Aging

As we age and forget why we walked into a particular room, we may joke about our incipient "Alzheimer's." But Alzheimer's disease is no joke. It's a [...]

Want to get healthy? Try diet and exercise. Americans age 50 and younger — especially people with obesity — hear this recommendation frequently. But for older individuals healthy [...]

In the body, repair is constant process. So it’s a good thing the body has a Star Trek-like replicator in the mesenchymal stem cell. These [...]

Providing an unprecedented increase in funding, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) has recently doubled down on studies of Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias. [...]

The metabolic process is a fine balance of supply and demand and one that is controlled in part by enzymes that prompt the necessary chemical [...]

Mayo Clinic researcher and ophthalmologist Raymond Iezzi, M.D., rescues sight. He combines precise surgical techniques with technology like bionics, biosensors and femtosecond lasers to help [...]

While we know Alzheimer's is a disease of aging, there are other factors that increase our risk for this condition. As the prevalence of Alzheimer's [...]

Using frailty measures and patient-centered outcomes to help guide clinical decision making Imagine, for a moment, that you are a cardiologist. Across from you [...]

On the road from clinical need to effective therapy, osteoporosis has come a long way. “When [...]

Aging: It’s a topic that impacts each and every one of us. It’s the single greatest risk factor for most chronic diseases, which account for [...]