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NEWS ABOUT: aging process

aging process stories: 10 news summaries
SURVEY SAYS

Women Hate on Their Bodies 36 Times a Day

Survey shows frequent negative thoughts about appearance

Nov 23, 09 1:59 PM CST
(Newser) - Women are pretty good at feeling bad: They have negative thoughts about their appearance an average of 36 times a day, a survey shows. One hundred women, aged from 35 to 70, were asked to carry a clicker and register every time they felt anxious about any aspect of their... More »

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women • aging • body image • aging process

NOT A KID ANYMORE


 Stress Takes 
 Its Toll on 
 Obama's 
 Face 

Gray hair, worry lines betray pressures of presidency

Nov 19, 09 8:40 AM CST
(Newser) - Ten months into his presidency, Barack Obama is looking markedly less boyish. Flecks of gray hair and new worry lines have the president looking like the 48-year-old he is rather than the enthusiastic youth of the 2008 campaign. Obama denies it's the stress of the job—"My hair has... More »

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Barack Obama • wrinkles • stress • aging process • Obama aging • Obama looking old • Obama gray hair

 Sperm, Grapefruit Slow Aging 

Spermidine found to increase lifespans of fruit flies, worms

Oct 8, 09 1:25 AM CDT
(Newser) - The fountain of youth may be filled with grapefruit and human sperm, according to Austrian researchers. The scientists found that spermidine, a chemical compound abundant in both sperm and grapefruit, increased longevity by around a third in fruit flies and worms when it was added to their diet. Human immune... More »

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sperm • aging • grapefruit • longevity • aging process

 Fountain of Youth? 
 Drugs Eyed to Slow Aging 

Experts hope caloric restriction holds key to longer lives

Aug 18, 09 1:23 PM CDT
(Newser) - Scientists are hoping new drugs can battle the effects of aging, extending our lives or at least keeping the years from slowing us down, the New York Times reports. At the heart of the research is the discovery that caloric restrictions can extend life in mice. If humans can make... More »

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drugs • aging • aging process • health research • reservatrol





 Ouch! 
 Madonna Debuts 
 Bandaged Look 


Still shooting 'raunchy' photos at 50, will she be sexing it up 70?

Jan 20, 09 6:25 PM CST
(Newser) - So much for aging gracefully. Madonna posed for promo shots for her Hard Candy CD in an all-white getup with bandages at chest and wrist, "looking as though she’d sustained several injuries,” though at 50 she remains in exquisite shape, the Daily Mail reports. The ensemble was... More »

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photography • aging • promotion • Madonna • aging process • Hard Candy • Guy Ritchie

 Do Deciders Age Prematurely? 

Stress causes grays and wrinkles, but nobody agrees whether presidents die early

Jan 4, 09 5:22 PM CST
(Newser) - Four to eight years as leader of the free world gave George W. plenty of wrinkles and gray hairs—but just what are the presidency’s long-term aging effects? One doctor found that presidents generally have shorter-than-average lifespans, the Boston Globe reports, while another pegs two years for every one... More »

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Barack Obama • presidency • Jimmy Carter • age • Bill Clinton • wrinkles • aging • life expectancy • stress • Ronald Reagan • heart attack • George HW Bush • aging process • George W. Bush • former presidents

Scientists Tinker
With Biological Clock

New discovery on engineered liver genes could slow aging

Aug 11, 08 2:07 AM CDT
(Newser) - US researchers believe they have found a way to turn back the clock on the processes which make organs age. Scientists engineered genetic alterations to make the livers of older mice function like younger mice, the BBC reports. The discovery may lead to new treatments for Alzheimer's and other diseases... More »

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Parkinson's disease • aging • aging process • Alzheimer's Disease • genetic alteration • protein-recycling • Cellular Gerontology

Scientists Link Gene Mutation to Longevity

Alteration makes cells less receptive to
growth factor

Mar 5, 08 11:42 AM CST
(Newser) - A genetic mutation that makes cells less responsive to growth hormone has been linked to human longevity, Scientific American reports. A recent study looked at children of Ashkenazi Jews with a family history of long life and an average age of 98, and compared their genes with the children of... More »

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medical breakthrough • health • growth hormones • aging • genetic mutation • genes • longevity • aging process • insulinlike growth factor 1 • Ashkenazi Jews

Exercise Slows Aging Process

Fit people are 10 years younger, study says

Jan 29, 08 9:54 AM CST
(Newser) - People who exercise don't just feel younger, they clinically are younger—by up to 10 years, according to a new study. And while exercise slows the aging process, a sedentary lifestyle accelerates it, reports the Daily Telegraph. The findings are "a message that could be used by clinicians... More »

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exercise • King's College London • Archives of Internal Medicine • telomeres • aerobics • Elle MacPherson • couch potato • aging process

Grapevine Genome
Yields Secrets

Discovery reveals what makes wine taste good and why it's good for you

Aug 27, 07 4:24 PM CDT
(Newser) - Grapevines have extra genes that are responsible for making wine taste and smell so good, a new study finds. A team of researchers from France and Italy (where else?) mapped a pinot noir-related grapevine's genome and found it has twice as many genes linked to resin and oil—which give... More »

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genetics • wine • genetic mutation • genome • grapes • red wine • resveratrol • aging process • pinot noir

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