Changes in the Gut Microbiome Correlate with Aging and Renal Function
The gut microbiome changes with age. Pro-inflammatory microbial populations grow in size at the expense of populations that produce beneficial metabolites. As researchers produce increasingly large databases of the composition of the gut microbiome across ages and populations, they are also mapping a growing number of specific connections between microbial species and aspects of aging. Some of this work shows causation, but most human data can only show correlations between aspects of the gut microbiome and aspects of aging. In today's open access paper, the authors focused on finding links between the gut microbiome and t...
Source: Fight Aging! - December 15, 2023 Category: Research Authors: Reason Tags: Medicine, Biotech, Research Source Type: blogs
Lifestyle matters: What we can do in 2024 to optimize cognition and life, delaying cognitive problems even dementia
This article was originally published on The Conversation.
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Source: SharpBrains - December 14, 2023 Category: Neuroscience Authors: The Conversation Tags: Brain/ Mental Health Alzheimer’s biological Brain-Fitness cognition cognitive engagement cognitive-abilities cognitive-reserve dementia depression exercise inflammation lifestyle neuroplasticity optimize cognition Stress Source Type: blogs
Featured Health IT Jobs – Epic Business Intelligence Analyst (Product Owner)
We like to regularly feature a healthcare IT job that might be of interest to readers. Today, we’re featuring the Epic Business Intelligence Analyst (Product Owner) position that was recently posted on Healthcare IT Central. This position was posted by Yakima Valley Farm Workers Clinic and is remote.
Here’s a description of the position:
Join our team as an Epic Business Intelligence Analyst (Product Owner) and help transform healthcare delivery. As a key player in our organization, you’ll create innovative enterprise business intelligence tools that empower our business partners to provide top-quality pati...
Source: EMR and HIPAA - December 13, 2023 Category: Information Technology Authors: John Lynn Tags: Career and Jobs Healthcare IT Analyst Jobs Epic Business Intelligence Analyst (Product Owner) Featured Opportunities Health IT Careers Health IT Jobs Healthcare IT Jobs Job Seekers Remote Jobs Yakima Valley Farm Workers Clinic Source Type: blogs
Reviewing What is Known of Hair Aging
The aging of hair is a priority for many, but in the grand scheme of things we might perhaps want to suffer that loss in preference to the decline of other bodily systems more essential to life. If that choice in priority of research and development is offered, at least. In fact, while a sizable and vocal industry focuses on the little that can be done today to satisfy the demand for an end to the aging of hair, research and development does occur, but not to the degree one might imagine, and is moving very slowly. The age-related disruption of hair growth and coloration processes is complex and incompletely understood. Ev...
Source: Fight Aging! - December 13, 2023 Category: Research Authors: Reason Tags: Daily News Source Type: blogs
Thoughts on Air Pollution and Accelerated Aging
A number of large epidemiological studies demonstrate that particulate air pollution correlates with mortality and incidence of age-related disease, likely via mechanisms involving increased inflammation resulting from the interaction of particulates with lung tissue. While socioeconomic status interacts with both exposure to air pollution and life expectancy, it is nonetheless possible to disentangle these effects in some population studies. While the long-term trend is towards reduced air pollution, it seems likely that chronic inflammation will be controlled and its effects on tissues reversed via novel therapeutics on ...
Source: Fight Aging! - December 13, 2023 Category: Research Authors: Reason Tags: Daily News Source Type: blogs
The NIA Interventions Testing Program Shows that Fisetin Does Not Extend Life in Mice
The latest results from the NIA Interventions Testing Program (ITP) were recently published. The ITP conducts the most rigorous of animal life span studies, frequently demonstrating that earlier promising results were incorrect. The most interesting outcome from this batch of different interventions is that fisetin, demonstrated to clear senescent cells in mice and improve health measures, did not extend life. In contrast, dasatinib and quercetin, the most well-studied senolytic, has been shown by other groups to extend life in mice, by 36% in one study. This is puzzling!
We might theorize that either fisetin at th...
Source: Fight Aging! - December 12, 2023 Category: Research Authors: Reason Tags: Medicine, Biotech, Research Source Type: blogs
Collagen, wrinkles, and ageing skin
Collagen is a protein that plays a crucial role in maintaining the structure, firmness, and elasticity of the skin. As we age, several changes occur in the collagen of our skin, contributing to the visible signs of ageing, such as the appearance of wrinkles.
