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Tag: aging

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Foods for healthy aging

Posted on June 30, 2025June 26, 2025 by Nathan Gock

Researchers showed that health-care professionals who ate more vegetables, fruits, whole grains, fish, and poultry were more likely to live…

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    How aging brains recognize music

    Posted on January 16, 2025June 25, 2025 by Sciworthy

    Researchers measured brain connections during musical processing in young and old participants and found that older participants had more…

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      Childhood trauma can accelerate aging

      Posted on February 13, 2023June 24, 2025 by Sciworthy

      Researchers find childhood neglect and abuse can accelerate aging, leaving those affected vulnerable to age-related diseases like dementia.

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        10,000 steps a day to prevent dementia

        Posted on October 31, 2022June 25, 2025 by Nathan Gock

        A recent epidemiological study has found that 9826 steps a day may be the optimal step count to lower the risk of dementia.

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          Oxytocin slows down aging in lonely prairie voles

          Posted on February 25, 2021October 24, 2022 by Sciworthy

          Loneliness ages you faster. But hormones can help! A recent study shows that oxytocin prevents cellular aging in lonely prairie voles.

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            Diet and exercise can shape how your mind ages

            Posted on January 21, 2021June 26, 2025 by Sciworthy

            Dementia is a condition that many of us are all too familiar with within friends and family. Dementia itself is a blanket term that…

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              Can Fish Help Us Understand Why We Age?

              Posted on October 16, 2019June 24, 2025 by Erica Curles

              What exactly causes aging at a molecular level? The answer to this question is important for understanding and potentially improving health…

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                Effects of HIV and alcoholism or hepatitis C on the brain

                Posted on April 26, 2018December 5, 2023 by Sciworthy

                As the medications for HIV have gotten more effective, people are living longer with HIV. However, as people living with HIV get older, they…

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