Social relationships buffer the effects of negative childhood experiences on frailty

Reviewed Frailty is a serious concern in later-life adults due to its association with additional health risks including disability, falls, hospitalization and mortality. The prevalence of frailty has risen over time; about 15 percent of those aged 65 years and older are considered frail. In one of the first studies to analyze the mediating effects of social relationships in the […]

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Marital stress may be associated with worse patient‐reported outcomes after acute myocardial infarction

About 46% of American adults are divorced, widowed or have never been married, according to the U.S. Census Bureau, and the proportion of never-marrieds has been rising steadily in modern times. A casual glance at health research about the benefits of being wed, though, can read like a lecture from overeager mom in an old TV sitcom. “Why don’t you […]

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Researchers connect Alzheimers-associated genetic variants with brain cell function

Scientists studying Alzheimer’s disease (AD) have identified thousands of genetic variants in the genome in the development of this progressive neurodegenerative disease. These variants are predominantly located in genomic regions that do not code for proteins, making it difficult to understand which variants confer individuals’ risk of AD. Non-coding variants were once thought to be “junk DNA” by scientists. In […]

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