Enjoying satisfying relationships with partners, family, friends and work colleagues and exercising at least once every month could boost your physical and mental health in…
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Why everyday stress could be the key to a healthy old age
Few words in the English language conjure up more negative emotions than stress. The mere mention of those six letters might elicit mental images of…
View More Why everyday stress could be the key to a healthy old age‘Initially I thought it was a scam’: can collagen really turn back the clock?
Of all the 20,000 or so different proteins in the human body, there is one that dominates more than any other. Without it, our cells…
View More ‘Initially I thought it was a scam’: can collagen really turn back the clock?Faster times, record numbers: the science of running marathons as an older person
This year’s London marathon will have record numbers of veteran participants, with a near-doubling of the number of female runners aged 60 to 69 registering…
View More Faster times, record numbers: the science of running marathons as an older personBrain damage claim leads to new row over electroshock therapy
It is one of the most dramatic techniques employed in modern psychology. An electric shock is administered directly to the brains of individuals who are…
View More Brain damage claim leads to new row over electroshock therapyResearch may reveal why people can suddenly become frail in their 70s
A groundbreaking theory of ageing that explains why people can suddenly become frail after reaching their 70s has raised the prospect of new therapies for…
View More Research may reveal why people can suddenly become frail in their 70sDoes turmeric’s reputation translate into real health benefits?
While Kamal Patel was probing through the reams of user data on examine.com – a website that calls itself “the internet’s largest database of nutrition…
View More Does turmeric’s reputation translate into real health benefits?Seven hours’ sleep is ideal amount in middle to old age, study finds
Seven hours of sleep each night is the ideal amount in middle to old age, research suggests. The study of nearly 500,000 adults aged between…
View More Seven hours’ sleep is ideal amount in middle to old age, study findsScientists make further inroads into reversing ageing process of cells
People could eventually be able to turn the clock back on the cell-ageing process by 30 years, according to researchers who have developed a technique…
View More Scientists make further inroads into reversing ageing process of cellsAgeing reversal: scientists rejuvenate tissues in middle-aged mice
The prospect of medical therapies that rewind the clock on the ageing process has edged a little closer after scientists safely rejuvenated tissues in middle-aged…
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