Alzheimer’s Disease: Hopes as treatment extends lifespan of flies by 8.8%

A genetic treatment has been developed that leads to fruit flies living as much as nine per cent longer. Two therapies were created which each target a protein and they both were found to stave off signs of Alzheimer’s as well as elongating healthy lifespan. While the findings raise the possibility of replicating the treatments … Read more

Alzheimer’s Disease: Hopes as treatment extends lifespan of flies up to 8.8%

A genetic treatment has been discovered that extends the lifespan of fruit flies by as much as nine per cent.  Two different therapies which target different proteins were created and found to also stave off signs of Alzheimer’s.  While the findings raise the possibility of replicating the treatments in humans, such genetic treatments are currently … Read more

School closures cut lifespan of the average child by THREE MONTHS

Shutting schools at the start of the coronavirus pandemic shortened the average child’s lifespan by almost three months, a study claims.  Academics at the Seattle Children’s Research Institute reviewed data from various studies and databases and found 24.2 million children aged 5 to 11 years attended public schools in the US that were closed during … Read more

Exercising regularly and not smoking can have a dramatic effect on your lifespan study shows

Healthy habits could add EIGHT YEARS to your life: Exercising regularly and not smoking can have a dramatic effect on your lifespan… even if you have a chronic illness, study shows  A study on 480,000 adults showed that a healthy lifestyle could add years to life even in those with chronic illnesses  Not smoking , exercising, a … Read more

Global warming: CO2 ‘reduces lifespan of trees’, study says

Trees with faster growth rates die younger across multiple countries and species, which reduces overall carbon storage capacity, a new study claims. Researchers analysed tree-ring data of more than 200,000 records of 82 species across Europe, Asia and the Americas.  They found tree faster growth is being offset by earlier mortality and release of the … Read more