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Seeking the Gears of Our Inner Clock
Neuroscientists have struggled to understand exactly how the mind’s cycles affect us. Studies of donated brains provide some answers. By Carl Zimmer.
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Charging old people for falling down is an affront to human decency
Cuts have forced [UK] local councils to save money, but making people pay to be helped off the ground is sinister and cruel. By Jack Monroe.
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Invisible Patients
Dementia takes a toll on caregivers, too. By Lauren R. Weinstein.
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How to Raise a 165-Year-Old Cat
Jake Perry is a cat man. Standing about 5-foot-7 and often clad in workman’s clothes, the 85-year-old Austin, Texas, plumber is also a father and husband. But anyone who’s met Perry will tell you—first and foremost, he’s a cat man. By Christina Couch.
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Everything Doesn’t Happen For A Reason
I emerge from this conversation dumbfounded. I've seen this a million times before, but it still gets me every time... By Tim J. Lawrence.
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Prayers for Richard
Little Richard, now eighty-two years old, has reportedly been living the last several years in a penthouse suite at the Hilton hotel in downtown Nashville (the Hilton will neither confirm nor deny that they have a guest named Mr. Penniman). I knew someone who knew someone who had his cell phone number, and in June, I cold-called him. By David Ramsey.
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A common diabetes drug will be trialled as an anti-ageing elixir from next year
We all want to live healthier for longer, but despite the increase in lifespans over the past century, at some point, age inevitably catches up with us and our cells begin to make mistakes, leading to a range of diseases such as cancer and...
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Anti-ageing drug could let you live to 120 in good health
The world's first anti-ageing drug will be tested on humans next year in trials which could result in people being able to live healthily well into their 120s.
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How Long Will You Live?
Cell biology gives clues to why we age and lobsters don't.
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‘Sundowning’: Why Hospital Staffs Dread Nightfall, And How To Help Seniors Avoid It
As the sun sets, many elderly patients can change drastically: They can become extremely confused, agitated, not know where they are, and even hallucinate.
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The Science of Longtime Couples Who Die Close Together
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Drink To Your Health: Study Links Daily Coffee Habit To Longevity
People who drank three to five cups of coffee per day had a lower risk of premature death than those who didn't drink, a new study finds. Decaf seems to have the same benefit.
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Experimental Alzheimer’s drug shows anti-ageing effects, surprising researchers
We know that Alzheimer’s disease is linked to ageing, in that the elderly are most susceptible to experiencing the disorder, but just how deep are the ties? A new study by researchers in the US explains more about the relationship between ageing and Alzheimer’s, with continued testing of an experimental drug candidate called J147 revealing unforeseen benefits in the latest research. In testing on rodents, the drug surprised researchers by showing unexpected anti-ageing effects on mice.
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Where can seniors go when their nursing homes close?
When assisted-living facilities shut down, elderly residents often have to scramble for a new home, health and financial concerns can make it hard to find a fit.
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Eye Drops Could Cure Cataracts – And Long-Sightedness
Cataract surgery could soon be a thing of the past. At least that’s what two recent studies, one published in Nature and the other in Science, suggest. Cataracts are cloudy regions that develop in the lens of the eye. They take years to form, but can be dissolved in a matter of weeks with a substance called lanosterol, a precursor to cholesterol and several related sterols.
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The Aging Face
On viewing my wrinkles through Proust, Rembrandt, and plastic surgery textbooks. By Alyssa Pelish.
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Steroid eye drops reverse cataracts in mice
Advance could lead to new treatments for millions afflicted with the condition
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I’ve worked for five decades but still need food stamps to get by
The program isn't just for the poor, despite what Republicans say. By Gladys Morris.
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Why Are Old Women Often The Face Of Evil In Fairy Tales And Folklore?
Evil stepmothers, witches and crones: When they aren't poisoning princesses, they're mangling mermaids or trying to eat children. One writer traces these villains' roots to a fear of female power. By Elizabeth Blair.
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29th October 1998 - John Glenn returns to space
Nearly four decades after he became the first American to orbit the Earth, Senator John Hershel Glenn, Jr., is launched into space again as a payload specialist aboard the space shuttle Discovery. At 77 years of age, Glenn was the oldest human ever to travel in space.
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