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Healthy Ageing: is the process of developing and maintaining the functional ability that enables wellbeing in older age. Functional ability is about having the capabilities that enable all people to be and do what they have reason to value.
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MAY 01, 2015Neuroscience
A study published in Paediatric Critical Care Medicine and funded by the Meningitis Research Foundation indicates that c ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderAPR 27, 2015Neuroscience
Deadly brain tumors called high-grade gliomas grow with the help of nerve activity in the cerebral cortex, according to ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderAPR 24, 2015Neuroscience
The study looked at 10 healthy infants aged between one and six days old and 10 healthy adults aged 23-36 years. Infants ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderAPR 24, 2015Cancer
The simple act of thinking can accelerate the growth of many brain tumors.That's the conclusion of a paper in Cell publi ...Written By: Robert WoodardAPR 21, 2015Neuroscience
The brains of babies 'light up' in a very similar way to adults when exposed to the same painful stimulus, a pioneering ...Written By: Will HectorAPR 17, 2015Neuroscience
Time to kiss writer's block goodbye.
Researchers from the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill have found ...Written By: Robert WoodardAPR 15, 2015Genetics & Genomics
Coffee drinking is often associated with lower rates of degenerative diseases, from Parkinson's to cancers. Two recent s ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderAPR 15, 2015Genetics & Genomics
Maintaining the stability and the correct sequence of our genetic information is vital to the accurate transmission of o ...Written By: Robert WoodardAPR 08, 2015Neuroscience
Indiana University researchers have found that broken communication in a specific part of the brain plays a role in the ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderAPR 08, 2015Health & Medicine
While some people say that the family that plays together stays together, new research has indicated that the couple tha ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderAPR 02, 2015Genetics & Genomics
As a patient prepares to become the first in history to receive his own genetically engineered stem cells for sickle cel ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderAPR 01, 2015Genetics & Genomics
Lung diseases like emphysema and pulmonary fibrosis are common among people with malfunctioning telomeres, the "caps" or ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderMAR 31, 2015Neuroscience
Even before Ronald Reagan became the oldest elected president, his mental state was a political issue. His adversaries o ...Written By: Will HectorMAR 27, 2015Neuroscience
The search for a fountain of youth has bedeviled kings and alchemists for centuries. Around 80 years ago, Cornell Univer ...Written By: Will HectorMAR 26, 2015Health & Medicine
Diets come and go, and the news is constantly filled with the findings and opinions about what is good for you and what ...Written By: Robert WoodardMAR 23, 2015Cancer
Deadly familial stomach and lobular breast cancers could be successfully treated at their earliest stages, or even preve ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderMAR 19, 2015Genetics & Genomics
A clinical trial of the most common sickle cell anemia drug, hydroxyurea, was halted a year early this winter because of ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderMAR 13, 2015Neuroscience
Queensland scientists have found that non-invasive ultrasound technology can be used to treat Alzheimer's disease and re ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderMAR 06, 2015Genetics & Genomics
When it comes to gene expression - the process by which our DNA provides the recipe used to direct the synthesis of prot ...Written By: Judy O'RourkeFEB 27, 2015Health & Medicine
ATLANTA --Â A nasty intestinal bug sickens nearly twice as many Americans each year as was previously thought, according ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimFEB 23, 2015Genetics & Genomics
The FDA has approved the Bloom Syndrome carrier test from 23andMe, Mountain View, Calif, a direct-to-consumer (DTC) gene ...Written By: Judy O'RourkeFEB 20, 2015Health & Medicine
Methamphetamine starts out as a feed-good drug, but its long-term effects can be devastating. Research demonstrates that ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderJAN 09, 2015Cancer
Cancer kills 8 million people worldwide every year, 14 million new cancer cases are diagnosed annually and finding a cur ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderOCT 27, 2014Videos
Dietary cocoa flavanols—naturally occurring bioactives found in cocoa—reversed age-related memory decline in ...Written By: Judy O'Rourke
MAY 01, 2015
Neuroscience
A study published in Paediatric Critical Care Medicine and funded by the Meningitis Research Foundation indicates that c
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
APR 27, 2015
Neuroscience
Deadly brain tumors called high-grade gliomas grow with the help of nerve activity in the cerebral cortex, according to
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
APR 24, 2015
Neuroscience
The study looked at 10 healthy infants aged between one and six days old and 10 healthy adults aged 23-36 years. Infants
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
APR 24, 2015
Cancer
The simple act of thinking can accelerate the growth of many brain tumors.That's the conclusion of a paper in Cell publi
...
