aging

How aging damages and cripples the immune system

Posted in Medicine on 9th Aug, 2015
by Alex Muller

Aging cripples the production of new immune cells, decreasing the immune systems response to vaccines and putting the elderly at risk of infection.

The MIND diet may slow brain aging by 7.5 years

Posted in Science on 7th Aug, 2015
by Alex Muller

Eating a group of specific foods may slow cognitive decline among aging adults, even when not at risk of developing Alzheimers disease, according to researchers.

Inflammation, not telomere length, predicts healthy longevity of centenarians

Posted in Medicine on 5th Aug, 2015
by Alex Muller

To live past 100 you must keep inflammation down.

Google-Backed Calico Partners With Ancestry to Beat the Specter of Aging

Posted in Business on 27th Jul, 2015
by Alex Muller

Calico will look for genetic patterns in people who have lived exceptionally long lives, then make drugs to help more of us do that.

Women's brains more vulnerable to Alzheimer's than men's

Posted in Medicine on 25th Jul, 2015
by Alex Muller

Women's brains might be more vulnerable to the Alzheimer's disease than mens, causing them to decline in memory and function twice as fast, according to research.