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The fact that the brain becomes lazier as people age is a secret to no one, yet scientists know very little about the root causes that lead to bodily aging. In a new investigation, experts at the University of Bristol were able to identify a novel mechanism involved in slowing down neural processing.
The latter is ... |
1 February 2012
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I simply knew that my passion for music would reward me in the future. Apparently, people who experience lifelong musical experiences tend to be more likely to display a delay in the normal aging process, including aspects such as memory loss and impaired hearing.
Until now, most investigators were convinced that ne... |
31 January 2012
11:57 GMT |
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One would think that keeping a file in the same condition as when they were first created would forever be one of the greatest assets of personal storage, but IBM thinks it can be a disadvantage, so it got an idea.
IBM came up with an idea for a so-called”aging file system” which maintains “aged ... |
27 November 2011
01:11 GMT |
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A woman from Vietnam has puzzled doctors by saying she aged 50 years in a matter of days. In 2008, 26-year-old Nguyen Thi Phuong had a severe allergic reaction to seafood and the treatment with traditional medicine left her looking 50 years older in a few days.
Since then, she’s been wearing a mask in publi... |
14 October 2011
14:01 GMT |
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Investigators at the University of Sao Paolo, in Brazil, led by expert André Martins, say that a new computer simulation they conducted on the process of human aging revealed that the phenomenon has striking resemblances to an evolutionary adaptation.
The reason behind this is very simple, even though a lit... |
27 September 2011
03:07 GMT |
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People with higher-than-normal energy levels could be prone to early natural mortality, the conclusions of a new study indicate. The work reveals that those with high metabolic rates may in fact be aging quicker than those with slower metabolisms. This correlation has also been observed in the natural world, where an... |
29 April 2011
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It may be possible that the key to preventing aging in humans is held in sea creatures that reproduce asexually, through cloning. Studies are now being conducted on some colony-forming organisms that have been alive for several tens of thousands of years. One of the most interesting conclusions extracted from these s... |
20 April 2011
03:48 GMT |
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A new research carried out at Staffordshire University, has concluded that women who see the effects that smoking will have on their faces, might be shocked enough to quit.This research has been funded by Stoke-on-Trent NHS Primary Care Trust (PCT), and it involved 47 women aged between 18 and 34 years.The researcher... |
7 December 2010
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In a new series of studies, researchers showed that it's possible to reverse the effects of premature aging by using a technique that reactivates a particular enzyme in charge of protecting special regions on each of our chromosomes. The molecule is called telomerase, and it's in charge of refurbishing telo... |
29 November 2010
04:04 GMT |
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A team of researchers from the University of Edinburgh found that a new experimental compound can improve memory and cognition in aging mice.As people grow old they start forgetting things and this memory decline is generally accepted as a natural process that occurs to old people.But forgetting to turn off the light... |
13 October 2010
08:28 GMT |
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Following a series of new scientific investigations, researchers believe that they may have finally found the answer to a very old question – why are not cells capable of producing perfect copies of themselves over prolonged periods of time? It's known that this ability works flawlessly when a person is yo... |
26 July 2010
03:04 GMT |
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The secret to preventing aging may lie in the limestone caves of southern Europe, a group of scientists believes. At this location, they found the olm, or proteus (Proteus anguinus), a species of salamanders that really stands out from the crowd. These blind creatures, which were once considered to be baby dragons du... |
21 July 2010
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In our quest for preventing aging, we may find help in the most unlikely of places. This is the conclusion of a new study conducted in the United Kingdom, which determined that stress proteins may be playing a role in preventing aging from setting in. The research was conducted on the Heat Shock Protein (HSP10), whic... |
24 May 2010
10:37 GMT |
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British researchers from the University of Birmingham recently managed an astounding genetic breakthrough. They were able to identify the gene that controls the average lifespan of the laboratory worm Caenorhabditis elegans (C. elegans). In addition to this, the gene also appears to bear a significant influence on th... |
2 April 2010
06:31 GMT |
