Metabolic syndrome: how to recognize it?
Metabolic syndrome refers to the simultaneous presence of several factors that pose a risk for the onset of cardiovascular disease
Memory, can it be turned back on with a molecular switch?
An all-Italian research team has engineered a protein that promotes the exchange of information between neurons, making it activatable through the administration of rapamycin
How healthy is very strenuous exercise?
Regular physical activity is essential for staying healthy, but, according to the results of a study published in Cell Metabolism, overdoing it may even become counterproductive
Aging and frailty, a different process for women and men. Here’s what to watch out for
What is age-related frailty? And how does it show up in the two sexes? And is it possible to prevent it? Francesca Baglio, a neurologist at the IRCCS Fondazione Don Carlo Gnocchi ONLUS in Milan and a member of the SoLongevity scientific committee, tells us.
Ageing: immune system cells also lose their memory
As we age, some cells of the immune system seem to lose their memory and revert to resembling those of infants. This makes them less effective in responding to previously encountered pathogens and could have implications in the development of new vaccines
