News tagged with age progression

Scientists achieve breakthrough in growth hormone research

Researchers in the School of Biomedical Sciences at The University of Queensland (UQ) have made a ground-breaking discovery in the study of growth hormone.

Medicine & Health / Research

created Jun 17, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Surgery reduces risk of mortality due to prostate cancer even for low-risk groups

A Swedish research team partly consisting of researchers from Uppsala University followed a group of prostate cancer patients in the Nordic region for 15 years. The study found, among other things, that surgery reduces the ...

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created May 05, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Older and stronger: Progressive resistance training can build muscle, increase strength as we age

Getting older doesn't mean giving up muscle strength. Not only can adults fight the battle of strength and muscle loss that comes with age, but the Golden Years can be a time to get stronger, say experts at the University ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created Mar 31, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 1

Research Raises Questions About Age Progression Photographs of Missing Children

(PhysOrg.com) -- When a child goes missing, law enforcement agencies often digitally alter old photos to show how the child might have aged. In one of the first laboratory studies to test the effectiveness of these photographs, ...

Other Sciences / Other

created Apr 30, 2009 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (3) | comments 0




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Primary care program helps obese teen girls manage weight, improve body image and behavior

Teenage girls gained less weight, improved their body image, ate less fast food, and had more family meals after participating in a 6- month program that involved weekly peer meetings, consultations with primary care providers ...

Medicine & Health / Health

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Tenofovir, leading HIV medication, linked with risk of kidney damage

(Medical Xpress) -- Tenofovir, one of the most effective and commonly prescribed antiretroviral medications for HIV/AIDS, is associated with a significant risk of kidney damage and chronic kidney disease that increases over ...

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A lost world? How zooarchaeology can inform biodiversity conservation

A new study of tropical forests will provide a 50,000-year perspective on how animal biodiversity has changed, explored through an archaeological investigation of animal bones.

Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils

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New cases of rare genetic disorder identified

Scientists at the University of Liverpool, working with international partners, have shown a rare genetic disease, that causes crippling osteoarthritis in the spine and major joints, is far more prevalent worldwide than previously ...

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created 11 hours ago | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Brain-imaging technique predicts who will suffer cognitive decline over time

Cognitive loss and brain degeneration currently affect millions of adults, and the number will increase, given the population of aging baby boomers. Today, nearly 20 percent of people age 65 or older suffer ...

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

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UK cases of progressive sight loss condition set to rise a third by 2020

New cases of the progressive sight loss condition, known as age-related macular degeneration, or AMD for short, are set to rise by a third in the UK over the next decade, reveals research published online in the British Jo ...

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Scientists discover molecular secrets of 2,000-year-old Chinese herbal remedy

For roughly two thousand years, Chinese herbalists have treated Malaria using a root extract, commonly known as Chang Shan, from a type of hydrangea that grows in Tibet and Nepal. More recent studies suggest that halofuginone, ...

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created Feb 12, 2012 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (24) | comments 29 | with audio podcast

Drug halts organ damage in inflammatory genetic disorder

A new study shows that Kineret (anakinra), a medication approved for the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis, is effective in stopping the progression of organ damage in people with neonatal-onset multisystem inflammatory disease ...

Medicine & Health / Medications

created Feb 10, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

'Do your best' not a good enough goal to improve diabetes diet

(Medical Xpress) -- A specific goal to eat a set number of daily servings of low-glycemic-index foods can improve dietary habits of people with Type 2 diabetes, according to new research.

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created Feb 09, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

New procedure bests standard of care for fixing damaged cartilage

A new study has demonstrated that a procedure wherein healthy cartilage is transplanted to fix an area of damaged cartilage (osteoarticular cartilage transplantation or OATS procedure) is superior to the standard of care ...

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created Feb 08, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0


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