Scientists at Toronto’s Centre for Addiction and Mental Health have developed a new drug to reverse memory loss related to aging and depression Currently, there are no drugs to treat memory loss from aging and depression The drug is a ‘tweaked’ version of compounds that treat depression and anxiety Aging mice saw improved significantly improved memory on the drug It may help treat the earliest stages of Alzheimer’s disease Human trials are set to begin in about two years, the researchers announced...
Tag: <span>Aging</span>
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FDA: Young-blood transfusions provide ‘no proven clinical benefit’ for aging, Alzheimer’s
The quest to rejuvenate aging people with the blood of young donors has generated paying customers, captured the popular imagination, and, now, prompted a warning from the Food and Drug Administration. Scientific American The agency on Tuesday said in a statement that plasma infusions from young people provide “no proven clinical benefit” against normal aging,...
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New molecules reverse memory loss linked to depression, aging
New therapeutic molecules developed at Toronto’s Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH) show promise in reversing the memory loss linked to depression and aging. Credit: Medibulletin These molecules not only rapidly improve symptoms, but remarkably, also appear to renew the underlying brain impairments causing memory loss in preclinical models. These findings were presented today...
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Parenting in the age of legal pot: Household rules, conversations help guide teen use
When Washington voters legalized marijuana in 2012, many parents found themselves with a new teachable moment. Though illegal for anyone under 21, the drug presented a dilemma similar to alcohol: Retailers sold it, people openly consumed it — sometimes to excess — and parents themselves struggled with how to talk to their kids about their...
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Could higher levels of testosterone hold the key to slower aging?
A new study of older men carried out by The University of Western Australia has found there is a link between men who have higher levels of the sex hormone estradiol, produced from testosterone, and slower ageing. Ball-and-stick model of the testosterone molecule, C19H28O2, as found in the crystal structure of testosterone monohydrate. Credit: Ben...
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Too much of this in the blood could predict unhealthy aging
A hormone found in the blood that’s commonly linked to heart disease also might signal when someone is more likely to grow weaker or lose their ability to balance before they’re 70. People in their early 60s with higher-than-normal levels of brain natriuretic peptide, or BNP, walked slower and were less able to raise themselves...
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New study finds that aging can make it more difficult to swallow
NEW YORK UNIVERSITY New York, NY – As adults age, they all experience a natural loss of muscle mass and function. A new study finds that as the loss of muscle and function in the throat occurs it becomes more difficult for efficient constriction to occur while swallowing – which leads to an increased chance...
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Brainhealth: Financial decision-making capacity need not decline in healthy advanced aging
CENTER FOR BRAINHEALTH New research from The Center for BrainHealth at The University of Texas at Dallas shows that advancing age alone is not the defining factor in impaired financial decision-making. The study, published in Frontiers, assessed how – and whether – age influences cognitive processes that may be involved in financial decision-making. The researchers investigated how factors such...
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Key molecule of aging discovered
Every cell and every organism ages sooner or later. But why is this so? Scientists at the German Cancer Research Center in Heidelberg have now discovered for the first time a protein that represents a central switching point in the aging process. It controls the lifespan of an individual—from the fly to the human being. This opens...
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A new puzzle piece to control the aging and age-related diseases
A basic discovery of how the cellular functions are connected to control aging is presented in the journal Cell Metabolism. The study shows that an increasingly deteriorating communication between the cells’ organelles is an important cause of aging. The discovery is the result of a collaboration between five research groups at the University of Stockholm and Gothenburg. IMAGE: MARTIN...