Worldwide, life expectancy of older people continues to rise. By 2020, for the first time in history, the number of people aged 60 years and older will outnumber children younger than 5 year... Read more
Venice’s response to the plague an “example of resilience management,” say experts The way in which the Italian city of Venice dealt with the outbreak of the plague in the fourteenth century... Read more
In an important development for the health of elderly people, University of Liverpool researchers have developed a new method to target bone growth. As people age their bones lose density an... Read more
Researchers from North Carolina State University and the University of Eastern Finland have developed new “sensing skin” technology designed to serve as an early warning system for concrete... Read more
New understanding of the genes involved in taste perception and food preferences can lead to personalized nutrition plans effective not just in weight loss but in avoiding diseases such as c... Read more
Our data suggest that we should be able to impact health span and life span quite strongly Scientists at the Buck Institute for Research on Aging have promoted health and increased lifespan... Read more
Google has said it is testing a “smart contact lens” that can help measure glucose levels in tears. It uses a “tiny” wireless chip and a “miniaturised” gl... Read more
An Israeli company says it’s developed the first 3D holographic technology that could open the doors to a new era in medicine. The company is called Realview Imaging. The medical direc... Read more
The products are specially designed for people with allergies to cow’s milk, lactose or gluten intolerance, as well as children and pregnant women. Researchers at the Universitat Polit... Read more
Researchers in the US have made a significant breakthrough that could see tens of thousands more lungs available for transplant each year. Doctors from the University of North Carolina have... Read more
Potential uses for dental, from implants to craniofacial defects Researchers at the University of Iowa have created a bio patch to regenerate missing or damaged bone by putting DNA into a na... Read more
This information could be used to identify superior broccoli and to breed even more healthful broccoli plants Spraying a plant hormone on broccoli — already one of the planet’s most nutritio... Read more
A new study showed that research to delay aging and the infirmities of old age would have better population health and economic returns than advances in individual fatal diseases such as can... Read more
The vitamin niacin has a life-prolonging effect, as Michael Ristow has demonstrated in roundworms. From his study, the ETH-Zurich professor also concludes that so-called reactive oxygen spec... Read more
Scientists hopeful for applications in people A revolutionary gene therapy developed in Colorado could relieve people’s chronic pain, such as arthritis or fibromyalgia but first, it is... Read more
