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Research may reveal why people can suddenly become frail in their 70s
Scientists discover ‘catastrophic’ change in blood cell composition, raising prospect of new therapies to slow ageing process
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How Fast Are You Aging?
Five decades ago, Duke psychologists Terrie Moffitt and Avshalom Caspi began working with a long-term study of 1,000 people in New Zealand to get a better perspective on how childhood factors may have led to adolescent behaviors, such as risk-taking.
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How Hormone Therapies Are Transforming Aging
Shivin Devgon just couldn’t shake that sluggish feeling. Toward the end of 2021, the San Diego software engineer thought his health was on the right track. He exercised regularly and was able to perform well at work. Still, he lacked energy, and his mood always felt off.
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Aging and fake news: It's not the story you think it is
A new study has found that older adults are no more likely to fall for fake news than younger adults, with age-related susceptibility to deceptive news evident only among those categorized as the “oldest old.”
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'People are caught up in magical thinking': was the oldest woman in the world a fraud?
Jeanne Calment was 122 when she died. But last year a Russian scientist claimed she was a con artist, sparking an international dispute over the woman who may still hold the secret to eternal life
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Life Extension - This Is How You Cheat Death
Doesn’t the mention of death make you cringe? It’s quite unsettling to know that our cells are biologically programmed to age, wither and die. Has human life meant to be that short of around 100 years? It seems like a tragedy. Apparently, we are living at the servitude of nature and the nature has punished...
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Mystery of why humans die around 80 may finally be solved
The mystery of why humans die at around 80, while other mammals live far shorter or longer lives, may finally have been solved by scientists.
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Aging clocks aim to predict how long you’ll live
These clocks promise to measure biological age and help identify anti-aging drugs, but there are lingering questions over their accuracy.
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Turning back the clock: Human skin cells de-aged by 30 years in trial
While findings are still in the early stages, they could revolutionise regenerative medicine, especially if it can be replicated in other cell types.
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Scientists Are Trying To Cheat Death, But Will They Succeed?
Currently, humanity’s risk of death doubles every eight years, but recent scientific developments may allow us to extend our record of most heartbeats per lifetime. Scientists and medical researchers have made some remarkable, and controversial, discoveries in anti-ageing experiments of late.
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Longer naps in the day may be an early sign of dementia in older adults
Doctors often recommend “power naps” as a way to compensate for a poor night’s sleep and help keep alert until bedtime. But for older adults, extensive power naps could be an early sign of dementia. Research on how napping affects cognition in adults has had mixed results. Some studies on younger adults suggest that napping is beneficial to cognition, while others on older adults suggest it may be linked to cognitive impairment. However, many studies are based on just a single self-reported nap assessment.
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Children born in 50 years might celebrate their 150th birthdays, say anti-aging experts
The search for immortality is the oldest tale in the world. Literally: the oldest written story known to historians is The Epic of Gilgamesh, first written down in Sumerian cuneiform on clay tablets, about 4,000 years ago in what is now Iraq. In it, King Gilgamesh seeks a plant which grants eternal life. (He finds it, but a snake steals it before he can use it.)
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New study sheds light on the evolutionary origin of disgust toward older adults
According to a series of three studies, there is a stronger negative emotional and avoidance reaction toward unfamiliar – compared to familiar – older adults, confirming source effects of disgust toward this population. However, there were no moderating effects of filial piety – i.e., the virtue of respect towards elders. This research was published in Evolutionary Psychology. ...
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Jeff Bezos is looking to defy death – this is what we know about the science of ageing
Jeff Bezos is on a mission to conquer ageing. He has just recruited Hal Barron from GlaxoSmithKline to help lead Altos Labs, the ambitious new anti-ageing company with billions of investment. So what does science really say about this? Could we beat ageing?
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Owning a dog could be key to “successful aging” — study
A study reveals lower rates of disability among Japanese seniors who owned dogs, likely owing to increased exercise.
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If they could turn back time: how tech billionaires are trying to reverse the ageing process
Jeff Bezos and Peter Thiel are pouring huge sums into startups aiming to keep us all young – or even cheat death. And the science isn’t as far-fetched as you might think
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Immortality is mathematically impossible, new research finds
A mathematical equation has proven that controlling one of the two major changes in a cell—decay or cancerous growth—enhances the other, causing inevitable death
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The Science Behind Why Some of Us Can't Grow Big Muscles After Turning 50
At the Winter Games this year – and at almost all professional sporting events – you rarely see a competitor over 40 years old and almost never see a single athlete over 50.
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Tackling ageing may be best way to prevent multiple chronic conditions from developing in older people
Over half of UK adults over the age of 65 live with two or more long-term health conditions – commonly known as multimorbidity. People living with multimorbidity not only have a shorter life expectancy, but they may also experience poorer physical and mental health.
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Adults over 50 saw physical decline even with mild cases of COVID-19: study
Even a mild case of COVID-19 can result in higher odds of decreased mobility and physical function for adults aged 50 years and older, according to a new national study, putting a spotlight on how hundreds of thousands could need physical rehabilitation due to this pandemic.
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