[ad_1] Recently, I had the opportunity to see Age UK’s sister charity Age International and its partners at work. I visited the world’s largest refugee camp, Cox’s Bazar in Bangladesh, which is home to almost a million refugees who have fled ethnic and religious persecution in Myanmar. On first sight, it doesn’t seem much. A few … Read more
[ad_1] Once you have your Employee Resource Group for family caregivers at your company, how do you maximize the engagement and supercharge your community with support and resources? [If you haven’t created a Caregiver ERG yet, start with this post: Beginner’s Guide: Launching a Working Caregiver Employee Resource Group.] When I co-led my company’s Women’s … Read more
[ad_1] Leucine is an essential amino acid, only obtained from the diet rather than synthesized by our cells. Leucine supplementation has been proposed as a way to slow the loss of muscle mass with age, as leucine processing becomes dysregulated with aging in a way that can be compensated for by adding more leucine … Read more
[ad_1] Here, researchers investigate correlations between late life mortality and levels of specific proteins produced by senescent cells as a part of the senescence-associated secretory phenotype (SASP). While looking over the paper, it is worth bearing in mind that circulating levels of many of the molecules thought to be important components of the SASP … Read more
[ad_1] For anyone who lives with diabetes, the possibility of hypoglycemia, or low blood sugar levels, can be a constant concern. An extra layer of complexity is added when people can’t detect that their blood sugars are dropping, a condition known as hypoglycemia unawareness. It is both more common — and potentially more dangerous — … Read more
[ad_1] The state of anti-viral therapies isn’t that great, all things considered. Technology has not yet advanced to the point at which a viral infection can be simply shut down, as is the case for near all bacterial infections. The present anti-viral drugs are either vaccines (useful!) or merely shift the odds somewhat by … Read more