Geographic diversity affects brain age
Researchers found that geographic and socioeconomic differences in inequality, pollution levels, gender bias, and disease burden can…
Category: What is the biological basis of aging?
What happens to us as we get older? Can we slow down any of these processes? What exactly IS aging?
How aging brains recognize music
Researchers measured brain connections during musical processing in young and old participants and found that older participants had more…
Researchers link brain patterns during sleep with Alzheimer’s disease
Scientists found people with early Alzheimer’s disease have different electrical activity in their brains while they sleep.
Childhood trauma can accelerate aging
Researchers find childhood neglect and abuse can accelerate aging, leaving those affected vulnerable to age-related diseases like dementia.
New genetic markers for rheumatoid arthritis
Scientists uncovered new genetic risk factors for rheumatoid arthritis by comparing DNA from people across 5 ancestries. This research could…
10,000 steps a day to prevent dementia
A recent epidemiological study has found that 9826 steps a day may be the optimal step count to lower the risk of dementia.
Scientists identify a pathway that extends lifespan
Molecules called sirtuins are involved in lifespan. A study in mice found that higher levels of a sirtuin called SIRT6 were able to live…
Oxytocin slows down aging in lonely prairie voles
Loneliness ages you faster. But hormones can help! A recent study shows that oxytocin prevents cellular aging in lonely prairie voles.
Diet and exercise can shape how your mind ages
Dementia is a condition that many of us are all too familiar with within friends and family. Dementia itself is a blanket term that…
How does the human body react to being in space?
Is going to space safe for human health? Two astronauts, who were twins, volunteered for a research study to look at how the body changes…
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