Biomarkers and Aging in the News

• 'A little too much drink' warning
Drinking "just a little more than they should" puts people at risk of serious illness including heart disease, stroke and cancer, the government is warning.
4 Feb 2012 at 7:39pm

• Wonder Dog: A Golden Retriever Reaches a Raging Boy
A golden retriever was the only thing that could reach a raging, disconnected boy.

5 Feb 2012 at 12:51am

• Personal Health: Communities Learn the Good Life Can Be a Killer
The sedentary comforts of suburban expansion have fostered obesity, poor health, social isolation, excessive stress and depression.

2 Feb 2012 at 12:10am

• New map pinpoints Lyme disease risk areas
Researchers who spent three years dragging sheets of fabric through the woods to snag ticks have created a detailed map they claim could improve ...

3 Feb 2012 at 4:33pm

• Namaste, travelers! SFO opens airport yoga room
Stressed out by flying? Northern California travelers can now find their inner calm in the Yoga Room at San Francisco International Airport.

3 Feb 2012 at 10:18am

• Malaria death toll possibly twice as high
Malaria may be killing around twice as many as experts thought, and it could also be hitting older children and adults a new study suggests.

3 Feb 2012 at 1:26pm

• Video: New findings on behavior of Alzheimer's
Two new studies find that Alzheimer's disease seems to spread from cell to cell like an infection. Dr. Karen Duff speaks with Charlie Rose and Gayle King about these new findings.
3 Feb 2012 at 9:34am

• Malaria death toll possibly twice as high
Malaria may be killing around twice as many people as experts previously thought, and it could also be hitting older children and adults ? long considered the least susceptible ? a new study suggests.
2 Feb 2012 at 7:14pm

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• Wonder Dog: A Golden Retriever Reaches a Raging Boy
A golden retriever was the only thing that could reach a raging, disconnected boy.

5 Feb 2012 at 12:51am

• Personal Health: Communities Learn the Good Life Can Be a Killer
The sedentary comforts of suburban expansion have fostered obesity, poor health, social isolation, excessive stress and depression.

2 Feb 2012 at 12:10am

• ScienceShot: Double-Star System Hosts Ancient World
Both suns are 2 billion years older than Earth
3 Feb 2012 at 4:24pm

• Air Guns Shake Up Earthquake Monitoring
A new device may help researchers keep an eye on changing stresses along fault zones
3 Feb 2012 at 4:17pm

• Little Blows to Head Add Up to Big Risk
Small hits to the head may add up to injuries for high school football players, according to a new study by the Purdue Neurotrauma Group at Purdue University in West Lafayette, Ind.
3 Feb 2012 at 7:03pm

• Can Too Much Texting Make Teens Shallow?
Teens and young adults who text frequently -- such as more than 300 text messages a day -- may be risking more than sore thumbs, according to a new study.
3 Feb 2012 at 6:16pm

• Breastfeeding OK for Moms With Asthma
New moms with asthma can safely breastfeed without worrying that the practice will increase their child?s asthma risk, a new study shows.
3 Feb 2012 at 5:30pm

• Senior Moment or Something Worse? Yes/No Test May Tell
When are ?senior moments? just a normal part of healthy aging, and when are they a sign of something more serious such as Alzheimer?s disease? This is the million dollar question, and the Alzheimer?s Questionnaire, a set of 21 yes or no questions that can be answered by a loved one or caregiver, may help answer it.
3 Feb 2012 at 3:57pm

• Sex and the Elderly: STD Risk Often Ignored
The rate of sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) has more than doubled among middle-aged adults and the elderly over the last decade, but the reasons for this are unclear.
2 Feb 2012 at 7:11pm

• Eating Behavior May Be Shaped by Who You Eat With
How you eat may depend on who you?re eating with, according to a study published in the online journal PLoS ONE.
2 Feb 2012 at 6:21pm

• New Heart Failure Risks: Fractures and Memory Problems
Two new studies shine a light on some lesser known consequences of heart failure: fractures and memory problems.
2 Feb 2012 at 6:08pm

• Sunny Skies Linked to Lower Stroke Risk
People who live in sunny places may have a lower risk of stroke, new research suggests.
1 Feb 2012 at 6:39pm

• Sleep Apnea Linked to Silent Strokes
A common sleep disorder is associated with an increased risk of symptomless, but serious, strokes called ?silent strokes,? German researchers report.
1 Feb 2012 at 4:02pm

