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Young blood rejuvenates brains and muscles of old mice
If three discoveries in mice reported on Sunday are applicable to people, making old brains and old muscles perform like young ones may require simply a blood transfusion. In two of the studies, giving the blood of young mice to old ones undid age-related impairments in the brain, reversing declines in learning and memory and boosting the creation of new neurons and the ability of the brain to change its structure in response to experience.
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Blood of world's oldest woman hints at limits of life
Death is the one certainty in life – a pioneering analysis of blood from one of the world's oldest and healthiest women has given clues to why it happens.
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How to live forever
If more and more people are living past 100, how much older can we survive to, in theory. And what would it take to achieve this in practice?
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Practical Immortality – If Age Is a Disease, Can We Cure it?
For a long time I've been interested in practical immortality and how we as a human race would go about achieving such a feat. To me, practical immortality seems like a natural progression to evolution. …
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World's oldest person celebrates her 116th birthday: 'Eat and sleep and you will live a long time'
Misao Okawa, a Japanese woman born in 1898, has told The Telegraph her recipe for longevity: eating lots of sushi and sleeping eight hours a night
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Sit More, And You're More Likely To Be Disabled After Age 60
The more you sit, the less physically active you are, which can lead to all sorts of health problems, including an early death. But too much sitting increasingly looks like a health risk all its own. Researchers at Northwestern University say that for people 60 and older, each additional hour a day spent sitting increases the risk of becoming physically disabled by about 50 percent — no matter how much exercise they get.
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Roger Angell: Life in the Nineties
Check me out. The top two knuckles of my left hand look as if I’d been worked over by the K.G.B. No, it’s more as if I’d been a catcher for the Hall of Fame pitcher Candy Cummings, the inventor of the curveball, who retired from the game in 1877. To put this another way, if I pointed that hand at you like a pistol and fired at your nose, the bullet would nail you in the left knee. Arthritis.
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The Narcissistic Injury of Middle Age
As we pass our prime, it is with a growing awareness that younger people coming after us haven’t yet reached their peak. Those who can’t bear the shift to a supporting role may become increasingly narcissistic in the unhealthy sense of the word.
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Aging Gracefully (You're How Old?!?) - The Happy Guy
Aging gracefully is a widespread self-esteem challenge. Age is not something to hide; it is something to be proud of.
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This Tiny Animal Can Live an Estimated 1,400 Years
Some of us age more gracefully than others, but perhaps no animal group does it better than the tiny freshwater polyps known as hydras. In 1998 one biologist ventured that the tentacled creatures, by continually renewing their own cells, may stave off aging altogether to achieve a kind of biological immortality.
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100 Pieces of Advice from 100-Year-Olds
What’s the secret to a long and healthy life? All centenarians have their own habits and morning routines they swear by. From whiskey shots to daily naps to ice cream, here's what some very old people credit for their lengthy lifespan.
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Scientists reverse ageing process in mice
Australian and US researchers have developed a compound which reverses muscle ageing in mice, saying it could be one of the keys to reversing ageing in humans.
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This doctor sees death daily – but should he help suffering patients end their lives?
Dr. Manuel “Manny” Borod realized death was near, and that she was suffering. He knew she had to make a decision. She was awake and lucid when, with her full consent, he injected her with a drug normally used to make surgery patients unconscious. She would sleep until she died – in her case, almost a week.
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93 Year Old Kills “Knock-Out Game” Thug
Gladis Bennett, 93 yr old grandmother, was on her way Saturday morning to visit her grandchildren. It was a special morning as it was her granddaughter’s 14th birthday. She was waiting for the bus that would take her downtown. That is when everything changed for the worse. She was waiting at the bus stop and suddenly she felt the sharp pain on the left side of her body...
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Obama administration considers changing driver license guidelines for elderly
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) says it will work to change its strategic plan to ensure the safety of the U.S.’s growing population of older drivers and passengers.
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The Challenge of the Aging Farmer
Agriculture economists have long warned that farmers are getting old and staying on their land longer, delaying the turnover to a younger generation. But an Ohio State University professor argues that those fears are overstated and the United States likely will have little problem replacing aging farmers as long as business is good, as it has been for the past decade.
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Science Confirms That Old People Really Do Have a Smell
Think back to when you were a child visiting your grandparent's home. Do you recall a distinct scent when you walked through the door? Many people do and it turns out, it's not just in your head.
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Coping With An Elder With Alzheimer's
When my nana started getting a little confused during the day we started suspecting there may be a sinister problem at work. We decided to have her evaluated where the prognosis was Alzheimer's. Nana's got a long way to go still, she's not confined to a wheelchair or bed yet. So how can we make her life and grandpa's (her primary caregiver) lives easier? Read nana's story and what we as family do to help here.
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