Prior research has found that there may be a connection between hearing loss in aging people and the onset of dementia. In a new study, a team of health care researchers and geriatric specialists affiliated with Johns Hopkins ...
A team of doctors and medical researchers from Vanderbilt University Medical Center and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has found that vaccinating people 60 years and older against the respiratory syncytial ...
A large, international team of researchers with a variety of backgrounds has developed a band that can be worn on the wrist or ankle to measure changes in the chemical makeup of sweat over a short period of time. Their paper ...
Aging is known to have profound effects on the human brain, prompting changes in the composition of cells and the expression of genes, while also altering aspects of the interaction between genes and environmental factors. ...
A team of material engineers and orthopedic specialists affiliated with several institutions in China has developed a hydrogel for slowing or stopping the progression of osteoarthritis. Their research is published in the ...
A team of sport and exercise specialists in the U.K., Qatar and Ireland has found that a little-known group of long, thin muscles that run from the knee to the pelvis play a much bigger role in lifting heavy objects than ...
Internal states that animals experience while they are thirsty, hungry, sleepy or aggressive have been found to be linked with the combined activity of various neuromodulators and neurotransmitters. These chemical messengers ...
Synapses are junctions via which neurons communicate with each other or with other types of cells. Synapses are formed throughout the course of a person's life, yet their strength and numbers change over time, a phenomenon ...
A team of public health specialists at the University of New South Wales's George Institute for Global Health, in Australia, has found that approximately 60% of premade infant and toddler foods sold in the U.S. do not meet ...
A study by an international research collaborative reports a stunning blood modification method that not only protects red blood cells for perfusion-based transplant organ cryostorage, but could make blood types cross-compatible ...
