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·November 11, 2022·5 min read

Is Muscle Weakness the New Smoking? Grip Strength Tied to Accelerated Biological Age

Muscle weakness marked by grip strength was associated with accelerated biological aging, a new study reports.

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·October 23, 2022·3 min read

Strict Parenting May Hard-Wire Depression Risk Into a Child’s DNA

Strict parenting and other childhood stresses increase depression risks later in life by altering the way in which DNA is read.

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·September 26, 2022·5 min read

PTSD and Comorbid Substance Abuse Are Associated With a Cellular Marker for Early Death

Trauma-exposed veterans with PTSD and comorbid externalizing psychiatric disorders, such as substance abuse or antisocial personality disorder are at greater risk for early death.

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·July 1, 2022·5 min read

Researchers Uncover New Pathway for Accumulation of Age-Promoting ‘Zombie Cells’

Oxidative damage to telomeres can trigger cellular senescence. The findings could lead to the development of new therapeutics for healthy aging and to combat cancers.

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·January 18, 2022·5 min read

Blood Test Measures the Pace of Biological Aging

A newly developed blood test can measure the pace of biological aging by identifying specific DNA methylation marks.

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·December 30, 2021·3 min read

Microglial Methylation Landscape in Human Brain

Microglia showed DNA methylation profiles that were distinct from other cells in the central nervous system.

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·August 7, 2021·4 min read

Nutritional Supplements Could Help Treat PTSD

Combining two natural products that modulate the epigenome, researchers believe they have identified a feasible approach to reversing symptoms of PTSD in animal models that could be effective in humans.

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·May 27, 2021·4 min read

Diet and Lifestyle Change Reverses Aging by Three Years in Eight Weeks

Simple dietary changes and adopting lifestyle alterations, including improved sleep schedules, taking probiotics, and exercising, can reduce signs of biological aging by three years in just eight weeks, a new study reports.

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·April 6, 2021·6 min read

Accelerated Cellular Aging Associated With Mortality Seen in Depressed Individuals

DNA markers in cells of patients with major depressive disorder appear to be two years older than markers in cells of people without the mental health disorder.

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·February 22, 2021·3 min read

A Sleep Disorder Associated With Shift Work May Affect Gene Function

Study sheds light on DNA methylation related to sleep deprivation in those with shift-work disorder.

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·August 20, 2020·5 min read

Genetic Background May Affect Adaptions to Aging

Twin study reveals how we adapt to aging may be genetically influenced. Individual differences in blood DNA methylation are partly heritable later in life and longitudinally across a decade, researchers report.