iPhone app iPad app Android phone app Android tablet app

Telomerase

Change Your Genes With... Meditation?

Aditi Nerurkar, MD | Posted 05.16.2013 | Healthy Living
Read More: Mind-Body Connection, Meditation, Genetics, Genes, Telomeres, Telomerase, Genomics, Meditation and Telomeres, Meditation and Cells, Meditation and Cellular Activity, Meditation and Genes, Meditation Telomeres, Meditation Benefits, Meditation and Genetics, Healthy Living News
Aditi Nerurkar, MD

It really does sound like an infomercial, doesn't it? Emerging research suggests a relationship between the practice of meditation and genetic changes. Let's consider the evidence.

Read Whole Story

Mapping Telomerase

Stig Egil Bojesen | Posted 04.22.2013 | Science
Read More: Telomerase-Activity, Telomere Length, Telomerase Mapping, Telomerase Gene Mapping, Stem Cells, Cancer Cure, Genetics, Cancer, Telomerase, Science News
Stig Egil Bojesen

Some weeks ago I gave birth to a child after being pregnant for more than four years. The birth was postponed several times, but finally it came; along with 12 brothers and sisters, and with more than 1,000 parents.

Read Whole Story

The Breakthrough That Will Change The Way You Age

Posted 02.05.2013 | OWN
Read More: Aging, What Are Telomeres, What Is a Telomere, Telomeres Aging, Antiage, Aging Anti, What Is Telomere, Telomeres, Telomerase, What Is Telomeres, Antiaging, Own-Healthy, OWN News

By Thea Singer Fifteen minutes with a scientist who's unlocking the secrets to better aging. Elizabeth H. Blackburn, PhD, won the world's at...

Read Whole Story

Weekly Health Tip: The Power of Meditation

Deepak Chopra | Posted 07.16.2011 | Healthy Living
Read More: Stress, Meditation, Telomeres, Telomerase, Relaxation Techniques, Stress Reduction, Healthy Living, Healthy Living Body, Stress Less, Meditation Telomeres, Healthy Living News
Deepak Chopra

Increasing telomerase is a way to slow telomeres' unraveling. And guess how we can we do that? Meditation.

Read Whole Story

Scientists Can Reverse Aging In Mice, But Can They Do It For Humans?

Arlene Weintraub | Posted 05.26.2011 | Home
Read More: Telomeres, Telomerase, Telomerase Activity, Telomere Length, Telomere Aging, Telomeres and Aging, Telomeres Research, Home News
Arlene Weintraub

You can reduce DNA damage by controlling obesity and diabetes, not smoking, exercising. People can control a lot when it comes to enhancing their lives as they age -- but it's the basic stuff.

Read Whole Story

Top 10 Medical Events Of The Decade

Dr. Dean Ornish | Posted 11.17.2011 | Healthy Living
Read More: Angioplasty, Limb Regeneration, Mammography, Epigenetics, Synthetic Genomics, Childhood Obesity, Stents, Globalization, Slidehuge, Dr. Judah Folkman, Obesity, Wellness, Integrative Medicine, Angiogenesis, Medical News, Dna, Breast Cancer, Prostate Cancer, Dr. Elizabeth Blackburn, Health, Dr. Dean Ornish, Genetics, Diabetes, Telomeres, Telomerase, Craig Venter, Healthy Living News
Dr. Dean Ornish

In writing about the top 10 medical events of the decade, I first began writing about the latest high-tech breakthroughs in genomics, stem cell research, angiogenesis, and so on.

Read Whole Story

Mutant Genes Key To Living To 100: Researchers

BBC | Posted 05.25.2011 | Technology
Read More: Ashkenazi Jews, Long Life Enzyme, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Telomeres, Telomerase, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 2009 Nobel Prize in Physiology and Medicine, Mutant Gene, Ashkenazi Jews Long Life, Technology News

There is a clear link between living to 100 and inheriting a hyperactive version of an enzyme that prevents cells from ageing, researchers say....

Read Whole Story

Study: Changing Diet, Exercise Will Lengthen Lives

San Francisco Chronicle | David Perlman | Posted 11.17.2011 | Healthy Living
Read More: Women's Health, Dean Ornish, Men's Health, Telomerase, Personal Health, Health, Healthy Living News

A carefully limited pilot study of 30 prostate cancer patients by scientists and doctors at UCSF and a Sausalito research institute indicates for the ...

Read Whole Story