Category: Aging

Staying Hydrated May Be Key to Beating Premature Aging

People have long sought the secret to living a longer and healthier life, and researchers believe they’ve discovered part of that equation. It could be as simple as drinking enough water. A new study published in The Lancet journal eBioMedicine, finds people who stay properly hydrated are less likely to show signs of premature aging and…


High Sodium Levels Linked to Increased Biological Aging, Drinking Enough Water May Help

People have long sought the secret to living a longer and healthier life, and researchers believe they’ve discovered part of that equation. It could be as simple as drinking enough water. A new study published in The Lancet journal eBioMedicine, finds people who stay properly hydrated are less likely to show signs of premature aging and…


Drinking Water May Decrease Biological Aging, But the Amount Matters

People have long sought the secret to living a longer and healthier life, and researchers believe they’ve discovered part of that equation. It could be as simple as drinking enough water. A new study published in The Lancet journal eBioMedicine, finds people who stay properly hydrated are less likely to show signs of premature aging and…


Well-Hydrated Adults Appear Healthier, Live Longer

A large study has found that adults who don’t drink enough fluids daily—six to nine cups for women or eight to 12 cups for men—were more likely to develop chronic conditions, show signs of aging, and were more likely to die at a younger age. Published on Jan. 2, the longitudinal study evaluated 11,255 adults…


How to Fight ‘Immunity Aging’: Data Shows 9 out of 10 COVID Deaths Are Older Adults

Analysis of COVID death data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in recent weeks found nearly 9 in 10 COVID deaths are reported among the 65 and older age demographic. As of the week ending Dec. 3, 2022, 92.6 percent deaths are among people above 65 years old. Statistics reveal over 800,000 deaths…


Gene Changes Caused by Severe COVID-19 Infection Can Make Brain Age Faster, Study Says

Changes in the gene activity inside the brains of severe COVID-19 patients are “strikingly similar” to those seen in people of old age, a new study suggests. Published this week in Nature Aging, the study focused on genes that are expressed in the frontal cortex, a region in the brain critically responsible for cognition. Age-related…


Demographics: Another Problem for China

Commentary As Communist Party leader Xi Jinping begins an unprecedented third term with a team of loyalists, China faces an array of economic problems—financial strains, a collapse of the property sector, and the ill effects of COVID-19 lockdowns, just to name three currently attention-grabbing headlines. One problem that gets little media attention but nonetheless may…


Paradigm Shift: From Health Control to Medically Dependent

We’ve all had the experience of a temporary illness. You’re healthy one day, but the next morning, you wake up with some kind of bug. You take some medicine, get some rest, and a couple days later, you’re back to normal. In a week, this episode is all but forgotten. It’s a health hiccup, a…


Paradigm Shift: From Seeking Health to Accepting Death

Because we’re situated in a resort community, our hospital admits as many visitors as locals. Some of these tourists are in the middle of treatments for severe diseases. I’m sure that their thinking is along the lines of “I don’t care if I do have cancer—I’m going to live my life! I’m taking that long-planned…


This Is the Top Cause of Accelerated Aging—and How to Beat It

What is the top cause of accelerated aging? Bad habits such as smoking and excessive drinking are often the first thing that comes to mind. However, perhaps surprisingly, scientists have recently found that the leading culprit behind aging is a poor psychological state.  A Prime Culprit of Aging: Negative Psychological State A joint experiment conducted by…