collaborations between TCI physician-scientists and colleagues from other established cancer research institutions to address the rising rates of cancer due to aging around the world.
Remote UC San Diego School of Medicine study finds brain function boosted by daily exercise in middle-aged and older adults.
Adults with disabilities have worse outcomes when hospitalized with COVID-19 than patients without disabilities, including longer hospital stays and increased risk of readmission, found new research in CMAJ
Some creatures don’t age in the same way that humans do, implying that getting old does not necessarily lead to declining health.
A strong majority of American adults over 50 -- including the 37% of older adults who own guns or live with someone who does -- supports specific steps that could reduce the risk of firearm injury and death, a new national study shows. The study also highlights opportunities to help older adults recognize and address the risks in their own homes.
A group of genes that play an essential role in building components of our cells can also impact human lifespan, finds a new study led by UCL researchers.
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In Physics of Fluids, engineers from China use fluid dynamics simulations to study the effect of exercise at various ages on plaque formation in the arteries. The authors considered two arterial geometries, one with a bulging outer artery and the other without, and modeled the effect of exercise and age on blood flow. To model exercise, the authors digitized blood flow measurements from individuals in three age groups and used these flowrates as input to their computational model.
Women ages 35 years and younger were 44% more likely to have an ischemic stroke (caused by blocked blood vessels in the brain) than their male counterparts, according to a new review of more than a dozen international studies on sex differences in stroke occurrence, published today in a Go Red for Women® 2022 spotlight issue of Stroke, a peer-reviewed journal of the American Stroke Association, a division of the American Heart Association.
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UC San Diego Herbert Wertheim School of Public Health study reports that the more steps taken, and the more intense, the lower the risk of Type 2 diabetes among women 65 and older.
Chula Medicine has successfully invented RED-GEMs (REjuvenating DNA by GEnomic Stability Molecules) that can reverse aging in lab animals. With human trials targeted within two years, the medical breakthrough is aimed to treat various age-related conditions and illnesses and bring back youthfulness in this aging society.
Research at the Baudry Lab at The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH) to model how the SETBP1 protein interacts with other DNA to regulate a cell has attracted one of 40 global $46,000 seed grants from the Million-Dollar Bike Ride program at the University of Pennsylvania Health System.
亲爱的妙佑医疗国际(Mayo Clinic)：随着年龄的增长，医生给我开的药越来越多，比如血压和胆固醇的药物。另外，随着年龄的增长，我服用了一些用来提高记忆力、降低胆固醇和预防癌症的补充剂。我是否应该担心这些补充剂会与我的药物产生相互作用？
ESTIMADA MAYO CLINIC: A medida que envejezco, los médicos me recetan más medicamentos, por ejemplo, para la presión arterial y el colesterol. Además, según me voy haciendo mayor, he decidido tomar suplementos que supuestamente mejoran la memoria, reducen el colesterol y previenen el cáncer.
السادة الأعزاء في مايو كلينك: مع تقدمي في السن، أعطاني الأطباء المزيد من الأدوية، مثل علاج ضغط الدم والكوليسترول. أيضًا، مع تقدمي في العمر، اخترت تناول بعض المكملات التي يُفترض أن تحسن ذاكرتي، وتقلل الكوليسترول وتقي من السرطان.
ESTIMADA MAYO CLINIC: conforme fui envelhecendo, os médicos passaram a me prescrever mais medicamentos para o controle da pressão sanguínea e colesterol, por exemplo.
A new study finds that while young and healthy mice show clear differences between daytime and nighttime body temperature rhythms, in older and diseased animals the difference essentially disappeared.
Higher levels of antioxidants – particularly manganese antioxidants – could potentially extend one’s lifespan and radiation resistance, according to a new study published on Jan. 11 in mBio by researchers at the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences (USU).
A medicina regenerativa poderia retardar a evolução das doenças degenerativas que frequentemente devastam os anos da maturidade, revela um estudo da Mayo Clinic. A expectativa de vida quase dobrou desde os anos 50, mas a expectativa de saúde (o número de anos sem doenças) não acompanhou o ritmo. De acordo com um artigo publicado na revista NPJ Regenerative Medicine, de maneira geral, as pessoas vivem mais tempo, mas a última década de vida é frequentemente assolada por doenças crônicas relacionadas ao envelhecimento, o que diminui a qualidade de vida. Esses últimos anos de vida vêm com uma grande sobrecarga de custos para a sociedade.
La medicina regenerativa puede lentificar el reloj de aquellas enfermedades degenerativas que suelen causar estragos durante la tercera edad, descubre un estudio de Mayo Clinic. La expectativa de vida casi se ha duplicado desde la década de los años 50; pero la expectativa de salud, que son los años sin sufrir enfermedades, se ha mantenido al mismo ritmo. Según un trabajo publicado en NPJ Regenerative Medicine (Medicina Regenerativa de NPJ), las personas suelen vivir más largo, pero en su última década de vida generalmente se ven aquejadas por aquellas enfermedades crónicas y propias de la edad que disminuyen la calidad de vida. Además, esos últimos años representan una gran carga para la sociedad.
退行性疾病的到来通常意味着老年黄金岁月遭受破坏，但妙佑医疗国际(Mayo Clinic)的一项研究发现，再生医学可以减缓退行性疾病的发展。自1950年代以来，人类的寿命几乎翻番，但无病痛的健康寿命却没有同步跟上。根据发表在《NPJ 再生醫學》（NPJ Regenerative Medicine）上的一篇论文，人的寿命普遍有所增长，但在最后的十年里，往往会饱受与年龄相关的慢性疾病的困扰，这些疾病降低了生活质量。人在最后几年的时光往往会给社会带来巨大的成本负担。
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