Research area
Health & Longevity
Human health, disease, treatment and aging. The largest corpus area supports distinct cancer, neurological and therapeutic navigation.
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Evidence date ·How cancer treatment can stop tumors and strain healthy tissue
Review or Meta-AnalysisA 2022 review examines whether targeting senescent cells could ease lasting harm from cancer treatment, and why mouse findings do not establish human benefit.
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Evidence date ·What researchers plan to learn from six months of metformin in people with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease who do not have diabetes
Clinical TrialTracked over timeA planned metformin study in older people with chronic lung disease and no diabetes focuses on safety, tolerability and aging-related blood markers.
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Evidence date ·Removing harmful airway cells or changing their activity
Review or Meta-AnalysisTracked over timeA 2023 review links airway-cell damage, failed mitochondrial cleanup and inflammatory signals; benefits for chronic obstructive lung disease remain unproven.
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Evidence date ·How stalled cell renewal may sustain chronic lung injury
Review or Meta-AnalysisTracked over timeA June 2022 review links senescent cells to COPD’s repair and inflammation problems, while separating cell removal from signal control.
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Evidence date ·In residential care, enjoying a robot is not the same as feeling better
Clinical TrialA registry-described study tests a 10-week companion-robot program against no PARO sessions, measuring loneliness and symptoms at weeks 10 and 14.
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Evidence date ·Can changing sleep spindles, patterns of sleep brain activity, help older adults?
Clinical TrialA proposed home study asks whether brain stimulation can change sleep spindles in healthy older adults. Benefits for memory remain unproven.
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Evidence date ·How researchers plan to compare older patients’ recovery stories with cognitive tests
Clinical TrialA registered Swedish study plans interviews, cognitive tests and recovery measures to compare older patients’ experiences after joint replacement.
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Evidence date ·How waking and sleeping diverge in Alzheimer disease and progressive supranuclear palsy
Peer-Reviewed PaperA small observational study linked sleep recordings to later brain-tissue counts in Alzheimer disease and progressive supranuclear palsy, without proving cause.
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Evidence date ·What a Hai Duong program asks about living with dementia
Clinical TrialA study plan in Hai Duong, Vietnam, asks whether exercise and cognitive training add to dementia education. The registry description provides no results.
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Evidence date ·What supplements and natural compounds reveal about aging research
Review or Meta-AnalysisThe 2022 review links supplements to nutrient sensing and mitochondria, compares human and animal examples, and finds no proven life-extension plan.