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Why social isolation can bring a greater risk of illness

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From the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine press release: Social isolation has been linked to a wide range of health problems, as well as a shorter lifespan in humans and other animals. In fact, during… 

Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s spurred by same enzyme

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From the Emory Health Sciences press release: Alzheimer’s disease and Parkinson’s disease are not the same. They affect different regions of the brain and have distinct genetic and environmental risk factors. But at the biochemical level,… 

New measures of aging may show 70 is the new 60

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From the Stony Brook University press release: Is 70 the new 60? A new Stony Brook University-led study to be published in PLOS ONE uses new measures of aging to scientifically illustrate that one’s actual…