Sirtuin News For Mammals
The negative buzz about sirtuins recently grew louder when Science ran a lengthy news piece on Dec. 2 titled, “Aging Genes: The Sirtuin Story Unravels.” The article played up studies in lower organisms...
View ArticleYes, Red Wine May Hold Some Answers. Recheck Dosage.
If you’ve tuned into the resveratrol story over the past five years, you’ve probably heard that you’d need to take giant doses of the red-wine ingredient to do any good. That idea was based on mouse...
View ArticleScientific American on TOR and Aging
If you follow aging science—and my guess is that you’re one of those mortal, aging types who do—you might want to take a look at the latest issue of Scientific American (the January 2012 issue), which...
View ArticleDid a Gerontogene Halt Peter Pan’s Sexual Development?
It’s not every day that scientists base a study on an idea behind the story of Peter Pan. But as the research showed, the notion that slow development goes with longer life—which in the immortal...
View ArticleRapamycin’s Anti-Aging Promise: Mirage or Not?
The first strong evidence that a drug could slow aging in mammals came out in 2009 when scientists reported that chronically feeding doses of rapamycin to mice significantly extended their average and...
View ArticleOn Calorie Restriction, Monkeys, Magic and Medicine
Since 1935, scientists have known that putting rodents on very low calorie diets extends their lifespans. Scores of studies since then have shown that such calorie restriction (CR) can extend lifespan...
View ArticleThe Science of Wisdom
If you set out to learn a foreign language along with your kid, get ready for a provocative lesson about brain aging: At some point, you’re likely to find yourself falling ever farther behind,...
View ArticleThe Skinny On Protein
How much protein should you eat? The answer depends on how old you are: Many Americans over 65 don’t eat as much protein as they should to slow age-related muscle loss, while those under 65, especially...
View ArticleIs Metformin An Anti-Aging Drug?
Diabetes brings on a whole slew of life-shortening diseases. But diabetics on metformin, the most widely prescribed drug for the disease, may actually live longer than people without diabetes,...
View ArticleYou’re Only As Old As Your Prospective Age
Whenever I’m asked if I want a senior discount, which has happened curiously often in recent years, I can’t help but wince. I mean, why don’t they just shout out so everyone nearby can hear, “Hey...
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