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Tag: Aging
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Work & Economy
Millions of workers are also juggling caregiving. Employers need to rethink.
Business School report finds rigid hiring policies, work rules, scheduling hurt employees but also productivity, retention, bottom line
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Nation & World
Alone in the spotlight but not alone
Cognitive neurologist sees lessons in age-focused conversations around Biden’s exit, but also a lack of nuance
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Health
You won’t even know you’re exercising, but your body will
Real surfing is better than channel surfing, says research focused on healthy aging. But housework is better than nothing.
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Health
Extending lives of old mice by connecting vessels to young ones
Connecting circulatory systems allowed animals in study to live 6-9 percent longer, lowered their biological age.
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Health
The promising weirdness of biological age
More than you might assume, say researchers who studied three triggers of severe physiological stress: pregnancy, COVID, and surgery.
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Health
Longevity analysis identifies 8 key social factors
Researchers say survey powered by machine learning can predict independent living and longevity.
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Health
The gap between our teeth
A new study examines the drop in dental care at age 65 and the health consequences associated with the lapse in coverage.
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Health
Has first person to live to be 150 been born?
Harvard researchers reported that they can age and then restore youth to lab mice, using a gene cocktail that has already restored vision in mice.
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Science & Tech
Fresh insights into inflammation, aging brains
Harvard scientists’ research on mice suggests chain reaction may be involved in the brain’s aging process.
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Health
Optimism lengthens life, study finds
Women who reported a positive outlook were likelier to live past 90, regardless of race or ethnicity.
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Health
Chess is more than a game for researcher focused on brain health
The Chan School’s David Canning wants to follow the cognitive performance of chess players over time.
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Science & Tech
No one outruns death, but hunter-gatherers come closest
Our sedentary tendencies may be robbing us of a key benefit of physical activity.
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Campus & Community
Aging matters
Sneha Dutta, Ph.D. ’21, wants to understand why individuals age differently and if there’s a way to counter old age’s harmful effects .
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Science & Tech
Why do we get so picky about friendship late in life? Ask the chimps
Understanding why older chimps tend to favor small circles of meaningful, established friendships rather than seek new ones may help scientists gain a better picture of what healthy human aging should look like and what triggers this social change.
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Health
Sleep test predicts dementia in older adults
A noninvasive sleep test may help diagnose and predict dementia in older adults by measuring brain activity.
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Science & Tech
On the clock
Researchers have built two machine learning models that gauge biological age and predict remaining lifespan in mice.
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Health
A push to aid healthy aging
The National Academy of Medicine is mounting a Healthy Longevity Global Grand Challenge that seeks to boost innovation on healthier aging.
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Health
Aging population increases energy use
Two global trends — the aging of the world’s population and the warming of its atmosphere — are set to collide in the decades to come, new work by an MGH and HMS researcher shows.
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Health
Longevity and anti-aging research: ‘Prime time for an impact on the globe’
Research into extending humanity’s healthy lifespan has been progressing rapidly in recent years. In February, a group of aging and longevity scientists founded a nonprofit to foster the work and serve as a resource for governments and businesses looking to understand the potentially far-reaching implications of a population that lives significantly longer, healthier lives.
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Health
The science, business of aging
A half-day conference at Harvard Business School examined the growing promise of research on aging and the potential of now-experimental interventions to one day ease the burdens of infirmity.
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Health
New clues to Alzheimer’s disease
McLean Hospital researchers have found energy dysfunction in the cells of late-onset Alzheimer’s patients, which may be a piece of the disease’s complex puzzle.
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Health
Older, heavier, more at risk
A new study shows weight gain during young and middle adulthood may increase risk of chronic diseases and premature death, and decrease the likelihood of achieving healthy aging.
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Health
To age better, eat better
Much of life is beyond our control, but dining smartly can help us live healthier, longer
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Health
The balance in healthy aging
To grow old well requires minimizing accidents, such as falling, as well as ailments
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Health
How old can we get? It might be written in stem cells
No clock, no crystal ball, but lots of excitement — and ambition — among Harvard scientists
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Health
Good genes are nice, but joy is better
Harvard study, almost 80 years old, has proved that embracing community helps us live longer, and be happier
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Health
Critical step found in DNA repair, cellular aging
The body’s ability to repair DNA damage declines with age, which causes gradual cell demise, overall bodily degeneration, and greater susceptibility to cancer. Experiments in mice suggest a way to thwart DNA damage.
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Health
Medical hope on horizon
Stem cell science is accelerating development of therapies for diabetes, ALS, other diseases, researchers tell HUBweek sessions.
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Health
Changes in memory tied to menopausal status
By studying women ages 45 to 55, investigators at Harvard-affiliated Brigham and Women’s Hospital have found that reproductive stage, not simply chronological age, may contribute to changes in memory and brain function.
