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Picture of multi-colored, “splotchy” graph used to visualize the different cell types which analyzed in a study of aging on the mouse brain.

Date: 2025/01/02 - 18:00

Aging may change some brain cells more than others

NIH-funded mouse study provides roadmap for how aging may alter brain cell genetic activity.

Date: 2025/01/02 - 14:32

5 Science-Backed Ways to Live a Longer Life

Want to live a longer life? Try these five simple habits in 2025 that can help increase your life span by years and improve the overall quality of your health as you age.

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Date: 2024/12/30 - 17:00

Insufficient sleep and high blood pressure may raise risk of brain aging

People with high blood pressure who slept for shorter durations were more likely to show poor cognitive function and increased levels of markers of brain aging and injury, a new study has found.

Date: 2024/12/27 - 11:31

Healthy breakfasts could help lower cardiovascular disease risk

For a healthy heart, the best breakfast is one that provides 20% to 30% of daily calorie intake, while wating either less or more may increase certain cardiometabolic risk factors in older adults.

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Date: 2024/12/18 - 17:00

Colon cancer: Measuring ‘biological age’ may help predict who's at risk for polyps

One’s biological age, which measures the body’s physiological state, may help predict who is at risk for developing colon polyps, a known risk factor for colorectal cancer.

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Date: 2024/12/16 - 13:31

Cardiorespiratory fitness could protect cognitive health as we age

Even in people genetically at risk of dementia, maintaining cardiorespiratory fitness is linked to better brain health later in life, new evidence suggests.

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Date: 2024/12/11 - 10:00

How too much fructose may feed cancer tumors

Dietary fructose may promote tumor growth, according to research in animal models of melanoma, breast cancer, and cervical cancer.

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Date: 2024/12/02 - 20:00

Ultra-processed foods may trigger, worsen psoriasis flare-ups

Eating diets high in ultra-processed foods such as cereal bars, flavored yogurts, and fast food may make it more likely to have active cases of psoriasis, a new study suggests.

Date: 2024/11/19 - 16:31

Could an innovative nasal spray delay Alzheimer’s by 10 years or more?

An experimental nasal spray has helped clear toxic protein buildups in the brains of mouse models of Alzheimer's. Its developers believe the spray may help delay Alzheimer's by at least a decade.

Date: 2024/11/12 - 19:00

Researchers uncover new role of mutant proteins in some of the deadliest cancers

Findings could point to new ways to treat RAS-driven cancers.