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A 2018 study found that people who followed five habits (eating a healthy diet, exercising regularly, keeping a healthy body weight, not...
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A 2018 study found that people who followed five habits (eating a healthy diet, exercising regularly, keeping a healthy body weight, not...
The secret to successful aging may lie in part in your gut, according to a new report. The study found that it may be possible to predict...
Physicians and scientists highlight the importance of #longevity medicine education and collaborate on the first longevity medicine...
A hopeful message for all those facing the prospect of old age (that is, everyone). Old age needn’t be a massacre - in fact, old age...
What really works to help an aging brain. It’s not going to function like it did in your 20s, but there are things you can do. What...
For breakthroughs in slowing #aging, scientists must look beyond biology. Stress & early life adversity, personality traits,...
The gut #microbiome is an integral component of the body, but its importance in the human #aging process is unclear. Scientists have...
Alzheimer's-like protein aggregates are found in the muscle deterioration seen in aging, but the aggregates can be reversed by boosting...
Researchers found that inhibiting kidney-type glutaminase-dependent glutaminolysis in mice can lead to elimination of #senescent cells....
Glutamine has a host of metabolic functions, including biosynthesis, redox maintenance, and chromatin biology. Drugs are currently...
If you feel like you’re slowing down a bit as you age, you’re not alone. Many of our systems (including our brain) tend to taper off as...
Researchers conducted genome-wide #CRISPR-based screens in premature aging stem cells & identified >100 candidate #senescence-promoting...
Caloric restriction (CR) mimetics are molecules that produce beneficial effects on health and longevity in model organisms and humans,...
Caloric restriction (CR) mimetics are molecules that produce beneficial effects on health and longevity in model organisms and humans,...
#aging patients still should have an annual “wellness” visit to check blood pressure, blood sugar (for the presence of Type 2 #diabetes),...
If you feel like you’re slowing down a bit as you age, you’re not alone. Many of our systems (including our brain) tend to taper off as...
#microbiology #immunology #microbes #infection #aging #longevity #biomedical https://thriveglobal.com/stories/david-ojcius-on-lifelong-le...
Senescent cells promote NAD tissue decline during aging through CD38 enzymes which can now become a novel therapeutic target....