Fight Aging! Newsletter, August 22nd 2016
This study provides additional fuel to really bolster research efforts by us and others in geroscience, a field that seeks to understand relationships between the biology of aging and age-related diseases. Aging is the most important risk factor for common chronic conditions such as heart disease, Alzheimer's and cancer, which are likely to share pathways with aging and therefore interventions designed to slow biological aging processes may also delay the onset of disease and disability, thus expanding years of healthy and independent lives for our seniors."
Longer-Lived Parents and Cardiovascular Outcomes
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Source: Fight Aging! - August 21, 2016 Category: Research Authors: Reason Tags: Newsletters Source Type: blogs
The 7 Amazing Benefits of Meditation
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As a practice of mind and body, meditation focuses on the interaction among the body, brain, soul and your behavior. Here are 7 amazing benefits of meditation.
Increase Creativity
Researchers from Leiden University have been studying how open-monitoring meditation with focused attention can help to improve a person’s creativity after. What they found was interesting. They discovered that those who practiced open-monito...
Source: PickTheBrain | Motivation and Self Improvement - August 18, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: janetmiller Tags: confidence featured health and fitness meditation self improvement best health blog health benefits of meditation how to meditate pickthebrain Source Type: blogs
Measuring Small Differences in Aging Between Populations
The advent of tools capable of accurately assessing the state of biological aging, such as measurement of changes in DNA methylation patterns, means that researchers can now produce additional and more robust data on quite small differences in longevity that exist when comparing various human populations. Measurement doesn't say much about why these differences exist: there we are back to discussing the degree to which it is genetics versus lifestyle and culture. Nonetheless, this particular study provides good evidence for the utility of DNA methylation as a biomarker of aging, given that the results match up fairly well ...
Source: Fight Aging! - August 17, 2016 Category: Research Authors: Reason Tags: Daily News Source Type: blogs
Understanding the menopause
Too many women do not understand the menopause – this has to change, says Louise Newson (Source: OnMedica Blogs)
Source: OnMedica Blogs - August 8, 2016 Category: Journals (General) Source Type: blogs
Medtech Innovator 2016 Semi-Finalists Announced
MedTech Innovator, the medtech industry’s annual start-up competition and virtual accelerator, has just announced their 20 semi-finalists. 430 companies from around the globe applied for these coveted spots, and were reviewed by 90 reviewers from 50 different companies. These ground-breaking semi-finalists will undergo a four month virtual accelerator before attending AdvaMed 2016. There, four finalists will be selected to present and compete for $250,000 in cash prizes, with the winner being selected by audience vote. In addition, throughout the year there will be additional awards given in three areas: Value, Ex...
Source: Medgadget - July 6, 2016 Category: Medical Equipment Authors: Justin Barad Tags: Exclusive News Source Type: blogs
Drama - I Hate You, But Come Closer
Mark's parents visited and have now gone. I guess the trip was a "success", as much as it can be. I see now why I get so upset after being with them, even though they appear to be friendly towards me. I am treated like an outsider, yet in a polite way, if that makes any sense. I suppose that is natural - I am not their child, but for me it is a bit different. I do not have my own side of the family with connections. My expectations from them are too high I am sure. I told my sister in law that we are not the In-Laws, we are the Out-Laws. She loved it and feels the same.I talked about it ...
Source: bipolar.and.me - July 3, 2016 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: blogs
Will It Come Back?
Will it come back? We ponder that question. We obsess over that question. We analyze it to death. We dissect that question. We dream about that question. We have nightmares about that question. And no one can tell us anything.Once you get cancer, you never know if it will come back. Or when. That's what really sucks about cancer.I did read an article summary recently that discusses some indicators of when breast cancer might recur. A study was done to see if it could be determined which factors contributed to when breast cancer might come back. Some factors were determined to have impact and others not.A hig...
Source: Caroline's Breast Cancer Blog - June 25, 2016 Category: Cancer & Oncology Tags: breast cancer cancer recurrence Source Type: blogs
All you wanted to know about egg freezing
This article first appeared at http://eggchill.com/dr-malpani/Want to know more about egg freezing ? Please send me your medical details by filling in the form at www.drmalpani.com/free-second-opinion so that I can guide you ! (Source: Dr.Malpani's Blog)
Source: Dr.Malpani's Blog - June 18, 2016 Category: Reproduction Medicine Source Type: blogs
Sleep Drugs: What Every Woman Should Know
The post below first appeared on Law Street.
Sleepless nights; nights full of tossing and turning. It happens to all of us–but for some it’s more frequent than others. In fact, an estimated 50 to 70 million American adults suffer from sleep disorders like insomnia or obstructive sleep apnea. Many turn to prescription sleep medications for relief– but women are more likely to take sleep drugs than men. About 3.1 percent of American men and 5 percent of American women report having used a prescription sleep medication within the last 30 days.
