Vaccines Are Helping Older People More Than We Knew - The New York Times

kept by eddie jan 04

Vaccines provide unexpected off-target benefits for older people, including a reduced risk of dementia, according to multiple studies.

Goodbye joint replacements? Stanford scientists found a way to regrow cartilage and stop arthritis
Stanford researchers found that inhibiting the aging protein 15-PGDH restores hyaline cartilage in old mice and human tissue, suggesting a potential drug to reverse osteoarthritis.
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Inflammation Keeps Us Alive. It's Also Making Us Sick. - The New York Times
Chronic inflammation underlies many age-related diseases; GLP-1 drugs reduce inflammation but also risk infection, while real-time monitoring may soon personalize treatment.
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