This type of chronic, low level inflammation is very common and researchers believe it is a contributor
in age related diseases including cardiovascular and neurodegenerative illnesses.
Not exact matches
«Firearm -
related deaths are the third leading cause of death overall among U.S. children
aged 1 to 17 years, surpassing the number of deaths from pediatric congenital anomalies, heart
disease, influenza and / or pneumonia, chronic lower respiratory
disease, and cerebrovascular causes,» wrote the CDC
in its report.
And a variety of studies are looking at what role the breakdown of tryptophan may play
in aging and
age -
related diseases.
Venter reiterated this sentiment: «Using the combined power of our core areas of expertise — genomics, informatics, and stem cell therapies, we are tackling one of the greatest medical / scientific and societal challenges —
aging and
aging related diseases,» he said
in a statement.
To this end, Calico has also forged a partnership with a Chicago - based biopharmaceutical company called AbbVie,
in order to develop drugs that will tackle
aging and
age -
related diseases such as neurodegeneration and cancer.
Demographers call this reduction
in the typical span of
age -
related illness «the compression of morbidity» and attribute it primarily to improvements
in the treatment of common ailments such as heart
disease.
When these «energy factories» are topped off, neurons
in the brain may be better able to ward off stress from
age -
related brain
diseases that ordinarily exhaust or kill the cells.
According to the researchers, if the same was found to be true
in humans, it could not only have implications as a sleep aid, but may also help to curb
age -
related disease.
Using advances
in genomic sequencing, the human microbiome, proteomics, informatics, computing, and cell therapy technologies, HLI is building the world's most comprehensive database of human genotypes and phenotypes as a basis for a variety of commercialization opportunities to help solve
aging related disease and human biological decline.
Antioxidants are substances that help to prevent the damaging effects of oxidation
in the body, and
diseases related to
aging.
The herb contains exceptionally high levels of beta - carotene and vitamin A and is rich
in zeaxanthin an anti-oxidant that helps protect
age -
related macular
disease.
This vegetable also has Zea - xanthin which helps protect eyes from «
age -
related macular
disease» (ARMD)
in the elderly persons by filtering harmful ultra-violet rays.
Today, much of the nutritional news on fruits and vegetables revolves around antioxidants and their role
in preventing
age -
related disease.
The Zea - xanthin
in them helps to filter harmful ultra-violet rays, which protect eyes from «
age -
related macular
disease.»
(Studies have linked loss of smell to the same neurotransmitters implicated
in age -
related diseases like Parkinson's and Alzheimer's.)
The herb contains exceptionally high levels of beta - carotene and vitamin A and is rich
in zeaxanthin an antioxidant that helps protect
age -
related macular
disease.
Spinach - A very nutrient - dense food - Loaded with flavonoids which act as antioxidants, protecting the body from free radicals - Helps keep the heart healthy - May slow the
age -
related decline
in brain function - Its lutein protects against eye
diseases such as
age -
related cataracts and macular degeneration
In fact, the Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention reports that United States emergency rooms see more than 200,000 children up to
age 14 each year for playground -
related issues.
Many parents misunderstand that drooling is
related to
diseases in babies; however, it is not true.Drooling often occurs when babies are just 1 or 2 months of
age.
«Calorie restriction trial
in humans suggests benefits for
age -
related disease.»
An expert panel convened by the Institute of Medicine clarified the cognitive
aging process by making a distinction from Alzheimer
disease and
related dementias, and provided recommendations to enhance cognitive health
in older adults.
A smell or taste that stretches lifespan
in humans could be a potential preventative for
age -
related disease, he adds.
Sinclair thinks that these mouse models indicate that resveratrol may be effective
in preventing
age -
related diseases in humans, like cancer, heart
disease and type 2 diabetes.
The finding could change the course of research into the role of oxidation
in age -
related diseases.
«A sedentary lifestyle increases the propensity to
aging -
related disease and premature death,» researchers at King's College London report today
in the journal Archives of Internal Medicine.
-- we could «identify novel drugs able to combat
age -
related diseases in completely new ways and thereby shorten the period of chronic illness experienced at the end of life.»
Longer - term goals are therapies that more directly target the major pathway
in this typically
age -
related disease.
The work, which was done
in mice, is yet more evidence of a causal link between chromosome length and
age -
related disease.
