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  • The Frustrations of Aging Research

    The Frustrations of Aging Research Question: What do you find frustrating in your field? I think that at least for the aging field, one disappointment I would say that I've had is that aging is fundamental to so many diseases, yet I really think i...


  • Aging Ovaries

    The ovaries are located on each side of the uterus. Inside the ovaries are follicles containing immature eggs. Each month during ovulation, a follicle in one ovary releases a single mature egg for possible fertilization. Ovulation occurs in respon...


  • Aging Eyes and Cataracts

    The Doctors explain how vision deteriorates as we age and reveal that by age 80, 50 percent of adults will have some form of cataracts.


  • Leonard Guarente on Anti Aging Genes

    Leonard Guarente on Anti Aging Genes Question: Can you define the aging process for humans? Aging process – you can describe it statistically in terms of mortality curves, and what that means is that the probability of dying increases with your ag...


  • Advanced Maternal Age Increases Pregnancy Risks

    Physician Assistant Sylvia Chen explains that a woman's eggs are limited and risks for Down syndrome rise with age. However, she tells women not to feel alarmed with this news, but empowered, due to the new options provided by modern research. Syl...


  • Michio Kaku on How to Reverse Aging

    Enzymes like Telomerase and Resveratrol, though not the Fountain of Youth unto themselves, offer tantalizing clues to how we might someday soon unravel the aging process.


  • What Is Rheumatoid Arthritis

    What is rheumatoid arthritis? Dr. W. Hayes Wilson: Rheumatoid arthritis is a disease that effects about two to two-and-a-half million Americans. It's the second most common type of arthritis. It is the first though that we think of, when we think ...


  • Girls' Night Out on Taking Care of Our Aging Parents

    This week the girls and I discuss taking care of aging parents – how to help and when to let go. Do we touch on any issues that reflect an experience you've had? Watch to find out


  • What Is Osteoarthritis of The Knee

    What is osteoarthritis of the knee? Dr. Jeffrey Rosen: Osteoarthritis is a disease process that involves the breakdown of cartilage inside joints of the body, through progressive wear and tear and breakdown of the cartilage, you lose the cushionin...


  • Why do people get cataracts?

    We see through the process of light being transmitted through the eye to the retina, which converts light into electrical impulses that are sent to the brain. The lens of the eye focuses light on the retina. It is normally clear. A cataract is a c...


  • Leonard Guarente on Curing Death

    Leonard Guarente on Curing Death Question: Are there trends in your field that concern you? Well, I think the problem—yes—I think the problem with this field, and what has bedeviled this field over the years, is false claims. And there are all kin...


  • The Creative Process of a Gerontologist

    The Creative Process of a Gerontologist There’s a learning process in becoming a good researcher. I became a good researcher when I was looking to be a scientist. And that was something I was able to take into the biology field when I chose to bec...


  • Skin Aging

    As we age, the constant replacement of cells that occurs throughout life slows down, and more imperfect cells are produced. Changes in the skin reflect this process. The dermis, the layer of skin right below the outer layer, thins and loses elasti...


  • Learn About Telomeres

    What are some practical applications of your telomere discovery? Carol Greider: It turns out that there are really two different areas in which the ability of cells to divide has medical implications and one is in cancer where a cancer cell has to...


 

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