• Why do cells age? Discovery of extremely long-lived proteins may provide insi...
One of the big mysteries in biology is why cells age. Now scientists report that they have discovered a weakness in a component of brain cells that may explain how the aging process occurs in the brain.
3 Feb 2012 at 6:09pm

• Regular use of vitamin and mineral supplements could reduce the risk of colon...
Could the use of vitamin and mineral supplements in a regular diet help to reduce the risk of colon cancer and protect against carcinogens? A study published in the Canadian Journal of Physiology and Pharmacology found that rats given regular multivitamin and mineral supplements showed a significantly lower risk of developing colon cancer when they were exposed to carcinogens.
3 Feb 2012 at 2:15pm

• Rare mutations may help explain aneurysm in high-risk families
An innovative approach to genome screening has provided clues about rare mutations that may make people susceptible to brain aneurysms, predisposing them to brain bleeds, according to preliminary research.
3 Feb 2012 at 2:14pm

• Lower levels of sunlight exposure link to allergy and eczema in children, stu...
Increased exposure to sunlight may reduce the risk of both food allergies and eczema in children, according to a new scientific study.
3 Feb 2012 at 11:33am

• How to tell apart the forgetful from those at risk of Alzheimer?s disease
It can be difficult to distinguish between people with normal age-associated memory loss and those with amnestic mild cognitive impairment (aMCI). However people with aMCI are at a greater risk of developing Alzheimer?s disease (AD), and identification of these people would mean that they could begin treatment as early as possible. New research shows that specific questions, included as part of a questionnaire designed to help diagnose AD, are also able to discriminate between normal memory loss...
2 Feb 2012 at 8:16pm

• U.S. counties with thriving small businesses have healthier residents
U.S. counties and parishes with a greater concentration of small, locally-owned businesses have healthier populations ? with lower rates of mortality, obesity and diabetes ? than do those that rely on large companies with ?absentee? owners, according to a national study.
2 Feb 2012 at 8:15pm

• Triglyceride levels predict stroke risk in postmenopausal women
The traditional risk factors for stroke ? such as high cholesterol ? are not as accurate at predicting risk in postmenopausal women as previously thought. Instead, researchers say doctors should refocus their attention on triglyceride levels to determine which women are at highest risk of suffering a devastating and potentially fatal cardiovascular event.
2 Feb 2012 at 4:45pm

• New technique successfully dissolves blood clots in brain and lowers risk of ...
Neurologists report success with a new means of getting rid of potentially lethal blood clots in the brain safely without cutting through easily damaged brain tissue or removing large pieces of skull.
2 Feb 2012 at 4:45pm

• Millisecond pulsar paradox: Stellar astrophysics helps explain behavior of fa...
Pulsars are among the most exotic celestial bodies known. They have diameters of about 20 kilometers, but at the same time roughly the mass of our sun. A sugar-cube sized piece of its ultra-compact matter on Earth would weigh hundreds of millions of tons. A sub-class of them, known as millisecond pulsars, spin up to several hundred times per second around their own axes. Previous studies reached the paradoxical conclusion that some millisecond pulsars are older than the universe itself. Now this...
2 Feb 2012 at 3:14pm

• Identical twins reveal mechanisms behind aging
Researchers compared the DNA of identical twins at different ages. They showed that structural modifications of the DNA, where large or small DNA segments change direction, are duplicated or completely lost, are more common in older people. The results may in part explain why the immune system is impaired with age.
2 Feb 2012 at 3:11pm

• Sex Life of Older Adults and Rising STDs
The sex life of older adults ? long ignored and little researched ? is getting new attention in the face of some staggering statistics. Rates of sexually transmitted diseases such as chlamydia, gonorrhea and syphilis have doubled for people in their 50s, 60s and 70s in...

3 Feb 2012 at 7:31am

• Malaria Deaths Twice As High As Once Reported
Malaria kills 1.2 million people each year, twice as high as previously reported in 2011, according to new research published in the Lancet. And, while many believe that most malaria death occur in children under 5, the report found 42 percent of all malaria deaths occur in older children and adults.

3 Feb 2012 at 7:30am

• Watch: Is Your Eating Behavior Influenced by Others?
Dr. Karen Cooper explains how people tend to mimic each other's eating patterns.

1 Feb 2012 at 9:10pm

• Watch: Pfizer Recalls Birth Control Packets
1 million packets of Lo/Ovral-28 could raise risk of accidental pregnancy.

1 Feb 2012 at 4:13pm

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