May 6, 2025
(Wall Street Journal) – Among those fortunate enough to reach 80, it’s rare to find anyone who has arrived unscathed. In 2008 a group of scientists at the Scripps Research Institute in San Diego set out to recruit 1,400 of … Read More
April 30, 2025
(NPR) – Older Americans want to know if they are in the early stages of Alzheimer’s disease and would happily take a blood test to find out, according to a national survey. The survey of 1,700 people 45 and older, … Read More
April 29, 2025
(The Atlantic) – In Starr County, Texas, near the state’s southern tip along the U.S.-Mexico border, escaping dementia can feel impossible. The condition affects about one in five adults on Medicare—more than double the national rate. “Everybody has somebody in … Read More
April 24, 2025
(Slate) – The drug could keep your pet around for longer—but some vets and ethicists worry that we might be barking up the wrong tree. Jessica Pierce, a bioethicist who focuses on the ethical implications of biomedical sciences in human-animal … Read More
April 17, 2025
(MedPage Today) – Nearly 1 in 3 dementia cases linked with audiometric hearing loss, study suggests The findings mean that “up to 32% of population-level dementia risk could potentially be delayed or prevented if we completely treated hearing loss, assuming … Read More
April 15, 2025
(Wired) – The structural biologist, who has devoted his life to studying the processes behind aging, discusses the surprising things he has learned and the public misunderstandings about longevity. In addition to being a leading researcher, Ramakrishnan is also a … Read More
April 14, 2025
(Wall Street Journal) – Millions of long-Covid patients continue to struggle with cognitive difficulties Our exchange raises a troubling question: Are long-Covid patients’ cognitive symptoms getting better or regressing? And are those patients being diagnosed with mild cognitive impairment, or … Read More
April 1, 2025
(NPR) – It’s well-known that family caregiving for sick or elderly adults can bring on stress, anxiety and depression. It can also turn you into someone you don’t even recognize. Caregivers say it scrambles old habits and patterns, rearranges intimate … Read More
March 18, 2025
(Washington Post via Yahoo!) – How old are your organs? The answer might not match your chronological age – and a new analysis finds that an organ’s biological age might predict a person’s risk of diseases such as cancer, dementia … Read More
March 13, 2025
(The Guardian) – The US-born woman who was the world’s oldest living person before she died in Spain last August at age 117 once attributed her longevity to “luck and good genetics”. And, evidently, Maria Branyas Morera was right. A … Read More
March 12, 2025
(Nature) – Researchers have identified 64 genes that help to shape how quickly a person’s brain ages, in one of the largest attempts to pinpoint genetic factors that influence the organ’s decline. The study, published in Science Advances on 12 … Read More
March 11, 2025
(Wall Street Journal) – Research suggests benefits beyond what popular diabetes and weight-loss drugs were first approved to treat This accumulating body of research has led longevity clinics to market and prescribe GLP-1s as so-called gerotherapeutics—drugs that can target certain … Read More
March 4, 2025
(The Conversation) – Scientists already know that extreme heat increases the risk of heat stroke, cardiovascular disease, kidney dysfunction and even death. I see these effects often in my work as a researcher studying how environmental stressors influence the aging … Read More
February 27, 2025
(Washington Post via MSN) – Dog owners do many things to keep their companions happy and healthy. They could soon add an antiaging pill to their pooch’s regimen of walks, vet visits and belly rubs. Loyal, a biotech start-up based … Read More
February 25, 2025
(Nature) – Armed with an influx of cash and public enthusiasm, researchers are looking to improve how ageing is measured. Mixed feelings of enthusiasm and apprehension were common among researchers who spoke to Nature about efforts to develop tests that … Read More
February 17, 2025
(New York Times) – In the Netherlands, doctors and dementia patients must negotiate a fine line: Assisted death for those without capacity is legal, but doctors won’t do it. Ms. Mekel, 82, has Alzheimer’s disease. It was diagnosed a year … Read More
January 27, 2025
(Washington Post via MSN) – All three seniors live in D.C. and are now part of a new program distributing robotic pets to residents 60 and older who live in Wards 1, 7 and 8. The initiative, spearheaded by three … Read More
January 21, 2025
(Rest of World) – The country has a dire shortage of nurses, so to fill the manpower gap, it’s using AI for preventive care. Studies show that AI companions like Dexie can be just as effective in reducing loneliness as … Read More
January 20, 2025
(Wall Street Journal) – The strain of caregiving likely plays a role in murder-suicides among older adults, say researchers Donna Cohen, a retired psychiatry professor behind the research, found that a husband was acting as his wife’s caregiver in about … Read More
January 20, 2025
(New York Times) – The allure of extreme longevity has beckoned for centuries. Research careers and marketing campaigns have been built on the idea that we can live longer, healthier lives by emulating long-lived people. It is a comforting thought, … Read More
January 17, 2025
(New York Times) – Prisons across the country are struggling to find nursing home placements for sick prisoners after granting them parole. In New York, some inmates are suing for release. Complex and costly medical conditions require more nursing care, … Read More
January 16, 2025
(UPI) – Emotional support dogs can serve people with various mental health needs, but many of them can’t care for an animal at home. That’s where Tombot Inc. feels it can help. The company, based in Santa Clarita, Calif., has … Read More
January 14, 2025
(Associated Press) – About a million Americans a year are expected to develop dementia by 2060, roughly double today’s toll, researchers reported Monday. That estimate is based on a new study that found a higher lifetime risk than previously thought: … Read More
January 13, 2025
(Washington Post via MSN) – There was a 9.6-year gap between years lived in good health and total lifespans among people living in 183 countries, and the United States had the greatest “healthspan”-lifespan gap of any of them, according to … Read More
January 13, 2025
(New York Times) – The number of people in the United States who develop dementia each year will double over the next 35 years to about one million annually by 2060, a new study estimates, and the number of new … Read More
