All Articles on Aging

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  Frequent standing may boost heart health after menopause

  Study suggests that taking short standing breaks can improve health even if total sitting time stays the same.
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  ACT Research Symposium meets virtually to discuss brain aging science

  This year’s symposium was a virtual event drawing over 130 attendees.
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  Study links sitting for longer stretches to risk of blood clots in older women

  Taking more breaks from sitting could potentially lower the risk.
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  Study measures risks of screening colonoscopies for older adults

  The findings can help guide colorectal cancer screening decisions later in life.
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  Reframing how we speak about dying

  In a recently published blog based on her legacy research, Marlaine Figueroa Gray describes how to talk about death.
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  ACT Study contributes to understanding Alzheimer’s disease in brain cells

  Mapping the disease at the cellular level identifies possible new treatment targets.
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  Alzheimer’s vision study improved with home testing

  The research builds on the ongoing Adult Changes in Thought (ACT) Study, started in 1994.