Chris Hemsworth's APOE4 Alzheimer's Gene
2 monthes ago - By MedPageToday
Australian actor Chris Hemsworth, best known for his role as Thor in the Marvel Universe, revealed he is at increased risk of developing Alzheimer's disease due to a genetic predisposition. Hemsworth learned this while filming...
Read more ...Smoking associated with increased risk of 56 diseases among Chinese adults
2 monthes ago - By News Medical
Smoking increases the risks of 56 diseases and kills more than 1 million adults in China each year from 22 different causes, according to new research published today in The Lancet Public Health.
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Early menopause linked to increased STROKE risk
Researchers from Zhejiang University School of Medicine in Hangzhou, China, used data from almost 123,000 postmenopausal women, with an average age of 58.
Age-Friendly Funding Alert: BCBS Foundation, AARP Community Challenge Reminder
The Massachusetts Healthy Aging Collaborative is pleased to promote the following funding opportunities that advance inclusive age- and dementia friendly communities: Blue...
Jobs in Healthy Aging: Executive Office of Elder Affairs, Mass Home Care
Please check out and spread the word on the following job opportunities in the healthy aging network: Behavioral Health Program Coordinator - Executive Office of Elder...
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AARP Highlights Stories of Older Adults Impacted by Interstate Highway...
When the interstate highway system was created in the mid-20th century, the routes isolated or destroyed urban neighborhoods nationwide, particularly those with predominantly...
Indigenous Australians to be formally recognised in Voice proposal
A meeting between Peter Dutton and the government's senior Indigenous referendum advisory failed to address the opposition leader's concerns.
Rutgers to launch a research and treatment center focused on Alzheimer's disease
Rutgers Biomedical and Health Sciences is launching the Herbert and Jacqueline Krieger Klein Alzheimer's and Dementia Clinical Research and Treatment Center.
VIDEO: Diagnostics, operative precision key to refractive enhancement
KOLOA, Hawaii - In this Healio Video Perspective from Hawaiian Eye 2023, Karl G. Stonecipher, MD, discusses enhancement strategies for cataract surgery. “It's a continuum. You...
Risk of Postmenopause Stroke Goes Back to Woman's Reproductive Years
A woman's cumulative exposure to estrogen remained protective against certain types of strokes after menopause, no matter how researchers estimated such exposure in a large...
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Latest issue of Healthy Aging Magazine coming February 15. Pre-order now!