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According to a group of British researchers, the genes that show just how much people are exposed to illnesses when they become old have been identified. Experts from the University of Leicester, and Kings College London, say that the finding could be of significant importance for discovering people at risk of age-re... |
8 February 2010
07:21 GMT |
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Scientists at the prestigious Swedish medical university the Karolinska Institutet have recently made an astounding find related the phenomenon of premature aging, which has thus far eluded plausible explanations. The experts managed to trace the origins of this condition to proteins that malfunction when they are sy... |
6 August 2009
10:30 GMT |
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Until not long ago, it was enough to have a look at someone’s mother to tell how that person would age. While this still holds true, a recent study comes to indicate that there are other factors as well that weigh heavily in the fight against the undefeated enemy, time. This also explains why people of the same... |
4 February 2009
08:26 GMT |
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We all believe that, by leading as healthy a lifestyle as we can, combined with plenty of exercise and, why not, even a little bit of help from plastic surgery or at least modern cosmetics (for those for whom the former is still too expensive to be a viable option), we actually stand a good chance in the constant fig... |
8 September 2008
03:20 GMT |
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The number of dementia cases in developing countries could be twice the one previously estimated, says a study involving about 15,000 participants, which might be related to the lack of standard techniques for diagnosing dementia in these particular areas. The findings come in contradiction with similar studies that ... |
28 July 2008
05:16 GMT |
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Many women consider plastic surgery as a viable means to enhance, improve or correct various aspects of their appearance, get rid of unwanted body fat and smooth out any wrinkles that start creeping up with age. However, a great deal of women are put off by the "surgery" part - and indeed, even if in the long run the... |
13 June 2008
09:50 GMT |
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At the moment, the American life expectancy is of 77.8 years, but the number is expected to plummet due to the current obesity pandemics. However, there are zones on our planet where people live like in fairy tales, holding the secret of eternal youth. Dan Buettner has been tracking down world's centenarian hot ... |
24 April 2008
14:06 GMT |
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The world's official oldest person is 115 years and 4 days old. Edna Parker lives in a retirement community in Shelbyville, Indiana, and was born on April 20, 1893. Parker was born on the same day as silent movie star Harold Lloyd. In the same retirement center also lives Sandy Allen, the tallest woman in the wo... |
24 April 2008
14:06 GMT |
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No doubt, practicing a sport makes you look younger. But the effect is also present inside. A new research published in the British Journal of Sports Medicine shows that a person who goes to classes of aerobic fitness may cut down up to 12 years from his/her biological age. Jogging and other types of aerobic exercise... |
11 April 2008
14:06 GMT |
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2.6 million dollars. That's the price Sili Neutraceuticals and its owner, Brian McDavid, were ordered to pay by Judge David Coar of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, Eastern Division, according to an U.S. Federal Trade Commission report. All that because the company made false advert... |
6 February 2008
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This is something humanity has always dreamed of and longed for: immortality and being forever young. Now, a month after two proteins connected to the aging process have been discovered, an injection could be developed to simply...'erase' the health problems linked with aging.The injection induces change in... |
18 August 2007
05:29 GMT |
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There are two most commonly accepted theories on aging: either it is the result of damage storing up or a suicide program.But a new theory, called astrocytic, is based on the changes observed in our brain and was formulated by Aleksei Boyko, Ukrainian researcher, specialist of the National Agrarian University of Ukra... |
23 May 2007
06:18 GMT |
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A long life is expected for Nicole Ritchie.Many studies have revealed that low calorie intake can rise health and longevity. A team led by Professor Stephen Spindler (University of California) has found that decreasing calorie intake later in life can still produce many of the health and longevity effects of life-lon... |
2 April 2007
06:36 GMT |
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It's a classic behavior: puffing from a cigarette makes many girls and boys feel hotter. But in reality, smoking is proven to make you look older and not really glamorous. A new research from the University of Michigan Health System comes with new data on the connection between cigarette smoking and skin aging. ... |
23 March 2007
04:03 GMT |
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