Sentences with phrase «decline of normal aging»

It is important to determine in older men if a low testosterone level is simply due to the decline of normal aging or if it is due to a disease (hypogonadism).

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Whether any cognitive decline is the result of pathology or just normal aging can be determined in two ways, said USC's Han.

As we age, the brain — like any other organ — begins to work less efficiently, so normal signs of decline begin to surface.

Exercising regularly as we get older appears to help defend against some of this decline, both for healthy people who show normal signs of aging and for older people who may be on the path toward developing Alzheimer's disease.

Her health further declined between the ages of 21 and 23, while she struggled to accept the cross of her suffering, «torn between giving all to God and hoping for a normal life».

As women age, the chance of a chromosomally normal embryo declines.

«The effect of the precursors that boost NAD is to counteract the decline that occurs with normal aging, to reactivate SIRT1, and to restore function in endothelial cells to give rise to more blood vessels.»

«It is normal for the birth of new neurons to decline as we age,» said Santhakumar.

As life expectancy has increased, the burden of both normal age - related cognitive decline and neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer's has become one of the biggest public health challenges worldwide.

Relentless cognitive decline as we age is worrisome, and it is widely thought to be an unavoidable negative aspect of normal aging.

According to Glaxo, «average scores (in name - to - face association tests) were equivalent to reversal of six years» memory decline due to normal ageing».

While men experience some decline in the number of sperm, motility, and morphology — the number of normal sperm — after age 40, it's generally not enough to prevent them from becoming fathers.

For the first time, the scientists could quantitate two major trajectories of lung function leading to COPD: the fast decline trajectory, where lung function declines very rapidly from a normal level, and the alternative trajectory where suboptimal development of lung function during childhood and adolescence is the major determinant of COPD in older age.

The cloned mice started dying off at the age of 311 days — about half the age the normal mice began their decline, the group reports in the 11 February online version of Nature Genetics.

Founded by Paul F. Glenn in 1965, the mission of the Glenn Foundation For Medical Research is to extend the healthy years of life through research on mechanisms of biology that govern normal human aging and its related physiological decline, with the objective of translating research into interventions that will extend healthspan with lifespan.

As adults age, changes in physical health can be a natural part of the process, as can cognitive decline, which can range from normal change in cognition to the onset of disorders such as dementia or Alzheimer's disease.

The research just published proposes that the normal biology of mRNA regulation in neurons, in which RNA is generally silenced and only activated in the correct place and time, makes it susceptible to both age - related decline and disturbance by genetic mutation.

I've written about the use of neuropsychological tests for the differential diagnosis of AD, MCI, normal cognitive aging, and other neurodegenerative diseases, as well as for the prediction of cognitive decline and conversion from MCI to dementia.

Since its founding in 1965 the Glenn Foundation for Medical Research («GFMR») has supported basic research to better understand the biology that governs normal human aging and its related physiological decline, with the objective of developing interventions that will extend the healthy years of human life.

In people with autism, however, the number of neurons was higher than normal in young children and declined with age.

We will also determine whether the release of hormones from dense - core vesicles declines during normal aging and during the progression of neurodegenerative diseases, and thus could be a contributing factor to the age - related decline in neuronal function.

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Researchers from the Wake Forest School of Medicine found that aerobic exercise appears to boost thinking skills and brain volume in adults diagnosed with mild cognitive impairment, a condition that sits in between normal age - related memory decline and more serious dementia.

Low B12 levels at any age cause brain shrinkage and cognitive decline, even within the lower «normal range,» resulting in inflammation of brain myelin.

People aged 85 to 94 with good brain function whose cholesterol was above normal had a 32 percent lower risk for mental decline over the next 10 years compared with people aged 75 to 84, who had a 50 percent higher risk of developing dementia, researchers found.

Although collagen is the most abundant source of protein in your body, normal production declines as you age.

For example, an andropausal man whose serum test results indicate total testosterone at normal levels may still be experiencing loss of muscle and libido, prostate enlargement, and erectile dysfunction, along with increased risk of cardiovascular disease, osteoporosis and depression, if most of his testosterone is bound, which becomes increasingly likely in men > 50, the age at which testosterone levels typically begin to decline, while levels of sex hormone binding globulin (SHBG) increase with age.14

Treating the sequelae of the age - and stress - related decline in adult hormones with bio-identical hormone replacement (BHRT) can restore more youthful hormone levels and significantly alleviate symptoms associated with «normal» aging, optimizing health, happiness and quality of life.

A longitudinal study using PET scans to measure CMRglu in people ages fifty to eighty showed that people with the lowest CMRglu at baseline experienced the quickest development of overt AD.24 At baseline, hippocampal glucose metabolism in people who progressed from normal to AD was 26 percent below that of people who did not develop AD, and the annual rate of decline averaged 4.4 percent.

Though many women cope with the symptoms of menopause because they believe them to be a natural part of aging, symptoms are caused by an imbalance [Causes of Aging: Hormonal Decline] in reproductive hormones like estrogen and progesterone, and treatment to restore these hormones to a normal level can relieve or permanently resolve many sympaging, symptoms are caused by an imbalance [Causes of Aging: Hormonal Decline] in reproductive hormones like estrogen and progesterone, and treatment to restore these hormones to a normal level can relieve or permanently resolve many sympAging: Hormonal Decline] in reproductive hormones like estrogen and progesterone, and treatment to restore these hormones to a normal level can relieve or permanently resolve many symptoms.

«The present findings support recent clinical trials suggesting that regular intake of cocoa flavanols may have a beneficial effect on cognitive function, and possibly protect against normal age - related cognitive decline.»

Free radical damage has been linked to many chronic and life - threatening diseases, including arthritis, heart disease, diabetes, many types of cancer, and even the normal physical and psychological decline we associate with aging.

Pets of all ages, sizes, and breeds can have improved quality of life as a result of therapeutic interventions that can minimize the effects of disability, slow physical decline, promote weight loss, and allow earlier return to normal function and previous level of activity following surgical procedures.

Normal age - related cognitive decline means that each of us will, over time:

Early separations also predicted a slower than normal rate of decline in symptoms with age.

Very large scale studies with hundreds to thousands of children have determined that trajectories of physical aggression typically increase up through age 3, then decline.23 Although the greater aggression in males was to be expected, 24 the overall anger intensity and aggression severity in these patients with GD3 appear to be considerably greater than normal and significantly affect quality of life for them and their parents.