From middle-age, the brains of obese individuals display differences in white matter similar to those in lean individuals ten years their senior, according to new research led by the 探花直播 of Cambridge. White matter is the tissue that connects areas of the brain and allows for information to be communicated between regions.
Jane Fleming (Department of Public Health and Primary Care) discusses attitudes to death among the very old.
探花直播ability to understand language could be much better preserved into old age than previously thought, according to researchers from the 探花直播 of Cambridge, who found older adults struggle more with test conditions than language processing.
Death is a part of life for people over 95 years old, who mainly live day-to-day, concludes a rare study of attitudes to death and dying amongst the very old. 探花直播research, from the 探花直播 of Cambridge and published today in the journal PLOS ONE, finds that this group is willing to discuss dying and their end-of-life care, but is seldom asked.
探花直播process of ageing begins even before we are born, according to an international team of researchers led by the 探花直播 of Cambridge. In a study using rats to model pregnancy and fetal development, the researchers also found that providing mothers with antioxidants during pregnancy meant that their offspring aged more slowly in adulthood.
鈥楤ang! You鈥檙e Dead鈥, a 1961 episode of Alfred Hitchcock Presents, continues to surprise 鈥 but not just with the twist in its tale. Scientists at the 探花直播 of Cambridge have used the programme to show that young people respond in a similar way to events, but as we age our thought patterns diverge.
New report urges government and designers to work together to break down the barriers to innovation in order to adapt to an ageing population.聽
Our standard way of measuring brain activity could be giving us a misleading picture of how our brains age, argues Dr Kamen Tsvetanov from the Department of Psychology.
Our brains are plastic. They continually remould neural connections as we learn, experience and adapt. Now researchers are asking if new understanding of these processes can help us train our brains.
Scientists at the 探花直播 of Cambridge have identified a key chemical that can repair the damage to cells which causes a rare but devastating disease involving accelerated ageing. As well as offering a promising new way of treating the condition, known as Hutchinson-Gilford Progeria Syndrome (HGPS), the discovery could help in the development of drugs against cancer and other genetic diseases and might also suggest ways to alleviate diseases that we associate with normal ageing.
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