Dietary supplements can slow progression of age-related macular degeneration (AMD), the most common cause of blindness in older Americans. In a new study, US scientists analysed...
Mechanisms associated with a particular diabetes drug can also help to protect against Alzheimer’s disease, a study has reported. The results of the Karolinska Institutet study...
New research has uncovered how genetic changes that accumulate slowly in blood stem cells throughout life are likely to be responsible for the dramatic change in...
Rochester biologists who study the genetics of lifespan have suggested novel targets to combat ageing and age-related diseases. Natural selection has produced mammals that age at...
People with Alzheimer’s have more senescent brain cells than those without this disease, a new study shows. Senescent cells, which are damaged cells in the body...
Last summer, Northwestern University researchers introduced the first-ever transient pacemaker – a fully implantable, wireless device that harmlessly dissolves in the body after it’s no longer needed. Now,...
Scientists at the University of Michigan Rogel Cancer Center were optimistic when they identified a small molecule that blocked a key pathway in brain tumours. But...
Seven healthy habits and lifestyle factors may play a role in lowering the risk of dementia in people with the highest genetic risk. That’s according to...
Scientists have proven that normal brain ageing is accelerated by about 26 per cent in people with progressive type two diabetes. The authors of a study...
Men with prostate cancer have a 50 per cent higher risk of developing serious and potentially fatal blood clots in the five years after their cancer...
