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New children's book 'Battle Robots of the Blood' released

Immunology expertise has combined with beautifully evocative illustrations to create an engaging book for children and their parents.

31 Mar 2020

Combination of exercise and cell-aging drug could help people with chronic inflammatory myopathy

Exercise can only improve strength in muscle-degenerating diseases when a specific type of muscle cell ages, report a Hokkaido University researcher and colleagues with Sapporo Medical University in Japan. Their findings utilizing mice models were published in the journal Nature Communications.

31 Mar 2020

Thyroid hormone replacement therapy linked to higher risk of death in older adults

Thyroid hormone replacement therapy in older adults is associated with a higher risk of death compared with no treatment, a large study finds.

31 Mar 2020

Men with erectile dysfunction have higher risk of death, study suggests

Men with erectile dysfunction have a higher risk of death, regardless of their testosterone levels, suggests a study accepted for presentation at ENDO 2020, the Endocrine Society's annual meeting, and publication in a special supplemental section of the Journal of the Endocrine Society.

31 Mar 2020

Sheltered at home, families broach end-of-life planning

Long before she contracted COVID-19 at a Kirkland, Washington, nursing home, Barbara Dreyfuss made sure to document the wishes that would govern how she died.

31 Mar 2020

Researchers find new strategy for developing tissue regeneration scaffolds

In Japan, an increase in the aging population has exacerbated the demand for regenerative medicine to address increasingly common diseases, such as knee osteoarthritis.

31 Mar 2020

Working too many hours may lead to an underactive thyroid

A new study has found that people who work longer hours are more likely to have an underactive thyroid or hypothyroidism.

31 Mar 2020

IOF-FFN agreement sets framework for greater collaborative efforts worldwide

The health burden represented by osteoporosis and fragility fractures is growing rapidly at the global level, largely due to ageing demographics.

31 Mar 2020

New AASM position statement evaluates the role of sleep deprivation in physician burnout

Physician burnout is a significantly underappreciated public safety issue, and sleep loss is often overlooked as a contributing factor, according to a new position statement published by the American Academy of Sleep Medicine.

30 Mar 2020

Zebrafish can provide genetic clues to human nicotine addiction

Researchers at Queen Mary University of London have shown that zebrafish can provide genetic clues to smoking, a complex human behavior.

30 Mar 2020

Newly developed laboratory model helps reveal how HIV infection affects the brain

Though many negative repercussions of human immunodeficiency virus infection can be mitigated with the use of antiretroviral therapy, one area where medical advances haven't made as much progress is in the reduction of cognitive impacts.

27 Mar 2020

New guidance for prevention, management of COVID-19 in long term care facilities

Columbia Mailman School of Public Health's Dr. John W. Rowe, Professor of Health Policy and Aging, is a member of a WHO Expert Panel on Care of the Elderly which just released the attached guidance for prevention and management of COVID-19 among elderly in long term care facilities.

27 Mar 2020

Research offers hope for increasing the robustness of vaccine response in older people

Research just published by the Linterman lab shows that the immune system of older mice can be given a helping hand by applying immunology expertise and some genital wart treatment (don't try this at home just yet)!

27 Mar 2020

Global scientific collaboration produces first genetic map of the cerebral cortex

The cerebral cortex is the relatively thin, folded, outer "gray matter" layer of the brain crucial for thinking, information processing, memory, and attention.

27 Mar 2020

AGS applauds reauthorization of Older Americans Act

Representing more than 6,000 healthcare professionals dedicated to improving the health, independence, and quality of life of older adults, the American Geriatrics Society (AGS) congressional leaders and the Trump Administration for signing the Older Americans Act (OAA) Reauthorization Act of 2020 (H.R. 4334) into law.

26 Mar 2020

Mindfulness may naturally develop with time and life experience, study suggests

People say life gets better with age. Now research suggests this may be because older people have the wisdom and time to use mindfulness as a means to improve wellbeing.

26 Mar 2020

Culturally adapted diabetes education programs boost Latino participation

An Oregon State University study published last week found that diabetes education programs that are linguistically and culturally tailored to Latinos lead to significantly higher rates of completion among Latino participants -- even higher than rates among non-Latinos enrolled in the English versions of those programs.

25 Mar 2020

Gero uses AI platform to identify potential anti-COVID-19 drugs

Gero, the leader in AI-driven drug discovery, has used its AI platform to identify the potential anti-COVID-19 drugs. Six of them have been approved, three were withdrawn, and the other nine have been already tested in clinical trials for other indications.

25 Mar 2020

Cognitive abilities mainly influence physical activity and not vice versa, study shows

Someone dies somewhere in the world every 10 seconds owing to physical inactivity - 3.2 million people a year according to the World Health Organization.

25 Mar 2020

Nearly all older Americans support including dental coverage in Medicare

Nearly all older Americans support adding a dental benefit to the Medicare program that covers most people over age 65, according to a new national poll that also reveals how often costs get in the way of oral health for older adults.

24 Mar 2020

Aging News and Research

New children's book 'Battle Robots of the Blood' released

Combination of exercise and cell-aging drug could help people with chronic inflammatory myopathy

Thyroid hormone replacement therapy linked to higher risk of death in older adults

Men with erectile dysfunction have higher risk of death, study suggests

Sheltered at home, families broach end-of-life planning

Researchers find new strategy for developing tissue regeneration scaffolds

Working too many hours may lead to an underactive thyroid

IOF-FFN agreement sets framework for greater collaborative efforts worldwide

New AASM position statement evaluates the role of sleep deprivation in physician burnout

Zebrafish can provide genetic clues to human nicotine addiction

Newly developed laboratory model helps reveal how HIV infection affects the brain

New guidance for prevention, management of COVID-19 in long term care facilities

Research offers hope for increasing the robustness of vaccine response in older people

Global scientific collaboration produces first genetic map of the cerebral cortex

AGS applauds reauthorization of Older Americans Act

Mindfulness may naturally develop with time and life experience, study suggests

Culturally adapted diabetes education programs boost Latino participation

Gero uses AI platform to identify potential anti-COVID-19 drugs

Cognitive abilities mainly influence physical activity and not vice versa, study shows

Nearly all older Americans support including dental coverage in Medicare

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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