Here are some key aspects of how collagen changes with age:
Decreased Production: The synthesis of collagen decreases with age, leading to a reduction in the overall amount of collagen in the skin. This reduced production is influenced by both genetic and environmental factors, such as sun exposure and lifestyle choices, like smoking and alcohol consumption. a balanced...
Source: David Bradley Sciencebase - Songs, Snaps, Science - December 12, 2023 Category: Science Authors: David Bradley Tags: Health and Medicine Source Type: blogs
Fight Aging! Newsletter, December 11th 2023
In this study, a single treatment at the peak of disease resulted in the ablation of senescent cells in the lung and attenuation of key fibrotic and inflammatory markers, which ultimately resolved fibrosis. Deciduous Therapeutics has used computational assisted design to synthesise a suite of proprietary therapies that could be used in the clinic to re-activate tissue-resident iNKT cells. To date, the company's lead program has shown single-dose efficacy in resolving both metabolic and fibrotic diseases along with a favorable safety profile at doses significantly higher than the efficacious dose.
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Source: Fight Aging! - December 10, 2023 Category: Research Authors: Reason Tags: Newsletters Source Type: blogs
Measles and immunity
The antivax brigade has a lot to answer for, not least the rise and rise of measles, which can be lethal, but is so easily staved off with vaccination. Even if it is not lethal for many, it can be a very problematic disease not least because in some ways it makes your immune system lose its memory of how to protect you from other diseases. While this effect may only be temporary in most cases, temporary can be long enough for another potentially lethal pathogen to take hold while you are vulnerable.
I’ve seen mention on social media of the notion that measles can delete your immune system’s memory of other dise...
Source: David Bradley Sciencebase - Songs, Snaps, Science - December 10, 2023 Category: Science Authors: David Bradley Tags: Health and Medicine Vaccines Source Type: blogs
Mari Ruddy and Extreme Healing
Today, I have the pleasure of sharing an incredibly inspiring conversation with one of my heroes, Mari Ruddy. If you are not familiar with Mari, buckle up – her story is one of profound resilience, strength, and healing. Like me, Mari lives with type 1 diabetes. She was diagnosed in 1981, and in addition to dealing with diabetes, Mari has also courageously overcome several other life challenges.
Mari discovered her love for distance cycling at the age of 39. TeamWILD, one of the organizations she created, played a crucial role in my journey, and it...
Source: Scott's Diabetes Blog - December 10, 2023 Category: Endocrinology Authors: Scott K. Johnson Tags: Blog Posts Source Type: blogs
5 Foods Science Says Will Help You Live Longer
The foods that help you live longer and protect you from cancer and heart disease. (Source: PsyBlog | Psychology Blog)
Source: PsyBlog | Psychology Blog - December 8, 2023 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Mina Dean Tags: Nutrition Source Type: blogs
A Strange Sensation That Could Be A Sign Of Vitamin D Deficiency
Many people experience this unusual sensation even with both feet firmly on the ground. (Source: PsyBlog | Psychology Blog)
Source: PsyBlog | Psychology Blog - December 8, 2023 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Jeremy Dean Tags: Nutrition Source Type: blogs
A Twin Study to Assess Short Term Cardiometabolic Health Benefits of a Vegan Diet
If you're familiar with discussion of veganism as a lifestyle choice, nothing in this material will all that surprising. Vegans tend towards lower calorie intake and the benefits resulting from that, and that may be the dominant effect when looking at commonly measured health metrics in vegan study participants. It would be interesting to see more comparison studies in which the vegans were held to the same calorie intake as the omnivore control participants, but, alas, that is logistically harder and thus not the approach chosen by most study organizers.
Although it's well-known that eating less meat improves car...
Source: Fight Aging! - December 8, 2023 Category: Research Authors: Reason Tags: Daily News Source Type: blogs
5 Simple Habits and Routines to Keep You Away from Depression and Stress
One of the major problems facing today’s generation is depression. Excessive workload, changing lifestyle, loneliness, and financial pressure all lead to stress which results in depression. You feel unhappy, non-productive and withdrawn when you are depressed.
Many experts believe that establishing routines filled with healthy habits is a great way to move more efficiently through your day while expending less mental energy and even willpower in the process. Following simple routines like exercising, eating the right food, taking energy supplements, meditating, and getting sufficient sleep can help to manage str...
Source: PickTheBrain | Motivation and Self Improvement - December 7, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: jaya Tags: career confidence depression featured happiness health and fitness meditation motivation productivity tips self-improvement habits routines stress Source Type: blogs
