Mar
11
Elderly Patients Aggressively Over-Treated with Pharmaceuticals
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E. Huff
NaturalNews
Researchers from the Cochrane Collaboration research group have determined that seniors over the age of 80 are being given too many drugs and in too high of doses. Particularly with high blood pressure, doctors are too aggressively treating the elderly with pharmaceuticals which is doing them more harm than good. Read more
Mar
4
In sickness and in health
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GOOD news: people in Britain are living longer than ever before. They are the healthiest they have ever been. Moreover, the lot of the poor has been improving at a phenomenal rate. Over the decade to 2005, the most recent years for which data are available, life expectancy for boys born in the least salubrious neighbourhoods has rocketed by 2.7 years to more than 75 years. Yet, despite this progress, they are losing ground to more fortunate folk. Boys born to parents living in more comfortable surroundings have always expected to live longer. But the gap between the two groups has increased. Read more
Mar
3
‘Biological clock’ could be a key to better health, longer life
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If you aren’t getting a good, consistent and regular night’s sleep, a new study suggests it could reduce your ability to handle oxidative stress, cause impacts to your health, increase motor and neurological deterioration, speed aging and ultimately cut short your life.
That is, if your “biological clock” genes work the same way as those of a fruit fly. And they probably do.
In research just published in the journal Aging, scientists from Oregon State University outline for the first time how a key gene that helps control circadian rhythms can improve the health of aging fruit flies if it is intact, but can result in significant health impacts, up to and including earlier death, if it is absent. Read more
Feb
25
High Levels of Vitamin D in Older People Can Reduce Heart Disease and Diabetes
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Middle aged and elderly people with high levels of vitamin D could reduce their chances of developing heart disease or diabetes by 43%, according to researchers at the University of Warwick.
A team of researchers at Warwick Medical School carried out a systematic literature review of studies examining vitamin D and cardiometabolic disorders. Cardiometabolic disorders include cardiovascular disease, type 2 diabetes mellitus and metabolic syndrome. Read more
Feb
24
Nap ‘boosts’ brain learning power
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A nap during the day improves the brain’s ability to absorb new information, US scientists claim.
Volunteers who slept for 90 minutes during the day did better at cognitive tests than those who were kept awake.
Results of the University of California at Berkeley study involving 39 healthy adults were presented at a conference. Read more
Feb
24
Nursing Home Residents Form a Biker Gang
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Lydia Scheltes woke up in her bed at Bethesda Retirement Center one morning with pinkish hair, a tattoo on her arm and a hangover. Not a typical morning for the 90-year-old.
“Seniors are more fun than you’ll ever know,” she said.
Scheltes wasn’t alone: Seven ladies and one dude – aged 65 to 97 – all had a similar hazy look in their eyes after they hung out with bikers at the Evil Olive bar in Wicker Park on Feb. 11.
Some of them were still wearing their own biker gear. Read more
Feb
22
Stem cell experiment reverses aging in rare disease
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In a surprise result that can help in the understanding of both aging and cancer, researchers working with an engineered type of stem cell said they reversed the aging process in a rare genetic disease.
The team at Children’s Hospital Boston and the Harvard Stem Cell Institute were working with a new type of cell called induced pluripotent stem cells or iPS cells, which closely resemble embryonic stem cells but are made from ordinary skin cells.
In this case, they wanted to study a rare, inherited premature aging disorder called dyskeratosis congenita. The blood marrow disorder resembles the better-known aging disease progeria and causes premature graying, warped fingernails and other symptoms as well as a high risk of cancer. Read more
Feb
18
Walking Linked to Eased Osteoarthritis, Study Suggests
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“Progressive walking” combined with glucosamine sulphate supplementation has been shown to improve the symptoms of osteoarthritis. Researchers writing in BioMed Central’s open-access journal Arthritis Research and Therapy found that patients who walked at least two bouts of 1500 steps each on three days of the week reported significantly less arthritis pain, and significantly improved physical function. Read more
Feb
18
Six Month Old Babies Can Understand Our Intentions
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A study by York University researchers reveals that infants as young as six months old know when we’re “playing” them — and they don’t like it.
Researchers in York’s Centre for Infancy Studies examined six-and nine-month-old babies’ reactions to a game in which an experimenter was either unable or unwilling to share a toy. Babies detected and calmly accepted when an experimenter was unable to share for reasons beyond her control, but averted their gazes and became agitated when it was clear she simply wouldn’t share. Read more
Feb
17



