[ad_1] Supporting Evidence for Inactivity and Chronic Inflammation to be Important in Muscle Aging It is well known that muscle function can be sustained into late life to a greater degree than most people manage. Much of what is presently considered by most people to be normal loss of strength and muscle mass with … Read more
[ad_1] Clinical guidelines are a great way of making sure that the treatments we provide and receive are based on the best available evidence. In November 2023 SIGN 168 Assessment, diagnosis, care and support for people with dementia and their carers was published. It is a significant development, given it has been 20 years since … Read more
[ad_1] Looking for Evidence of Antagonistic Pleiotropy in Human Data The dominant view of the evolution of aging is that it emerges from what is known as antagonistic pleiotropy, a term used to describe a mechanism that is initially helpful but later harmful. Mutations that help early life reproductive fitness will be selected even … Read more
[ad_1] The raised blood pressure of hypertension causes a great deal of downstream damage. It is a way for low-level biochemical damage associated with aging to become actual physical damage to the body. Pressure damage can occur in delicate tissues throughout the body, and raised blood pressure increases the pace at which capillaries and … Read more