Written By:
Robert Woodard
APR 21, 2015
Neuroscience
The brains of babies 'light up' in a very similar way to adults when exposed to the same painful stimulus, a pioneering
...
Written By:
Will Hector
APR 17, 2015
Neuroscience
Time to kiss writer's block goodbye.
Researchers from the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill have found ...
Researchers from the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill have found ...
Written By:
Robert Woodard
APR 15, 2015
Genetics & Genomics
Coffee drinking is often associated with lower rates of degenerative diseases, from Parkinson's to cancers. Two recent s
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
APR 15, 2015
Genetics & Genomics
Maintaining the stability and the correct sequence of our genetic information is vital to the accurate transmission of o
...
Written By:
Robert Woodard
APR 08, 2015
Neuroscience
Indiana University researchers have found that broken communication in a specific part of the brain plays a role in the
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
APR 08, 2015
Health & Medicine
While some people say that the family that plays together stays together, new research has indicated that the couple tha
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
APR 02, 2015
Genetics & Genomics
As a patient prepares to become the first in history to receive his own genetically engineered stem cells for sickle cel
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
APR 01, 2015
Genetics & Genomics
Lung diseases like emphysema and pulmonary fibrosis are common among people with malfunctioning telomeres, the "caps" or
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
MAR 31, 2015
Neuroscience
Even before Ronald Reagan became the oldest elected president, his mental state was a political issue. His adversaries o
...
Written By:
Will Hector
MAR 27, 2015
Neuroscience
The search for a fountain of youth has bedeviled kings and alchemists for centuries. Around 80 years ago, Cornell Univer
...
Written By:
Will Hector
MAR 26, 2015
Health & Medicine
Diets come and go, and the news is constantly filled with the findings and opinions about what is good for you and what
...
Written By:
Robert Woodard
MAR 23, 2015
Cancer
Deadly familial stomach and lobular breast cancers could be successfully treated at their earliest stages, or even preve
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
MAR 19, 2015
Genetics & Genomics
A clinical trial of the most common sickle cell anemia drug, hydroxyurea, was halted a year early this winter because of
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
MAR 13, 2015
Neuroscience
Queensland scientists have found that non-invasive ultrasound technology can be used to treat Alzheimer's disease and re
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
MAR 06, 2015
Genetics & Genomics
When it comes to gene expression - the process by which our DNA provides the recipe used to direct the synthesis of prot
...
Written By:
Judy O'Rourke
FEB 27, 2015
Health & Medicine
ATLANTA --Â A nasty intestinal bug sickens nearly twice as many Americans each year as was previously thought, according
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
FEB 23, 2015
Genetics & Genomics
The FDA has approved the Bloom Syndrome carrier test from 23andMe, Mountain View, Calif, a direct-to-consumer (DTC) gene
...
Written By:
Judy O'Rourke
FEB 20, 2015
Health & Medicine
Methamphetamine starts out as a feed-good drug, but its long-term effects can be devastating. Research demonstrates that
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
JAN 09, 2015
Cancer
Cancer kills 8 million people worldwide every year, 14 million new cancer cases are diagnosed annually and finding a cur
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
OCT 27, 2014
Videos
Dietary cocoa flavanols—naturally occurring bioactives found in cocoa—reversed age-related memory decline in
...
Written By:
Judy O'Rourke