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New joint replacement material put to first clinical use

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Cost of extending medicare may be offset

New data show that people who were uninsured before receiving benefits at age 65 required more intensive and costlier care than those who had been privately insured prior to receiving Medicare.




Insight into how the brain loses plasticity of youth

A protein once thought to play a role only in the immune system could hold a clue to one of the great puzzles of neuroscience: how do the highly malleable and plastic brains of youth settle down into




Coverage improves health and reduces heart complications

A 12-year study of over 7,000 Americans shows that individuals without health insurance experience a dramatic improvement in their subsequent health trends when they become eligible for Medicare at




Modifiable factors associated with long life

A healthy lifestyle during the early elderly years—including weight management, exercising regularly and not smoking—may be associated with a greater probability of living to age 90 in men, as




Researchers identify a potentially universal mechanism of aging

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Brain systems less coordinated with age

Some brain systems become less coordinated with age even in the absence of Alzheimer’s disease.Additional topics at Aging and Alzheimer's diseaseMore research news at Consumer information (Source:




Study says "widower effect" is real

A study by Harvard Medical School researchers shows a spousal illness can be bad for your health.More at AgingInformation about other disease-related Harvard medical research at Consumer Information




The aging brain: failure to communicate

A team of Howard Hughes Medical Institute researchers at Harvard Medical School has shown that normal aging disrupts communication between different regions of the brain. Additional information at




Reducing insulin signaling in the brain can prolong lifespan

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