Tag: "aging"
Sexual Satisfaction Linked To Successful Aging
Though aging was associated with an expected decline in physical health and sexual frequency, overall sexual satisfaction did not decline with age.
Post on Sep 02, 2011 by Darya Pino from QUEST Northern California
Meditation May Enhance the Strength of Neural Networks
Meditation is associated with stronger connections between brain regions.
Post on Jul 15, 2011 by Darya Pino from QUEST Northern California
Exercise May Protect Against Stress-Related Cellular Aging
New research by Nobel Prize winning UCSF researcher, Elizabeth Blackburn, provides a possible mechanism by which exercise protects against stress-related chromosome aging.
Post on Apr 15, 2011 by Darya Pino
D'OH! DHA Supplements Don't Reduce Alzheimer's Risks
Another promising dietary supplement fails to deliver protection against a target disease, this time Alzheimer's.
Post on Dec 10, 2010 by Darya Pino
Reporter's Notes: The Graying of HIV
Some 30 researchers from the University of California-San Francisco and the Gladstone Institute of Virology and Immunology have come together to investigate why HIV-positive patients, who are now living longer lives thanks to anti-retroviral drugs, seem to be aging faster than their uninfected peers.
Post on Nov 26, 2008 by Gabriela Quirós
Reporter's Notes: Beyond Alzheimer's
This is the second of two stories born out of an afternoon at UCSF's Memory and Aging Center, where a team of scientists, led by Dr. Bruce Miller, is trying to tease out the differences between as many as 200 dementias that affect aging brains.
Post on Sep 12, 2008 by Amy Standen from QUEST Northern California
