Researchers report in Science Advances that they have uncovered a new function for odontoblasts, the cells that form dentin, the shell beneath the tooth's enamel that encases the soft dental pulp...

The aging population combined with increasing obesity rates has resulted in more women experiencing pelvic organ prolapse. Common treatment options include pelvic reconstructive surgery or the use of...

Patients should be assessed for frailty before having many types of surgery, even if the surgery is considered low risk, a review of two national patient databases shows. Frailty is a clinical syndrome...

Salk scientists have used skin cells called fibroblasts from young and old patients to successfully create blood vessels cells that retain their molecular markers of age. The team’s approach, described...

The fountain of youth-CASIN slows down the aging processes Always been a dream of the people of eternal youth, or at least a significant slowing down of the aging process. The substance of CASIN could...

Cardiovascular disorders are leading causes of morbidity and death worldwide. Age-associated changes in arterial properties, such as endothelial dysfunction and structural alterations, are considered...

What is the role mitochondria play in the physical removal? Especially in the age of the human body builds up more and more. Therefore, it is very important measures, by which we such a reduction can slow...

Healthy aging has become one of the priorities of research in Europe. University of Tartu researchers looked for differences in the immune systems of young and old people with a focus on monocytes; they...

Investigators from Brigham and Women’s Hospital have made a potentially exciting discovery by jumping into the abyss of the dark side of the genome. Once dismissed as “junk DNA,” roughly...

A recent study published in the International Journal of Behavioral Development found having an optimistic spouse might cut your risk of developing dementia.  According to the study, a positive partner...