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Today's Health Links October 22, 2013

by Martin Ettington | Oct 22, 2013 | Healthy Aging | 0 comments

  • Major Alzheimer's risk factor linked to red wine target
    The major genetic risk factor for Alzheimer’s disease (AD), present in about two-thirds of people who develop the disease, is ApoE4, the cholesterol-carrying protein that about a quarter of us are born with. But one of the unsolved mysteries of AD is how ApoE4 causes the risk for the disease. Researchers have found a link between ApoE4 and SirT1, an “anti-aging protein” that is targeted by resveratrol, present in red wine.
  • Controlling triggers of age-related inflammation could extend 'healthspan'
    Inflammation is the common denominator of many chronic age-related diseases such as arthritis, gout, Alzheimer’s, and diabetes. But according to a study, even in the absence of a disease, inflammation can lead to serious loss of function throughout the body, reducing healthspan — that portion of our lives spent relatively free of serious illness and disability.
  • Scientist uncovers internal clock able to measure age of most human tissues; Women's breast tissue ages faster than rest of body
    A new study is the first to identify a biological clock able to gauge the age of most human tissues. Some parts of the anatomy, like a woman’s breasts, age faster than the rest of the body.

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