- older women who exercised in their teens are 35% less likely to be mentally impaired at old age.
- exercise early in life given the brain a boost as it develops.
- repairs brain cells called neurons and that tends to stay through old age.
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Excercise early in life gives the brain a boost, women 35% less likely to be mentally impaired - CNN (video)
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Vitamin D may help prevent dementia and cognitive decline by having a role in nervous tissue formation and maintaining calcium in the body - Reuters (article link)
- People severely vitamin D deficient were 60% more likely to experience substantial general cognitive decline, 31% more likely to experience cognitive problems.
- Dementia, such as Alzheimer's, is a brain-wasting condition that affects around 35 million people worldwide -- Vitamin D may help prevent the degeneration of brain tissue by having a role in formation of nervous tissue,
maintaining levels of calcium in the body, or clearing of beta-amyloid, the substance that forms the brain plaques that are associated with Alzheimer's disease.
Macromineral Deficiencies and Acid-Base Disorder
Canadian veterinarian use Stem Cell treatments on dogs - NBC Nightly (video)
- Stem Cells harvested to repair achy joints.
- The cells start as one type and changed to another to treat arthritis, tendon, and ligament damage.
- 20% of the cases show no improvement, 1/3 of the dogs need treatment again in a year.
Last Updated ( Thursday, 02 September 2010 06:36 )
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Specialists in aging are lobbying the FDA to consider redefining aging as a disease - Reuters (article link)
- Experts say it's time to recognize aging as a condition that can be treated and delayed.
- Because aging is not viewed as a disease scientists are hampered by regulators who license for diseases.
- By finding the genes thought to help determine longevity, scientists think they may be able to mimic their action to extend health span.
Last Updated ( Saturday, 22 May 2010 21:18 )
Stem cells regrow crucial hearing cells in mice - Reuters (article link)
- Stem cells can be coaxed into becoming the hair cells deep inside the ears that are destroyed in hearing loss.
- 15 percent of Americans between 20 and 69, or 26 million people, have high frequency hearing loss caused by noise.
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- Stem cells injected directly in the spine of first ALS trial participant - CNN (video)
- Scientists now trying to use stem cells to generate brown fat cells to help speed up calorie burn. - Reuters (article link)
- Stem cells from the lining of a woman's uterus transformed into brain cells in mice whose brains had damage resembling Parkinson's - Reuters (article link)
- U.S. National Institutes of Health have discovered bone-generating Stem Cells in the spine - CBC News (article link)
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