Showing posts with label aging. Show all posts
Showing posts with label aging. Show all posts
Thursday, May 22, 2025

MUFAs And Longevity

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Here is a paper from several years ago showing a link between mono-unsaturated fatty acids (MUFAs) and longevity in the worm Caenorhabditis...
Thursday, November 21, 2024

Targeting Senescent Cells

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Here is a paper from several years ago suggesting that targeting senescent cells with programmed cell death can reverse aspects of aging i...
Thursday, August 15, 2024

Age And Triathlon Performance

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How does Ironman triathlon performance change with age?   Abstract: In Ironman triathlon, the number of overall male and female finishe...
Thursday, April 11, 2024

Meal Delivery And Elder Feeding

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Home-delivered meal programs help elder diets, abstract: BACKGROUND: Poor diet quality and insufficient nutrient intake is of parti...
Thursday, February 16, 2023

High Intensity Exercise And Age

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There is the popular misconception that high intensity exercise is for the young, and the aging should just shuffle around a little bit and...
Thursday, November 18, 2021

Overuse Injuries In Endurance Athletes

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Of interest is this paper on overuse injuries in endurance athletes, abstract: AIM: The purpose of this study was to clarify train...
Thursday, February 18, 2021

Prevent Aging With Stem Cell Rejuvenation?

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Discussion of a possible anti-aging approach , abstract: Characterized by dysfunction of tissues, organs, organ systems and the whole o...
Thursday, June 18, 2020

Dietary Interventions For Sarcopenia

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Sarcopenia is the loss of muscle with normal aging.  What dietary interventions can help improve muscle mass in these patients?   Abstract:...
Wednesday, February 13, 2019

Nervous System Immune Cells

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There are distinct populations of central nervous system immune cells comparing states of health, aging, and disease Alzheimer's disea...
Monday, January 7, 2019

Aging And Heart Failure Links

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The obvious aging-heart failure link has links to cell signaling; understanding these links can lead to novel therapies.  Abstract: Th...
Tuesday, October 9, 2018

Economic Costs Of An Inactive Aging Population

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Aging, inactive populations result in costs, including economic costs, on nation and society.  This applies to Germany and most other dev...
Saturday, June 9, 2018

Fasting And Stem Cell Function

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In mice, a 24 hour fast improves the function of intestinal stem cells through effects on fatty acid oxidation (FAO).  Genetic knockout e...
Saturday, May 19, 2018

Dietary Polyphenols And Preventing Cognitive Decline With Aging

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Dietary polyphenols , by affecting cell signaling, can prevent declining nerve growth in adults and counteract cognitive decline due to age...
Friday, May 11, 2018

Aging, Androgens, Wnt, And Muscle

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Fewer androgen receptors in muscle with age leads to less Wnt5a expression and that leads to less muscle - one explanation for muscle los...
Sunday, April 29, 2018

Cognitive Decline With Aging

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Experiments with mice suggest that the aging brain accumulates astrocyte cells with an inflammatory phenotype that lose their normal func...
Thursday, April 19, 2018

Gut Micriobiota And Therapy For Aging-Related Diseases

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Here’s an interesting paper linking the gut microbiota with therapies for aging-related diseases. Abstract: Aging-associated alterations...
Sunday, April 8, 2018

High Fat Diet And the Aging Mouse Brain

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A high fat diet seems not to be very good for aging of the mouse brain .  Fasting and a low fat diet seemingly have different effects.  A...
Monday, April 2, 2018

Aging And Dementia Links

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Aging and dementia has common links, including the mitochondrial α-F1 -ATP synthase (ATP5A), which can be a target for the Alzheimer's...
Tuesday, March 27, 2018

Overestimating Chronic Kidney Disease Frequency?

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The frequency of chronic kidney disease may be overestimated due to not taking into account the normal decline in kidney function with age...
Tuesday, March 20, 2018

Aging And Body Repair

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Aging is associated with a decline in the ability of the body to repair itself , including tissue and (at least partial) body part regenera...