Eliminating senescent cells in fat can alleviate signs of diabetes Deleting dysfunctional cells could lead to game-changing treatments for diabetes and other metabolic diseases. Eliminating old, dysfunctional cells in human fat also alleviates signs of diabetes, researchers from the UConn Center on Aging and UConn School of Medicine have discovered; this could lead to new treatments for Type 2 diabetes… Published on: 2021-11-26 Source: Longevity Technology By Eleanor Garth Latte lovers rejoice! Study reveals drinking coffee could lower the risk of Alzheimer’s disease Good news for those of us who can't face the day without their morning flat white: a long-term study has revealed drinking higher amounts of coffee may make you less likely to develop Alzheimer's disease. … Published on: 2021-11-23 Source: Science Daily – Healthy Aging When the Eye on Older Patients Is a Camera In the middle of a rainy Michigan night, 88-year-old Dian Wurdock walked out the front door of her son’s home in Grand Rapids, barefoot and coatless. Her destination was unknown even to herself. Wurdock was several years into a dementia diagnosis that turned out to be Alzheimer’s disease. By… Published on: 2021-11-23 Source: Kaiser Health News By Sofie Kodner Ageless: Can We Turn Back Time? Will you live to celebrate your 120th birthday, where you’ll play a lively game of hide and seek with the great-grandkids? It could happen, according to the author of a recent book. Biologist and physicist Andrew Steele has penned a provocative book, Ageless: The new Science of Getting Older Without Getting… Published on: 2021-11-22 Source: Society for Certified Senior Advisors By Society of Certified Senior Advisors What You Need To Know About RMDs Understand required minimum distributions and how to strategize to reduce taxes and make the most of your retirement accounts.You spend your working years tucking money away for retirement. But the same accounts that gave you a tax break when you contributed have likely been growing over the years. That’s a… Published on: 2021-11-18 Source: Society for Certified Senior Advisors By Society of Certified Senior Advisors Lawsuit threatens first-of-its-kind public long-term care insurance program Credit: Audtakorn Sutarmjam / EyeEm/Getty Images A first-of-its-kind state program that funds long-term care through a mandatory payroll tax is being challenged in federal court. A group of employees and workers who oppose the public long-term care insurance program last week filed a lawsuit in the Western District of… Published on: 2021-11-17 Source: McKnights LTC News By Danielle Brown First human trial of nasal vaccine for Alzheimer’s set to begin in Boston Howard L. Weiner, M.D.; Image credit: Brigham and Women’s Hospital For the first time, researchers will test the safety and efficacy of a nasal vaccine to prevent and slow Alzheimer’s disease progression in humans. The new phase 1 study follows 20 years of research and will test a vaccine… Published on: 2021-11-17 Source: McKnights LTC News By freelance3 “Dancing molecules” successfully repair severe spinal cord injuries Researchers have developed an injectable therapy based on nanofibers that has enabled paralysed mice with severe spinal cord injuries to regain the ability to walk. Northwestern University researchers have developed a new injectable therapy that harnesses “dancing molecules” to reverse paralysis and repair tissue after severe spinal cord injuries. In… Published on: 2021-11-17 Source: Longevity Technology By Eleanor Garth Levodopa is ‘best first treatment’ for early Parkinson’s, new guideline states A new guideline for treating motor symptoms of early Parkinson’s disease has singled out the standard-of-care drug levodopa as the best option for most patients. When compared to alternative options, levodopa provides a superior risk-benefit profile when used to alleviate motor symptoms, and patients are less likely to stop… Published on: 2021-11-16 Source: McKnights LTC News By freelance3 20 Best Holiday Gifts for Older Adults Holiday (and birthday!) shopping just got a whole lot easier with these thoughtful presents for all the people over 65 in your life.Coming up with just the right gift can be as hard as finding a needle in a haystack. We’ve searched for the top 20 gifts for seniors that… Published on: 2021-11-16 Source: Society for Certified Senior Advisors By Society of Certified Senior Advisors Mysteries of the