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Using microbial community-scale metabolic modeling approach for precision nutrition

Short-chain fatty acids (SCFAs) are beneficial molecules created by the bacteria residing in our gut that are closely tied to improved host metabolism, lower systemic inflammation, better cardiovascular health, lower cancer risk, and more.

24 Jun 2024

CARMEN: A tabletop robot to help people with mild cognitive impairment

Meet CARMEN, short for Cognitively Assistive Robot for Motivation and Neurorehabilitation–a small, tabletop robot designed to help people with mild cognitive impairment (MCI) learn skills to improve memory, attention, and executive functioning at home.

24 Jun 2024

Dietary sucrose modulates lithium's regulatory activity in Drosophila

A new research paper was published in Aging (listed by MEDLINE/PubMed as "Aging (Albany NY)" and "Aging-US" by Web of Science) Volume 16, Issue 11, entitled, "Dietary sucrose determines the regulatory activity of lithium on gene expression and lifespan in Drosophila melanogaster."

24 Jun 2024

12 months of heavy resistance training around retirement may have long-lasting benefits

Researchers investigated the long-term effects of varying intensities of supervised resistance training in retirement-age adults.

24 Jun 2024

KFF Health News' 'What the Health?': Live from Aspen: Health and the 2024 elections

The presidential election is less than five months away, and while abortion is the only health policy issue expected to play a leading role, others are likely to be raised in the presidential and down-ballot races.

21 Jun 2024

Hematopoietic stem cells in the bone marrow age differently in genetically identical mice

Our bone marrow - the fatty, jelly-like substance inside our bones - is an unseen powerhouse quietly producing 500 billion new blood cells every day.

21 Jun 2024

UT Health San Antonio researcher wins NIH grant to investigate alcohol-associated liver disease

Liver transplants associated with alcohol-related disease are growing at a rapid pace, shifting research to address pathologies behind the ailments in light of a limited supply of organ donors.

21 Jun 2024

Body image and overall health found important to the sexual health of older gay men, according to new studies

According to a National Poll on Healthy Aging, 93% of people in the U.S. between 50-80 years old report experiencing at least one form of ageism from other people.

21 Jun 2024

Research finds causal evidence tying cerebral small-vessel disease to Alzheimer’s, dementia

Research led by in part by The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio (UT Health San Antonio) finds that the most common cerebral small-vessel disease feature seen in brain magnetic resonance imaging is a primary vascular factor associated with dementia risk.

21 Jun 2024

How random gene activity shapes lifespan in C. elegans

Why do some people live for longer than others? The genes in our DNA sequence are important, helping avoid disease or maintain general health, but differences in our genome sequence alone explain less than 30% of the natural variance of human life expectancy.

21 Jun 2024

Restoring youthful TERT levels reverses aging phenotypes in preclinical models

Researchers at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center have demonstrated that therapeutically restoring 'youthful' levels of a specific subunit of the telomerase enzyme can significantly reduce the signs and symptoms of aging in preclinical models.

21 Jun 2024

Insilico Medicine leadership team shares insights on AI-powered healthcare innovation

Insilico Medicine ("Insilico"), a clinical-stage generative artificial intelligence (AI)-driven drug discovery company, announces that the co-CEOs of the company – Alex Zhavoronkov, PhD, and Feng Ren, PhD – will be attending the 15th Annual Meeting of the New Champions, also known as Summer Davos hosted by the World Economic Forum, in Dalian, China, from 25 to 27 June 2024.

21 Jun 2024

GLP-1 agonists linked to reduced dementia risk in type 2 diabetes patients

People with type 2 diabetes who are treated with GLP-1 agonists have a decreased risk of developing dementia, according to a new study from Karolinska Institutet in Sweden published in the journal eClinicalMedicine.

20 Jun 2024

Premenopausal oophorectomy reduces white matter integrity in the brain later in life

Women who have their ovaries removed before menopause, particularly before the age of 40, have reduced white matter integrity in multiple regions of the brain later in life.

20 Jun 2024

One copy of the Christchurch variant may confer protection against familial Alzheimer's disease

A scientific story that began with a discovery in just one extraordinary patient is now panning out. In 2019, an international team that included researchers from two Mass General Brigham hospitals - Mass Eye and Ear and Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) - reported on the case of a patient who did not develop cognitive impairment until her late 70s, despite being part of a family at extremely high genetic risk for developing early-onset Alzheimer's disease.

20 Jun 2024

Study reveals cognitive benefits of ketogenic diet in aged mice

The impact of cyclic ketogenic diet treatments in improving the age-related decline in brain function.

20 Jun 2024

Enlarged prostate medications may also decrease the risk for dementia with Lewy bodies

A new study suggests that certain drugs commonly used to treat enlarged prostate may also decrease the risk for dementia with Lewy bodies (DLB).

19 Jun 2024

Detecting and correcting fMRI distortions caused by arousal fluctuations

In a new study, investigators from McLean Hospital (a member of Mass General Brigham), Harvard Medical School and the National Institute on Drug Abuse – Intramural Research Program (NIDA-IRP) discovered that the tendency of people's arousal to wane over the course of brain scans has been distorting the brain connection maps produced by functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI).

19 Jun 2024

Laser-based 3D bioprinting of corneas for vision restoration

Printing a new cornea during an operation to restore a patient's eyesight: This groundbreaking step in the fight against corneal disorders is set to become reality with a laser based process using personalized bioink.

19 Jun 2024

Urban development impacts health of aging populations

The influence of their distinct urban growth trajectories across time on the health of their aging residents.

19 Jun 2024

Aging News and Research

Using microbial community-scale metabolic modeling approach for precision nutrition

CARMEN: A tabletop robot to help people with mild cognitive impairment

Dietary sucrose modulates lithium's regulatory activity in Drosophila

12 months of heavy resistance training around retirement may have long-lasting benefits

KFF Health News' 'What the Health?': Live from Aspen: Health and the 2024 elections

Hematopoietic stem cells in the bone marrow age differently in genetically identical mice

UT Health San Antonio researcher wins NIH grant to investigate alcohol-associated liver disease

Body image and overall health found important to the sexual health of older gay men, according to new studies

Research finds causal evidence tying cerebral small-vessel disease to Alzheimer’s, dementia

How random gene activity shapes lifespan in C. elegans

Restoring youthful TERT levels reverses aging phenotypes in preclinical models

Insilico Medicine leadership team shares insights on AI-powered healthcare innovation

GLP-1 agonists linked to reduced dementia risk in type 2 diabetes patients

Premenopausal oophorectomy reduces white matter integrity in the brain later in life

One copy of the Christchurch variant may confer protection against familial Alzheimer's disease

Study reveals cognitive benefits of ketogenic diet in aged mice

Enlarged prostate medications may also decrease the risk for dementia with Lewy bodies

Detecting and correcting fMRI distortions caused by arousal fluctuations

Laser-based 3D bioprinting of corneas for vision restoration

Urban development impacts health of aging populations

Designing fluidic architecture for scalable diagnostic platforms

Evaluating new approaches for rare disease genomics

Expanding access to NMR with the Fourier 80 Duo

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