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Naturally produced estrogen may protect women from Parkinson's disease
Feb 25, 2009 |
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Women who have more years of fertility (the time from first menstruation to menopause) have a lower risk of developing Parkinson’s disease than women with fewer years, according to a large, new study by researchers at Albert ...
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Inbreeding insects cast light on longer female lifespans
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Feb 06, 2009 |
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Inbreeding can unexpectedly extend male lifespan. Insect experiments described in the open access journal BMC Evolutionary Biology have shown that, in seed beetles, inbreeding causes males to live longer, while shortening ...
Warmer environment means shorter lives for cold-blooded animals
Jul 27, 2009 |
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Temperature explains much of why cold-blooded organisms such as fish, amphibians, crustaceans, and lizards live longer at higher latitudes than at lower latitudes, according to research published this week in the Proceedings of ...
Late motherhood boosts family lifespan
May 04, 2009 |
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Women who have babies naturally in their 40s or 50s tend to live longer than other women. Now, a new study shows their brothers also live longer, but the brothers' wives do not, suggesting the same genes prolong ...
Male factor infertility associated with comorbidities
Nov 09, 2009 |
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The December issue of European Urology, the official journal of the European Association of Urology, features an article entitled 'Are Infertile Men Less Healthy than Fertile Men? Results of a Prospective Case-Control Survey ...
Key protein may explain the anti-aging and anti-cancer benefits of dietary restriction
May 22, 2009 |
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A protein that plays a key role in tumor formation, oxygen metabolism and inflammation is involved in a pathway that extends lifespan by dietary restriction. The finding, which appears in the May 22, 2009 edition of the ...
'Anti-Atkins' low protein diet extends lifespan in flies
Oct 01, 2009 |
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Flies fed an "anti-Atkins" low protein diet live longer because their mitochondria function better. The research, done at the Buck Institute for Age Research, shows that the molecular mechanisms responsible for the lifespan ...
'Delicious' new grape debuts
Mar 21, 2009 |
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Researchers at the University of Florida have introduced 'Delicious', a new muscadine grape cultivar. 'Delicious' ripens early, produces high yields, and is disease-resistant. The black fruit features exceptional taste and ...
Not so sweet: Over-consumption of sugar linked to aging
Mar 06, 2009 |
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We know that lifespan can be extended in animals by restricting calories such as sugar intake. Now, according to a study published in the journal PLoS Genetics, Université de Montréal scientists have discov ...
Scientists develop resource to study animal aging
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Feb 17, 2009 |
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A database detailing the life history of more than 4,000 animal species has been developed by scientists at the University of Liverpool for study in areas such as ageing, evolution and conservation.
Recruitment of reproductive features into other cell types may underlie extended lifespan in animals
Jun 07, 2009 |
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In the sense that organisms existing today are connected through a chain of life - through their parents, grandparents and other ancestors - almost a billion years back to the first animals of the pre-Cambrian era, an animal's ...
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