Tag: aging

Medical Research

Senescent cells and the incidence of age-related diseases

This article is from the Lab of Uri Alon looking at senescent cells in several age-related diseases.  I am a follower of Alon for a few reasons.  1. He has extremely helpful youtubes on choosing a scientific project, how to pose a good scientific question, and how to give a good talk . I think…

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Ethics in Medicine

Practical applications of chaos theory to the modulation of human ageing: nature prefers chaos to regularity

We discussed the concept of complexity with aging here.  This article reinforces that principle.  The full article is behind a paywall and since it’s an older article, I will skip the purchase and just cite the article. https://link.springer.com/article/10.1023/A:1023306419861 Published: March 2003 Practical applications of chaos theory to the modulation of human ageing: nature prefers chaos…

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Health & Fitness

Anti-Aging Implications of Astragalus Membranaceus (Huangqi): A Well-Known Chinese Tonic

I take Astragalus every day and so do many of my patients.  This article is a good rundown of the health benefits. Anti-Aging Implications of Astragalus Membranaceus (Huangqi): A Well-Known Chinese Tonic Ping Liu,1 Haiping Zhao,1,# and Yumin Luo1,2,3,* Author information Article notes Copyright and License information Disclaimer This article has been cited by other…

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Ear Stimulation (TAVNS) to slow down aging process

It seems we’re finding uses for TAVNS everywhere!  They call it “tickling” which I think is great marketing. Come to think of it, I should be doing more of it for myself, in addition to acupuncture… I’m adding an update here to emphasize an interesting takeaway.  Subjects in this study who had higher sympathetic activity…

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