«This truly remarkable research is worth watching,» said Gerald Weissmann, M.D., Editor -
in - Chief of The FASEB Journal, «because it may help usher
in an era
in which
age -
related macular degeneration is either eliminated or no longer considered a serious
disease.»
«Dementia, including the most common form Alzheimer's
Disease, and
related neurodegenerative conditions are dramatically rising
in frequency as people live longer and our population
ages,» says study lead Professor Robert Richards, from the University of Adelaide's School of Biological Sciences.
«Further studies are needed to clearly distinguish between correlative and causal observations
in proposed links between obstructive sleep apnea,
aging, and
age -
related disease,» they write.
«The next step
in understanding sleep apnea
in the future will be to dissect different subtypes of sleep apnea, likely defined by distinct pathophysiological mechanisms which may underlie different outcomes and predisposition to comorbidities,» Cavadas says, «As human life expectancy increases, delaying the onset of
age -
related diseases becomes critical to our society.»
The study, published online ahead of print
in The Journal of Clinical Investigation, has implications for treating
diseases such as diabetic retinopathy and
age -
related macular degeneration — the leading causes of vision loss
in adults.
Their study published last week
in Science Translational Medicine demonstrated that the fasting - mimicking diet reduced risks for cancer, diabetes, heart
disease and other
age -
related diseases in human study participants who followed the special diet for five days each month
in a three - month span.
In recent years, between 71 percent and 85 percent of flu -
related deaths have occurred among people 65 years of
age and older, according to estimates from the Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
People with the disorder suffer
age -
related diseases early
in life, including cataracts, type 2 diabetes, hardening of the arteries, osteoporosis and cancer, and most die
in their late 40s or early 50s.
Dr Schneck and coauthors add, «The most common
age -
related eye
diseases (glaucoma,
age -
related macular degeneration, and diabetic eye
disease) all produce blue - yellow color vision anomalies, at least
in the preclinical or early stages.»
Researchers only discovered this process
in the late 1990s, but they've already begun dozens of clinical trials to gauge whether infusing patients with these small RNAs works against a range of
diseases, from lung infections to liver cancer to
age -
related macular degeneration, a sight - stealing condition that mainly affects people over the
age of 50.
«We think this could provide a paradigm shift
in the treatment of
age -
related disease, including cancer,» said Buck professor Judith Campisi, PhD, senior scientist on the study.
«Lifespan - extending drug given late
in life reverses
age -
related heart
disease in mice: Rapamycin.»
He and Hunter teamed up with the lab of Rusty Gage, a professor
in Salk's Laboratory of Genetics and holder of the Vi and John Adler Chair for Research on
Age -
Related Neurodegenerative
Disease.
Elderly mice suffering from
age -
related heart
disease saw a significant improvement
in cardiac function after being treated with the FDA - approved drug rapamycin for just three months.
Physicists have devised a new method of investigating brain function, opening a new frontier
in the diagnoses of neurodegenerative and
aging related diseases.
An unexpected finding was that many of the innate immunity pathways that were active
in the late stages of these inherited blinding
diseases were the same as those that are associated with more common vision disorders including diabetic retinopathy and
age -
related macular degeneration, or AMD.
«[It's] a whole new window into
age -
related diseases,» said Darwin's David Galas, adding, «The exciting thing about this is it shows an error
in DNA metabolism that actually connects cancer with cardiovascular
disease.
Findings indicate Alzheimer's starts
in early childhood, and the
disease progression
relates to
age, APOE 4 status and particulate exposure.
«We were surprised to find so many similarities between these two
diseases, but most striking was that some of these common signatures are shared with other conditions like diabetic retinopathy and
age -
related macular degeneration,» said William A. Beltran, senior author on the study, an associate professor of ophthalmology
in Penn Vet's Department of Clinical Sciences and Advanced Medicine and director of the Division of Experimental Retinal Therapies.
«Overlooked cell key player
in preventing
age -
related vision loss: Tree - shaped retinal cells called Müller glia may provide a new therapeutic target for treating degenerative eye
diseases.»
Most research looks at
aging in older people, but the seeds of
age -
related diseases are planted decades earlier — that's why these researchers believe it's crucial to study
aging in the young.
The identification of factors that slow the
age - dependent deterioration of the neurogenic niche
in mice may constitute the basis for new methods of treating
age -
related neurodegenerative and neurovascular
diseases.