What does this use of sleep aids mean for women? Read on to learn more...
Source: Disruptive Women in Health Care - May 11, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: dw at disruptivewomen.net Tags: Women's Health Source Type: blogs
Yet again, acupuncture does not work for menopausal hot flashes
Arguably, one of the most popular forms of so-called “complementary and alternative medicine” (CAM) being “integrated” with real medicine by those who label their specialty “integrative medicine” is acupuncture. It’s particularly popular in academic medical centers as a subject of what I like to refer to as “quackademic medicine“; that is, the study of pseudoscience… (Source: Respectful Insolence)
Source: Respectful Insolence - April 25, 2016 Category: Surgery Authors: Orac Tags: Cancer Clinical trials Complementary and alternative medicine Quackery acupuncture breast cancer hot flashes menopause quackademic medicine Source Type: blogs
Once again, acupuncture doesn’t work for menopausal hot flashes
Of all the forms of quackery that have been “integrated” into medicine of late, arguably one of the most popular is acupuncture. It’s offered in fertility clinics. It’s offered in hospitals and medical clinics all over the place. The vast majority of academic medical centers that have embraced quackademic medicine offer acupuncture. (Quackademic medicine, for… (Source: Respectful Insolence)
Source: Respectful Insolence - April 13, 2016 Category: Surgery Authors: Orac Tags: Cancer Complementary and alternative medicine Pseudoscience Quackery Skepticism/critical thinking acupuncture clinical trial hot flashes menopause quackademic medicine Source Type: blogs
Fight Aging! Newsletter, April 11th 2016
In this study we expanded the study by investigating associations of the rest blood parameters with age, and associations between generations, aiming to seek candidate factors associated with familial longevity. Associations of blood parameters in centenarians (CEN) with their first generation of offspring (F1) and F1 spouses (F1SP) were analyzed.
In this study, using association and further comparison analyses we identified several blood parameters that may contribute to longevity. First, total cholesterol (TC) and triglyceride (TG) increased with age until 80 years, but decreased in centenarians, indicating that l...
Source: Fight Aging! - April 10, 2016 Category: Research Authors: Reason Tags: Newsletters Source Type: blogs
DNA Methylation with Aging in Skin Tissue
DNA methylation is a form of epigenetic alteration to DNA, influencing the rate at which specific proteins are produced from their blueprint genes. The pattern of methylation shifts constantly in response to circumstances, but since the damage that causes aging is much the same in everyone, it is possible to identify patterns that correlate well with age. Here researchers investigate DNA methylation changes in aging skin:
Epigenetic changes represent an attractive mechanism for understanding the phenotypic changes associated with human aging. Age-related changes in DNA methylation at the genome scale have been terme...
Source: Fight Aging! - April 4, 2016 Category: Research Authors: Reason Tags: Daily News Source Type: blogs
The Gardasil Vaccine Disaster and Why You Must Investigate This Vaccine Yourself
The HPV vaccine has proven to be a disaster. This vaccine, developed to protect young women from cervical cancer, has failed to provide protection. In fact, it has succeeded in doing the opposite by increasing cervical cancer rates in those vaccinated.
Reports of health damage caused by this vaccine are immense. The HPV vaccination has been linked with life-threatening autoimmune disorders, cancer, paralysis, infertility and death. In fact, several countries have opposed the vaccine, as evidenced through public warning or lawsuits.
A lead researcher of the vaccine has advised parents not to use it. One independent group of...
Source: vactruth.com - March 24, 2016 Category: Allergy & Immunology Authors: Michelle Goldstein Tags: Logical Michelle Goldstein Recent Articles American Medical Association (AMA) autoimmune disorders blood clots brain inflammation Centers for Disease Control (CDC) Cervarix disabling fatigue eizures facial paralysis gardasil Guil Source Type: blogs
What You Need to Know to Protect Your Daughter from the Gardasil Vaccine Disaster
The HPV vaccine has proven to be a disaster. This vaccine, developed to protect young women from cervical cancer, has failed to provide protection. In fact, it has succeeded in doing the opposite by increasing cervical cancer rates in those vaccinated.
Reports of health damage caused by this vaccine are immense. The HPV vaccination has been linked with life-threatening autoimmune disorders, cancer, paralysis, infertility and death. In fact, several countries have opposed the vaccine, as evidenced through public warning or lawsuits.
A lead researcher of the vaccine has advised parents not to use it. One independent group of...
Source: vactruth.com - March 24, 2016 Category: Allergy & Immunology Authors: Michelle Goldstein Tags: Logical Michelle Goldstein Recent Articles American Medical Association (AMA) autoimmune disorders blood clots brain inflammation Centers for Disease Control (CDC) Cervarix disabling fatigue eizures facial paralysis gardasil Guil Source Type: blogs
