#AgingResearch #HarvardUniversity #FederalFunding
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His Harvard Lab Was Thriving. Then Came the Cuts.
Will Mair, a Harvard University professor who studies aging, was preparing to lead a panel discussion one afternoon last May when he picked up his phone to review the questions he planned to ask.
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#Aging #MentalHealth #SocialConnections
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Dealing with difficult people might age you faster, study finds
People who make your life more difficult may be aging you faster, according to recent research.
In the study, published last month in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, researchers found that people with more hasslers in their life, or those "who create problems or make life more difficult," have a higher biological age compared to their actual chronological age.
#ChinaDemographics #ChildcarePolicies #AgingPopulation
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China announces big changes to improve marriage, birth rates
China's leadership has pledged to roll out new policies to encourage "positive attitudes toward marriage and childbearing" amid mounting concern over the country's rapidly aging population.
#CancerSurvivorship #AgingResearch #CognitiveHealth
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Brain aging may accelerate after cancer treatment, study suggests
Surviving cancer as a child or young adult may have a lasting impact on aging, new research suggests.
Researchers at the University of Rochester Medical Center looked at whether life-saving treatments, like chemotherapy and radiation, could speed up biological aging.
#CancerAwareness #HealthTips #AgingHealth
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8 potential cancer symptoms that could be mistaken for ageing
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Strictly star Alex Kingston says she initially thought signs of uterine cancer were "just part and parcel of getting older" and is now encouraging others to get checked "if their body is behaving in a slightly unusual way".
#MealsOnWheels #SeniorNutrition #AgingPopulation
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The Meals On Wheels Budget Wasn't Cut, But More Seniors Will Go Hungry
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Critical food programs for older adults, such as Meals on Wheels, avoided major reductions in federal support when Congress finally approved a spending plan last month.
#Caregiving #AgingAmerica #FamilySupport
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Who's caring for aging America?
Caregivers reported that helping their parent with various tasks positively impacted their relationship, but had a more negative than positive effect on their own emotional well-being, physical health, financial situation, job, and social life.
#CognitiveHealth #Aging #Neurogenesis
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The science behind the 'super-ager' brain
Older adults who remain cognitively sharp as they age have a genetic advantage over their peers, new research shows.
Scientists at the University of Illinois College of Medicine Chicago found that so-called super-agers generate twice as many new neurons in the hippocampus -- a part of the brain critical to learning and memory -- as typical older adults.
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#Vaccines #Aging #PublicHealth
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Opinion | Kennedy's war on vaccines is also a war on the elderly
The miseries of aging are more linked to late-life infections than was previously understood.
Donald G. McNeil Jr. , a former global health reporter for the New York Times, is the author of "The Wisdom of Plagues: Lessons From 25 Years of Covering Pandemics.
#PFAS #HealthImpact #AgingResearch
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Men in their 50s may be aging faster due to toxic 'forever chemicals'
The "forever chemicals" known as PFAS appear to be aging men faster in their 50s and early 60s, a new study found.
Called forever chemicals due to the years it takes for them to break down, perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances are present in the blood of an estimated 98% of Americans, according to the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine.
