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Midlife Coffee And Tea Drinking May Protect Against Late-Life Dementia

August 31, 2010 Life Extension

Stockholm, Sweden — Midlife coffee drinking can decrease the risk of dementia/Alzheimer’s disease (AD) later in life. This conclusion is made in a Finnish Cardiovascular Risk Factors, Aging and Dementia (CAIDE) Study published in the Journal of Alzheimer’s Disease.

Eating Berries May Activate the Brain’s Natural Housekeeper For Healthy Aging

August 24, 2010 Inflammation

Scientists have reported the first evidence that eating blueberries, strawberries, and acai berries may help the aging brain stay healthy in a crucial but previously unrecognized way. Their study, presented at the 240th National Meeting of the American Chemical Society (ACS), concluded that berries, and possibly walnuts, activate the brain’s natural “housekeeper” mechanism, which cleans up and recycles toxic proteins linked to age-related memory loss and other mental decline.

Tagged as: Infammation

Brain May Age Faster In People Whose Hearts Pump Less Blood

August 17, 2010 Life Extension

Keep your heart healthy and you may slow down the aging of your brain, according to a new study reported in Circulation: Journal of the American Heart Association. In the study, people whose hearts pumped less blood had brains that appeared older than the brains of those whose hearts pumped more blood.

Medications Found To Cause Long Term Cognitive Impairment Of Aging Brain, Study Finds

July 13, 2010 Insomnia Research

Drugs commonly taken for a variety of common medical conditions including insomnia, allergies, or incontinence negatively affect the brain causing long term cognitive impairment in older African-Americans, according to a study appearing in the July 13, 2010 print issue of Neurology, the medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology.

Tagged as: Insomnia Research

Protein Must Exist In Specific Brain Cells To Prevent Diet-Induced Obesity

July 8, 2010 Life Extension

A protein found in cells throughout the body must be present in a specific set of neurons in the brain to prevent weight gain after chronic feeding on high-calorie meals, new findings from UT Southwestern Medical Center researchers suggest.

Tagged as: Obesity

Want To Slow Aging? New Research Suggests It Takes More Than Antioxidants

July 8, 2010 Life Extension

Don’t put down the red wine and vitamins just yet, but if you’re taking antioxidants because you hope to live longer, consider this: a new study published in the June 2010 issue of the journal Genetics casts doubt on the theory that oxidative stress to our tissues shortens lifespan.

Tagged as: Vitamin D

Resveratrol Shows Activity Against Insulin Resistance And Retinal Disease

July 7, 2010 Life Extension

Anti-aging compound appears to function in multiple ways. A naturally occurring chemical found in grapes and other foods may help reverse some of the ills associated with aging and being overweight, new studies suggest.

Tagged as: Obesity

Sleeping Well At 100 Years Of Age: Study Searches For The Secrets To Healthy Longevity

May 4, 2010 Life Extension

A study in the May 1 issue of the journal Sleep is the first to examine sleep issues in a large sample of exceptionally old adults, including nearly 2,800 people who were 100 years of age and older. Results show that about 65 percent of the sample reported that their sleep quality was…

Rejuvenating, Anti-aging Benefits Of Vital Herbal Formula

February 10, 2010 Articles

Clinical Trial of Age-Related Health Problems in 150 Adults. Research on an advanced anti-aging formula shows how the herbal combination works to counter a host of problems commonly associated with human aging.

Tagged as: Inflammation, Insomnia Research

Human Growth Hormone: Not a Life Extender After All?

January 29, 2010 Life Extension

People profoundly deficient in human growth hormone (HGH) due to a genetic mutation appear to live just as long as people who make normal amounts of the hormone, a new study shows. The findings suggest that HGH may not be the “fountain of youth” that some researchers have suggested.

Calorie Restriction: Scientists Take Important Step Toward ‘Fountain of Youth’

December 28, 2009 Life Extension

Going back for a second dessert after your holiday meal might not be the best strategy for living a long, cancer-free life say researchers from the University of Alabama at Birmingham. That’s because they’ve shown exactly how restricted calorie diets — specifically in the form of restricted glucose — help human cells live longer. This…

Glucose-To-Glycerol Conversion In Long-Lived Yeast Provides Anti-Aging Effects

December 21, 2009 Life Extension

Cell biologists have found a more filling substitute for caloric restriction in extending the life span of simple organisms. In a study published May 8 in the open-access journal PLoS Genetics, researchers from the University of Southern California Andrus Gerontology Center show that yeast cells maintained on…

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