Health of ageing populations
Populations around the world are ageing due to increased life expectancy and falling fertility. These shifts have been driven by improved healthcare, better infrastructure and medical innovations. But...
Tag: ageing
Reassuring AMD patients
Around one in every 2,000 people has Age-related Macular Degeneration at 60. However, by the age of 90 it affects one person in five. We...
Strong evidence linking Aluminium and Alzheimer’s
There has been a strong link between human exposure to aluminium and the incidence of Alzheimer's disease for half a century or more. However, without...
The lost senses of smell and taste
'Our senses of smell and taste play a vital role in helping us interact with the world around us, but they are often taken for...
Why do we grow old?
Why do we grow old? Pick your theory for the causes of senescence, including damage to DNA over multiple replications of human cells; oxidative stress,...
Alleviating pain and suffering
My job is to help reduce the pain that comes when the body starts to wear out, both as a clinician and a scientist. In...
Till death, or the nursing home, us do part?
“For better, for worse, for richer, for poorer, in sickness and in health, till death us do part”. These are the promises made between a...
Taking steps to better health
What does growing old mean? Too many of us seem to believe that becoming thin and frail is an unavoidable part of ageing. This is...
Air pollution leads to premature ageing
Traffic pollution is not just noxious on the lungs, it is also seriously bad for the skin, according to new research published in the Journal...
Older people face ‘double whammy’ of unmet needs
Hundreds of thousands of older people are facing 'double whammy' of unmet care needs and being chronically lonely. New research from Age UK shows just...
