Aug 24 2010

Brain’s ‘Hardware’ Key to Decision-Making

Tag: Aging, Brain and Central Nervous SystemDiscovery News - Top Stories @ 9:00 pm
Is your brain connected to the neural equivalent of broadband or dial-up?

Aug 18 2010

Cloning Has Terrible Trade-Offs

Tag: Aging, Cloning, Death and Dying, Fertility, Plants, Sex and Reproduction, TreesLarry O'Hanlon @ 12:15 pm
Self-cloning aspens may seem to have the secret to immortal life, but research shows cloning has its limits.

Jul 12 2010

Longevity Gene May Boost Memory, Too

Tag: Aging, Brain and Central Nervous System, Health, Mental HealthDiscovery News - Top Stories @ 6:25 pm
The gene could one day be used to turbocharge memory and brain function.

Jul 01 2010

Long Life Is in the Genes, Study Shows

Tag: Aging, Genes, Genetic Science, MedicineIrene Klotz @ 6:00 pm
Diet and exercise can certainly help you to live a long, healthy life, but that might not be the whole story.

May 14 2010

Anti-Aging Secrets in Girl’s Genes?

Tag: Aging, DNA, Elderly, GenesEmily Sohn @ 2:43 pm
By analyzing the genes of a 17-year-old girl who is the size of an infant, scientists hope to find ways to achieve eternal youth.

May 06 2010

Growing Old With Engineering

Tag: Aging, Cars, Design, Driving, Earth, Engineering, Eye, Gadgets, Learning, The FutureGene Charleton @ 8:40 am
Young engineers will need to design products and systems suitable for a large elderly population.

May 04 2010

World’s Oldest Person Dies at 114

Tag: Aging, Death and DyingDiscovery News - Top Stories @ 2:59 pm
Kama Chinen, a Japanese woman from Okinawa, died one week before her 115th birthday.

Apr 05 2010

Older Found to Be Socially Wiser

Tag: Aging, Elderly, Grandfather, GrandmotherDiscovery News - Top Stories @ 3:44 pm
Listen to your elders -- research has proven they are, in fact, wiser when it comes to dealing with social conflict and change.

Mar 16 2010

Glaucoma Starts in the Brain

Tag: Aging, Brain and Central Nervous System, Eye, Medicine, SightIrene Klotz @ 10:29 am
Blindness from glaucoma, which afflicts more than 65 million people worldwide, starts with an injury in the brain, not the eye, new research shows.

Mar 09 2010

Two Oldest Americans Die on Same Day

Tag: Aging, Death and Dying, Death by Natural Causes, Medical Treatment, SleepDiscovery News - Top Stories @ 12:41 pm
Neva Morris, of Ames, Iowa, at age 114 years, 216 days, is now the oldest living American.

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