Kidney disease is often associated with dialysis or transplants, but it also affects memory and concentration, and increases stroke risk.
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This little-known brain disorder is currently one of the biggest challenges facing medicine where age-related diseases are concerned.
Less than 1% of autism research has focused on older autistic people.
Sarcopenic obesity can creep up on us gradually over time. People might not appear frail or thin, but may have in fact already lost quite a lot of muscle through lack of use.
In the majority of cases, medications help patients. But even when treatment of individual illnesses is effective, treatment as a whole can become problematic.
Our study found that low levels of INSL3 hormone were associated with greater risk of cardiovascular disease, diabetes and frailty in men.
The protective caps at the ends of chromosomes naturally shorten over time. Researchers found that direct damage can prematurely trigger senescence and contribute to age-related diseases like cancer.
The negative health effects of Y chromosome loss could be one potential reason women tend to live longer than men.
Preventing age-related disease could give us five more years of healthy life in older age.
A research lab at Tufts University is trying to find out how the vitamin may protect against age-related disease.
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Associate Professor of Endocrinology and Reproductive Physiology, University of Nottingham
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Associate Dean of Research, Faculty of Health Sciences and Medicine, Bond University
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Professeur des Universités - Praticien Hospitalier en Néphrologie, Aix-Marseille Université (AMU)
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