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Biomarkers reveal our biological age

Biomarkers reveal our biological age

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created Aug 19, 2008 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (21) | comments 2

(PhysOrg.com) -- Not a day passes when we don’t get a little bit older. However, the exact processes involved in human aging are still puzzling. Scientists working with Lenhard Rudolph and Hong Jiang from ...





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People entering their 60s may have more disabilities today than in prior generations

Medicine & Health / Health

created Nov 12, 2009 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (5) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- In a development that could have significant ramifications for the nation's health care system, Baby Boomers may well be entering their 60s suffering far more disabilities than their counterparts did in previous ...


Faithful mothers have healthier babies

Medicine & Health / Research

created Nov 12, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Faculty of 1000 reviewers examine a study from New Zealand on whether prolonged exposure to the father's semen protects new mothers against pre-eclampsia and having an undersized baby.


Longevity tied to genes that preserve tips of chromosomes

Medicine & Health / Genetics

created Nov 11, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (20) | comments 0

A team led by researchers at Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University has found a clear link between living to 100 and inheriting a hyperactive version of an enzyme that rebuilds telomeres - the tip ends ...


Ancient penguin DNA raises doubts about accuracy of genetic dating techniques

Ancient penguin DNA raises doubts about accuracy of genetic dating techniques

Biology / Evolution

created Nov 10, 2009 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (22) | comments 13

Penguins that died 44,000 years ago in Antarctica have provided extraordinary frozen DNA samples that challenge the accuracy of traditional genetic aging measurements, and suggest those approaches have been ...


WHO: AIDS leading cause of death, disease in women

Medicine & Health / HIV & AIDS

created Nov 09, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0

(AP) -- In its first study of women's health around the globe, the World Health Organization said Monday that the AIDS virus is the leading cause of death and disease among women between the ages of 15 and 44.


Poll: Many parents, high-priority adults who tried to get H1N1 vaccine unable to get it

Poll: Many parents, high-priority adults who tried to get H1N1 vaccine unable to get it

Medicine & Health / Health

created Nov 06, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- A new national poll from Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH) researchers found that a majority of adults who tried to get the H1N1 vaccine for themselves or their children have been unable ...


Java and nighttime jobs don't mix: study

Medicine & Health / Health

created Nov 03, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Night-shift workers should avoid drinking coffee if they wish to improve their sleep, according to research published in the journal Sleep Medicine. A new study led by Julie Carrier, a Université de Montréal psycho ...


Research explores the relationship between the mother-child bond and stress

Research explores the relationship between the mother-child bond and stress

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Oct 30, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- It’s the age-old psychological conundrum: nature versus nurture. Are children more, less or equally affected by their genetics and the environment in which they grow up? Professor of Psychology ...


Life's Ancient Island in the Ice

Life's Ancient Island in the Ice

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Oct 29, 2009 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (12) | comments 3

During the last ice age, massive glaciers covered much of our planet. However, a region of Alaska, Siberia and the Canadian Yukon remained ice-free. This region, known as Beringia, supported unique organisms ...


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Wolves lose their predatory edge in mid-life, study shows

Biology / Ecology

created Oct 26, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Although most wolves in Yellowstone National Park live to be nearly six years old, their ability to kill prey peaks when they are two to three, according to a study led by Dan MacNulty and recently published ...



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