interested in research on #aging #laterlife #caregiving #longtermcare? Follow the new profile of @almaaging.bsky.social to be updated on research on aging from the @unibo.bsky.social #sociology #demography
#WernerSyndrome mutations cause premature #aging, but what's the normal role of this #exonuclease? This study shows that the #Drosophila homolog WRNexo regulates the ER's #UnfoldedProteinResponse in intestinal #StemCells, promoting gut #regeneration after injury @PLOSBiology https://plos.io/42XBYfH
https://www.europesays.com/uk/4949/ Air Pollution May Impair Language Skills, Brain Health #Aging #AirPollution #BrainHealth #BrainResearch #EnvironmentalNeuroscience #Health #language #neurobiology #Neuroscience #Pollution #UCL #UK #UnitedKingdom
https://www.europesays.com/uk/1782/ Weight Training May Slow Cognitive Decline and Protect Aging Brains #Aging #Alzheimer'sDisease #BrainAging #BrainResearch #CognitiveDecline #exercise #FAPESP #Health #neurobiology #Neurology #Neuroscience #UK #UnitedKingdom #WeightTraining
A small device tracked older adults’ conversations—and revealed a hidden link to brain health
Network-based predictive models for artificial intelligence: an interpretable application of machine learning techniques in the assessment of depression in stroke patients | BMC Geriatrics https://www.byteseu.com/852771/ #Aging #AI #ArtificialIntelligence #depression #Geriatrics/Gerontology #Interpretable #MachineLearning #PredictiveModel #Rehabilitation #stroke
The Fastest-Growing Brain Disease Is Set to Double – Are We Prepared?…
Parkinson’s disease is set to rise dramatically, with cases expected to more than double by 2050, largely due to an aging population... #health #parkinsonsdisease #aging #brain #neuroscience
The Bulletin of the World #Health Organization calls for papers on the multidimensional impacts of population decline and #ageing
Deadline for submissions: June 16, 2025
#WHO #PublicHealth #Epidemiology #Science #Research #Aging
More info here
https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC11865851/pdf/BLT.25.293300.pdf
A new mouse study provides additional evidence that cognitive damage resulting from lidocaine (e.g., postoperative cognitive dysfunction) is greater with repeated exposure and with increasing age.
https://www.cell.com/iscience/fulltext/S2589-0042(25)00301-3
There's not a lot of #research (yet) about older Autistic folks, so I thought this project was interesting:
If you're diagnosed or self-diagnosed AND in the UK, Luxemburg or Germany, and you want to add to the data, you can fill out a
"Questionnaire about Quality of life for Autistics aged 40+"
Controversial supplements can get rid of ‘zombie cells’ that speed up aging https://www.diningandcooking.com/1908081/controversial-supplements-can-get-rid-of-zombie-cells-that-speed-up-aging/ #aging #bones #doctors #health #MayoClinic #Medicine #nutrition #Research #SeniorCitizens #supplements
Happiness in poorer countries does not follow the typical U-shaped curve. People are often happiest in middle age
#psychology #development #economics #happiness #aging
https://phys.org/news/2025-01-happiness-poorer-countries-typical-people.html
"The study, published in Nature Communications, helps to explain the neural processes that contribute to the confirmation bias entrenched in most people’s thought processes."
"Strong convictions can blind us to information that challenges them"
Hi! Time for my (new) formal #Introduction - #Intro in #Mastodon
My name is Matteo
Scientist at the World Health Organization (#WHO) in Geneva (#Switzerland#), and Professor of #Geriatrics and #Gerontology at the University of Milan (#Italy)
I post on #Medicine, #PublicHealth, #Ageing (or #Aging), #Frailty, #Care... But also on #Roma (where I am from) and #ASRoma (my favourite/only #football team)
Hobbies: #reading, #movies, #running Sometimes I take #photos
One wife, three kids, one #dog
"Auf der Jagd nach Zombiezellen" – Das Wiener #Startup Rockfish Bio will mit einem niedermolekularen #Wirkstoff die Körperuhr zurückdrehen und so ein längeres gesundes Leben ermöglichen. @InsertCaffeine hat nachgefragt: https://www.laborjournal.de/editorials/3083.php #longevity #Aging #Altern #Biotech
#Eukaryogenesis entailed transfer of DNA from #mitochondria to nuclear genomes. @BrEUssMartin re a #PLOSBiology study of #Numtogenesis, extending this process to human somatic cells, correlating with #aging & disease. Primer: https://plos.io/3SW8M3d Paper: https://plos.io/3AyrkAq
A really nice review just out on the epigenetic bases of brain ageing and how modulating epigenetics may hold therapeutic potential for treating age-related disorders.