by University of Surrey A representative scheme for the formulation development. Credit: International Journal of Pharmaceutics (2024). DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpharm.2024.123875Nano micelles of Retinol, a type of vitamin A commonly used in anti-aging beauty products, can also help wounds heal faster by promoting skin tissue regeneration, according to studies conducted by the University of Surrey and Phytoceutical Ltd.Their...
by Wiley Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain New research published in the Journal of the American Geriatrics Society suggests that psychological resilience—having attitudes and behaviors that help people bounce back after stressful challenges—may help older individuals with type 2 diabetes have fewer hospitalizations, better physical functioning, lower disability, better mental quality of life, and a lower likelihood of...
AMERICAN ACADEMY OF FAMILY PHYSICIANS A new study within the Veterans Health Administration system aimed to identify strategies to reduce benzodiazepine prescriptions for older adults. This is important because benzodiazepines have been known to impair cognition, mobility and driving skills in older people, as well as increase the risk of falls. Unlike many community-based health...
by Anne Tiedemann, Cathie Sherrington and Kim Delbaere, The Conversation Exercise for strength and balance should be done often. Credit: Shutterstock Falls are common. Each year one in every three people aged over 65 will fall. Around one in ten falls lead to serious injury. Most of us have a friend or relative who has experienced an injury from a...
by Kyoto University Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Health issues for people over age 60 commonly involve the heart and other vital organs. So do eye-related conditions such as cataracts and glaucoma, but dry eyes don’t often come to mind. Or do they? In fact, more than 70% of people in this age group are believed...
Anemia is a lowered level of red blood cells and hemoglobin, leading to a diminished supply of oxygen to tissues and thus degraded function throughout the body. The anemia of aging, like all issues in later life, is a gradual onset, a sliding scale of dysfunction with an arbitrary line in the sand as how low hemoglobin must fall for...
MONASH UNIVERSITY A landmark study by Monash University researchers has found that moderate drinking of alcohol is associated with a reduced risk of cardiovascular disease and a lowering of mortality from all causes – when compared to zero alcohol consumption. The study in more than 18,000 people in the US and Australia over the age...
There are any number of studies to demonstrate that older people are more sedentary than they can be or should be and that this lack of physical activity has a meaningful negative impact on health and mortality risk. In this example, researchers report on the improved functional status observed in a study population as a...
EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY IMAGE: A VOLUNTEER IN THE TEST CHAMBER USED FOR THE RESEARCH. THE CHAMBER IS HEATED TO SIMULATE A HEAT WAVE WHILE DEVICES CONTINUALLY MONITOR WHOLE-BODY HEAT EXCHANGE. CREDIT: JAMES MCCORMICK, UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA. Taking a break from extreme heat, by visiting a cooling center for example, could help our cells protect themselves from...
Author Matthew Steinhauser Associate Professor of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh Disclosure statement Matthew Steinhauser receives funding from the National Institutes of Health. He is a member of the American Diabetes Association, the Endocrine Society, and the American Heart Association. In the past five years, he has served as a consultant for Regeneron and Amgen. I...
