Imagine a treatment that doesn’t just ease the symptoms of ageing but resets old cells to a younger […]
Chronic disease management
Gut bacteria may make strokes worse: how one chemical called indole affects the brain
When we think about a stroke, we think about the brain. But new research suggests that trillions of […]
Egyéb
Childhood and life expectancy: why where you start shapes how long you live
Most of us think a long life comes down to good genes, healthy food and a gym membership. […]
Geroscience / News
Switching off one enzyme lengthened life
Mice lacking a signalling protein called MKP-2 showed fewer signs of premature cell ageing, better insulin sensitivity and […]
Diagnostics & biomarkers
Two ALS advances, and a lawyer who did not live to see them
A targeted drug has passed a Phase III trial in a rare genetic form of the disease, and […]
Lifestyle and prevention
Nordic diet: may help you live longer, but the liver benefit is unclear
If you’ve heard of the Mediterranean diet, meet its colder cousin. The Nordic diet is built on the […]
Chronic disease management / Lifestyle and prevention
Healthy diet may lower heart disease risk after cancer
A study of more than 8,700 UK cancer survivors found that people who followed healthy eating patterns had […]
Diagnostics & biomarkers / Geroscience
One extra year of school may lower dementia risk decades later
A British law that kept teenagers in school until 16 created a rare natural experiment. Those who stayed […]
Geroscience
Does aging start in the skin of our cells?
Scientists have found that the fatty molecules wrapping our cells grow longer as we age, and when researchers […]
Chronic disease management
What was textbook medicine in 1996 could be malpractice today
Thirty years after graduating from medical school, physician János Kóka, founder of Doktor24, looks back at how radically […]