by University of Exeter Research led by the University of Exeter and Kent and Medway NHS and Social Care Partnership Trust, published in Age and Ageing, assessed a new tool designed to calculate which medicines are more likely to experience adverse anticholinergic effects on the body and brain. These complications can occur from many -prescription and...
Category: <span>Anti-aging</span>
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Synergism of BCL-2 family inhibitors facilitates selective elimination of senescent
IMPACT JOURNALS LLC IMAGE: FIGURE 1. SCHEME OF THE EXPERIMENTAL SETUP AND DATA ANALYSIS. CREDIT: 2022 RYSANEK ET AL. BUFFALO, NY- September 1, 2022 – A new research paper was published in Aging(“Aging (Albany NY)” by Medline/PubMed, “Aging-US” by Web of Science) on the cover of Volume 14, Issue 16, entitled, “Synergism of BCL-2 family inhibitors facilitates selective elimination...
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Common back ailment could be sign of heart failure
by Columbia University Irving Medical Center Screening spinal stenosis patients undergoing surgery for protein deposits in their spine could identify people at risk of developing heart failure from deposits of the same protein in the heart. Image of transthyretin protein deposits in the heart. Credit: Mathew Maurer/Columbia University Irving Medical Center. Columbia researchers have found...
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Reduction in brain tissue oxygenation placing older adults with multiple health conditions at risk of faints and falls
TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN Researchers from Mercer’s Institute for Successful Ageing (MISA) and the Department of Medical Physics at St James’s Hospital and Trinity College Dublin have discovered that brain tissue oxygenation is lower in frailer older adults with multiple health conditions (multi-morbidity), putting them at risk of faints and falls. Brain oxygenation – the measure...
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Head injury tied to olfactory dysfunction in older adults
JULY 27, 2022 There appears to be an association between a history of head injury and olfactory dysfunction in older adults, according to a study published online July 21 in JAMA Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery. The researchers found that 28.0 percent of participants had a history of head injury, which was associated with an increased...
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LOW MUSCLE MASS LINKED TO COGNITIVE DECLINE
Increasingly prevalent worldwide, dementia negatively affects the lives of millions of people and their families. By the time of diagnosis, the process appears to be irreversible. The new research in JAMA Network Open, however, identifies muscle mass as a modifiable factor that could potentially be used to decrease the risk of developing the condition, before it’s...
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Study shows that amino acid taurine could be used in anti-aging therapy
FUNDAÇÃO DE AMPARO À PESQUISA DO ESTADO DE SÃO PAULO When our cells process the oxygen we breathe and the food we eat every day in order to survive, they generate potentially toxic by-products popularly known as “free radicals”. Some of these molecules perform functions essential to the organism, but if there are too many...
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Medication reviews linked to a lower risk of death in aged care
by South Australian Health and Medical Research Institute (SAHMRI) Credit: Shutterstock New research from the Registry of Senior Australians (ROSA) at SAHMRI has linked medication reviews to a lower risk of death for aged care residents. The study, led by Dr. Janet Sluggett and funded by the Australian Association of Consultant Pharmacy (AACP), followed 57,719...
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How older adults and their caregivers view pain, depression and other patient symptoms
REGENSTRIEF INSTITUTE INDIANAPOLIS – Adults, especially older adults, may be in pain or depressed but not able to convey details of their symptoms and quality of life to their doctors for various reasons including cognitive impairment. A new study from Regenstrief Institute and Indiana University School of Medicine researchers investigates whether adult patients and their...
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Researchers uncover new pathway for accumulation of age-promoting ‘zombie cells’
UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH IMAGE: X-SHAPED CHROMOSOMES ARE STAINED PURPLE, AND TELOMERES APPEAR AS GREEN SPOTS AT CHROMOSOME TIPS. WHEN RESEARCHERS USED A NOVEL TOOL TO INDUCE OXIDATIVE DAMAGE SPECIFICALLY AT TELOMERES, THEY CAN BECOME FRAGILE (GREEN ARROWS), SENDING CELLS INTO SENESCENCE. THE INSET SHOWS AN ENLARGED CHROMOSOME WITH FRAGILE TELOMERES, INDICATED BY MULTIPLE GREEN SPOTS...