aging Down syndrome brain Molecular changes within the aging brains of individuals with Down syndrome could help explain why these individuals tend to develop Alzheimer's later in life, says new research. … Published on: 2021-11-15 Source: Science Daily – Healthy Aging Express yourself – an introduction to epigenetics Finding out all about epigenetics – what it means, how it affects you, what you can do to change it and how TruDiagnostic’s testing can help you to track your progress. Nature or nurture? Well, the answer is both. Your genes may be determined at conception, but whether and how… Published on: 2021-11-15 Source: Longevity Technology By Eleanor Garth Movement to cap nurse-agency pay rates advances in another state Credit: khz/istock/Getty Images Plus Lawmakers could introduce legislation as early as this week that would regulate temporary staffing agencies and set maximum pay rates for agency healthcare personnel in Pennsylvania. Contract healthcare service agencies providing temporary employment in nursing homes, assisted living residences and personal care homes would have… Published on: 2021-11-15 Source: McKnights LTC News By Kimberly Marselas Tech Update for Older Adults Trends in technology for older adults highlight continued adaption in a variety of services, including health care. Older adults are continuing to live better because of technological innovation. A recent AARP report about tech trends shows that adults over 50 have nearly as high an adoption rate for smartphones, wearables, voice… Published on: 2021-11-11 Source: Society for Certified Senior Advisors By Society of Certified Senior Advisors Cellular aging – is it time to rewrite the rule book? Researchers demonstrate that senescence is caused by genome damage, rather than telomere shortening. In a study published in Nucleic Acids Research, the team of cancer researcher Francis Rodier, an Université de Montréal professor and researcher at the CHUM Research Center (CRCHUM) has shown, for what it claims is the first… Published on: 2021-11-11 Source: Longevity Technology By Eleanor Garth Benefits of shingles shot outweigh seniors’ risk of Guillain-Barré syndrome, federal investigators say A study by federal health agencies has identified a small risk of developing Guillain-Barré syndrome (GBS) in Medicare recipients who receive the shingles vaccine Shingrix. Clinicians should be aware of these risks, but weigh them against the benefits of decreasing the high risk of shingles and its complications in… Published on: 2021-11-10 Source: McKnights LTC News By freelance3 A diet of essential amino acids could delay dementia Consuming Amino LP7, a specific combination of essential amino acids, could delay the development of dementia, shows a study from Japan. The intake of protein, which is made from amino acids, is known to be vital for maintaining brain function in older individuals and there are various amino acid supplements… Published on: 2021-11-08 Source: Longevity Technology By Eleanor Garth Spreading Happiness Happiness is an important element of healthful well-being. What does it mean for older adults, and how can we help seniors in our care be happier?“Happiness is nothing more than good health and a bad memory.”—Dr. Albert SchweitzerBelieve it or not, people in their 80s and 90s report higher levels… Published on: 2021-11-07 Source: Society for Certified Senior Advisors By Society of Certified Senior Advisors ‘Covid Hit Us Over the Head With a Two-by-Four’: Addressing Ageism With Urgency Earlier this year, the World Health Organization announced a global campaign to combat ageism — discrimination against older adults that is pervasive and harmful but often unrecognized. “We must change the narrative around age and ageing” and “adopt strategies to counter” ageist attitudes and behaviors, WHO concluded in a… Published on: 2021-11-05 Source: Kaiser Health News By Judith Graham Most elders use sleep meds, but only half discuss use with their doctors: study Older adults frequently use medication to treat sleep difficulties, but only about half discuss it with their physicians, study results presented at Psych Congress 2021 this week found. In fact, the majority of those surveyed reported using a sleep medication every night, one researcher said. Maureen Carlyle, MPH, senior… Published on: 2021-11-04 Source: McKnights LTC News By Amy Novotney Few Acute Care Hospitals Escaped Readmissions Penalties