Tag: Life Expectancy

Aging is associated with an overall decline in health and increased frailty, and is a major risk factor for multiple chronic diseases. Frailty syndrome, characterized by weakness, fatigue and low physical activity, affects more than 30% of the elderly population. Increasing our understanding of the mechanisms underlying the aging process is a top priority to

Why some people age faster than others What exactly happens in the aging? The ability to eliminate waste proteins seems to be both the aging of the brain, as well as on the entire life-span impact. An international research team acquired a new fundamental insights about the process of aging. Researchers from the Leibniz-Institute for

Exercise can increase our life expectancy Exercise is important for human health. Sufficient movement also has an additional positive effect on our life expectancy. Researchers found out now that older women can improve their life expectancy significantly, if you go to a day per day a minimum of 4,400 steps. In the current investigation, the