Chennai: In an effort to broaden the reach of diabetes care and champion the needs of India’s ageing population, Dr Mohan’s Diabetes Specialities Centre (DMDSC) has launched the ‘Healthy Ageing Clinic’ and ‘Dr Mohan’s On Wheels.’ These two novel initiatives seek to reshape how diabetes is managed in India, placing a strong emphasis on accessibility, … Read more
A drug used to treat Type 2 diabetes and obesity could also slow down the process of ageing, researchers believe. Semaglutide, better known as Ozempic, “has far-reaching benefits beyond what we initially imagined,” Prof Harlan Krumholz, from the Yale School of Medicine, said following the publication of several new studies. They found that the drug … Read more
MRC Laboratory of Medical Sciences/Duke University Two mice, both the same age, the one on the left has aged normally, but the one on the right has been given an anti-ageing drug. A drug has increased the lifespans of laboratory animals by nearly 25%, in a discovery scientists hope can slow human ageing too. The … Read more
Dr Wyss-Coray said: “If we can reproduce this finding in 50,000 or 100,000 individuals it will mean that by monitoring the health of individual organs in apparently healthy people, we might be able to find organs that are undergoing accelerated ageing in people’s bodies, and we might be able to treat people before they get … Read more
Measures are needed to tackle an ageing population crisis, Chief Medical Officer Prof Chris Whitty says. Source link
The results could open up new ways to spot, treat and prevent some diseases, including cancer, experts say. Source link
Deaths in the country, which for long had one of the lowest Covid death rates, peaked earlier this month. Source link
They analysed how quickly mutations occur in species with different life expectancies. They looked at DNA from a cat, black and white colobus, dog, ferret, giraffe, horse, human, lion, mouse, naked mole rat, rabbit, rat, ring-tailed lemur and a tiger. Source link
The Roslin team’s aim was not to create clones of sheep or indeed humans, but to use the technique to create so-called human embryonic stem cells. These, they hoped, could be grown into specific tissues, such as muscle, cartilage, and nerve cells to replace worn-out body parts. Source link