Preventable rehospitalization of the nation’s older adults has proved a persistent health and financial challenge for the U.S., costing Medicare hundreds of millions of dollars each year. Various analyses have found many readmissions within a month of discharge might have been avoided through better care and more attention paid… Published on: 2021-11-04 Source: Kaiser Health News By Jordan Rau, Kaiser Health News Restoring normal sleep reduces amyloid-beta accumulation in mouse model of Alzheimer’s disease A team has discovered that, in an animal model of Alzheimer's disease, restoring normal sleep by returning to normal the activity of the thalamic reticular nucleus (TRN), a brain region involved in maintaining stable sleep, reduced the accumulation of A-beta plaques in the brain. … Published on: 2021-11-03 Source: Science Daily – Healthy Aging Young blood – what’s the reality behind the blood plasma hype? The evolution of plasma-based therapeutics is happening at light speed and it’s set to be one wild ride – find out more in our brand-new report on young blood. Today we launch our new report on young blood (our subscribers had exclusive early access on 31st October, as we thought… Published on: 2021-11-03 Source: Longevity Technology By Eleanor Garth Gene therapy boosts Parkinson’s disease drug benefits A new gene therapy targeting the small brain region where dopamine neurons reside, the substantia nigra, substantially boosts the benefits of the drug levodopa in Parkinson's. The therapy restored the ability of these neurons to convert levodopa to dopamine. Scientists also showed how damage to the powerplants inside dopamine-releasing neurons… Published on: 2021-11-03 Source: Science Daily – Healthy Aging Providers demand feds change on monoclonal antibody therapy limits Credit: Andriy Onufriyenko/Getty Images Plus Nursing homes and other long-term care facilities must be prioritized by the federal government for access to popular monoclonal antibody therapy to treat COVID-19, industry stakeholders are urging. Their demands come after a change in policy dramatically decreased distribution to providers. “There are people… Published on: 2021-11-02 Source: McKnights LTC News By Danielle Brown Everything you ever needed to know about cell stress MitoQ’s William Stow on cell stress – what it is and what we can do about it. William Stow is the Chief Scientific Officer at MitoQ, a supplement designed to optimise energy and health by boosting your mitochondria. Will oversees MitoQ’s research and development, and over the past five years,… Published on: 2021-11-02 Source: Longevity Technology By Eleanor Garth Famous & 65 Look who's turning 65 this monthFind out which celebrities are turning 65 this month!Image Source: WikipediaNovember 8 – Richard Curtis, director, screenwriter, producerSurely you saw the films Four Weddings and a Funeral, Bridget Jones’s Diary, Love Actually, or perhaps War Horse? All were written by famed Brit Richard Curtis. Apart from… Published on: 2021-11-02 Source: Society for Certified Senior Advisors By Society of Certified Senior Advisors FDA approves first-ever eye drop that corrects age-related vision loss The Food and Drug Administration has approved the first eye drop to treat presbyopia, a form of progressive, age-related vision loss that often prompts a need for reading glasses. Vuity (pilocarpine HCl ophthalmic solution) 1.25% helps to adjust pupil size. It contracts the sphincter muscle of the iris, constricting… Published on: 2021-11-02 Source: McKnights LTC News By freelance3 Increased lifespan? Make mine a double! Protein tweaks can mean double, not quits, when it comes to life extension in worms new research shows. When it comes to simple organisms, like our old friend Caenorhabditis elegans, one of the most studied animals in antiaging research, science has shown that lifespan can be radically extended. However, can… Published on: 2021-10-29 Source: Longevity Technology By Eleanor Garth If Congress Adds Dental Coverage to Medicare, Should All Seniors Get It? William Stork needs a tooth out. That’s what the 71-year-old retired truck driver’s dentist told him during a recent checkup. That kind of extraction requires an oral surgeon, which could cost him around $1,000 because, like most seniors, Stork does not have dental insurance, and Medicare won’t cover his… Published on: 2021-10-29 Source: Kaiser Health News By Bram Sable-Smith Older posts
