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A study by Steven Zeisel, M.D., Ph.D. Nutritionist of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill has apparently shown that “Pregnant women who get sufficient levels of the nutrient choline in their diet may have offspring with a higher

As baby boomers are repainting the aging landscape, new products dedicated to fighting aging are cropping up. However, these products aren’t only for older generations — younger groups could also utilize them to detect problems early on. Read more here.

In case you wanted proof of this, here is a NYT report on an HHS study. The NYT says it’s a new study, but a web search brings up the same data that was published two years ago. I’ve emailed

This is amazing and shows the power of regenerative medicine.

The Alzheimer’s Association recently reported that one out of eight baby boomers is expected to get Alzheimer’s disease, creating a total of 10 million victims. This staggering prediction underscores the need for brain health and augmentation, a new market that

The Allen Institute for Brain Science is launching a four-year, $55 million project to build an atlas of genes’ activity in the brain. From the WSJ: “Jones and his colleagues will take about a half dozen brains from recently dead

What do these two things have in common? According to MIT’s Technology review, a new material inspired by sea cucumbers “switches rapidly between rigid and flexible states.” This is important because “such a material may be useful in the design

This article summarizes research by Dr. Nir Barzilai, director of the Institute for Aging Research at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine in New York City. He has found that a mutation that causes a decrease the activity of insulin-like

Google’s recent announcement that it is creating a home for personal health records online is a natural outgrowth of Silicon Valley’s Web 2.0 consumer Internet focus. The question this raises is whether a market-driven system is better for keeping health

This is a summary of a survey conducted by the Deloitte Center for Health Solutions. Useful information that’s not surprising.