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_ Senior Health The Gene Associated with Age-Related Hearing Loss By Sondra Forsyth article The gene Slc4a10 had already been┬áidentified as necessary┬áfor eye function, but a new study linked defective Slc4a10 to age-related hearing … Read More→
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_ Do Ageist Expectations Affect Our Health? Of Course. By Sondra Forsyth blog Once I got past the title (ΓÇ£What if Age Is Nothing but a Mind-Set?ΓÇ¥) and the creepy photographs of faux-old […]
_ Addiction & Substance Overuse A Safe Painkiller? By Jane Farrell article Researchers working from scratch have developed a new opioid drug candidate that blocks pain without the dangerous side effects of … Read More→
_ Mental & Emotional Health Good News as We Age! WeΓÇÖre Happier Now Than Ever, Health Issues and All. By Sondra Forsyth article A study done by researchers at University of California, San Diego School of Medicine and published in the August 2016 … Read More→
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