by Martin Ettington | May 29, 2014 | Aging, Biology, Drugs, Healthy Aging, Longevity, Longevity & Health, Longevity Article, Science Research |
Date: May 20, 2014 Source: Oregon State University Summary: A proven approach to slow the aging process is dietary restriction, but new research helps explain the action of a drug that appears to mimic that process — rapamycin. The advance moves science closer...
by Martin Ettington | May 28, 2014 | Biology, Genetics, Healthy Aging, Longevity, Longevity & Health, Longevity Article, Science Research |
Source: University of Michigan Health System Perhaps one of the keys to good health isn’t just what you eat but how you taste it. Taste buds — yes, the same ones you may blame for that sweet tooth or French fry craving — may in fact have a powerful...
by Martin Ettington | May 25, 2014 | Biology, Cells, Genetics, Healthy Aging, Lifestyle, Longevity, Longevity & Health, Longevity Article, Science Research |
Posted By News On May 15, 2014 – 9:31pm PROVIDENCE, R.I. [Brown University] — If studying a single gene or a diet that might extend longevity is like searching for a fountain of youth, then a new study calls for looking at something more like the whole...
by Martin Ettington | May 22, 2014 | Aging, Healthy Aging, Lifestyle, Long Lived Persons, Longevity, Longevity & Health, Longevity Article, Science Research |
The recent 60 minutes story on longevity studies at the Laguna Woods retirement community brings back memories to me because I was on their TV station for an interview and did a lecture there a couple of years ago. (You can see my interview on the right side of this...
by Martin Ettington | May 22, 2014 | Biology, Longevity, Longevity & Health, Longevity Article, Science Research |
By Scott Gaudinier on May 6, 2014. Those suffering from an aging brain, heart or muscles can take a small breath of relief, thanks to researchers studying weakened hearts in older mice at the Harvard Stem Cell Institute (HSCI). They have discovered from the mice they...
by Martin Ettington | May 20, 2014 | Anti-Aging, antioxidants, Chronic Illnesses, Diet, Food, Healthy Aging, Longevity, Longevity & Health, Longevity Article, Science Research |
Apr 21, 2014 A new study in the Journal of Food Science, published by the Institute of Food Technologists (IFT), found that common edible flowers in China are rich in phenolics and have excellent antioxidant capacity. Edible flowers, which have been used in the...
by Martin Ettington | May 19, 2014 | Anti-Aging, antioxidants, Free Radicals, Healthy Aging, Longevity, Longevity & Health, Longevity Article, Science Research |
Sunday 11 May 2014 – 12am PST Past research has suggested that free radicals – occasionally harmful molecules produced by the body as it processes oxygen – contribute to the aging process. But new research from McGill University in Canada finds that...
by Martin Ettington | May 17, 2014 | Aging, Chronic Illnesses, Healthy Aging, Inflamation, Longevity, Longevity & Health, Longevity Article, Science Research |
Originally published in December 2010 in Chatelaine What do most major life-threatening illnesses have in common? It’s not genetics or lifestyle, but chronic inflammation. Fighting this silent fire within will not only help you live longer, it will help you live...
by Martin Ettington | May 12, 2014 | Aging, Anti-Aging, Diet, Healthy Aging, Lifestyle, Long Lived Persons, Longevity, Longevity & Health, Longevity Article, Science Research |
ANI | May 6, 2014, 12.00 AM IST A landmark study of thousands of members of a retirement community in Southern California is revealing factors that may contribute to living longer.Some of the findings are no surprise- smoking led to shorter lifespans, while those who...
by Martin Ettington | May 9, 2014 | Anti-Aging, Biology, Cells, Longevity, Longevity & Health, Longevity Article, proteins, Science Research |
More progress with GDF 11, anti-aging protein Date: May 4, 2014 Source: Harvard University Summary: Scientists have shown that a protein they previously demonstrated can make the failing hearts in aging mice appear more like those of young health mice, similarly...
by Martin Ettington | May 7, 2014 | Aging, Anti-Aging, Biology, Longevity, Longevity & Health, Longevity Article, Science Research |
A transfusion of youthful blood may halt or even reverse the ageing process as two studies find that the chemical make-up of younger blood has surprising health benefits Transfusions of young blood could hold the key to reversing the signs of ageing, scientists...
by Martin Ettington | May 6, 2014 | Aging, Exercise, Healthy Aging, Longevity, Longevity & Health, Longevity Article, Science Research |
Doing aerobic exercise twice a week for 26 weeks significantly increased the volume of older women’s hippocampi—the region of the brain associated with memory. 79-year-old Hideko Kurihara lifts wooden dumbbells during Japan’s “Respect for the Aged...
