A Grieving 87-Year-Old and a Senior Shelter Cat Found the Companion Each One Needed
When an 87-year-old woman lost her husband of more than 65 years, her family helped her adopt a 12-year-old shelter cat that also needed someone.
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Ten Years After Cancer Cost Her a College Degree, She Just Finished a Second One With a 4.0 GPA
In 2013, cancer forced a college student to drop out. Ten years and a bachelor’s degree later, she just finished a Master’s in Clinical Mental Health Counseling with a 4.0.
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A Blood Test Can Now Read Alzheimer’s Risk Up to a Decade Before Symptoms Start
A large international study found that a single blood marker can estimate an older adult’s risk of Alzheimer’s-related cognitive decline five to ten years ahead. Its authors say the real promise is what it could make possible once prevention treatments arrive.
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Exercise Lowers the Expression of the Gene That Drives Muscle Aging
Researchers identified a gene called DEAF1 that drives muscle aging, and found that exercise naturally lowers it, restoring strength and repair.
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A Nine-Year Wait for an Endometriosis Diagnosis Could Soon Take a Single Afternoon
NICE has recommended two non-invasive tests that could cut the average nine-year wait for an endometriosis diagnosis down to a single visit.
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A Single Injection Gave Ten People With an Inherited Deafness Their Hearing
Four months after a single injection into her inner ear, a seven-year-old girl was chatting with her mother the way any child does, back and forth.
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A World-First Burn Treatment Spared a Teenager the One Outcome She Feared
When Kaitlin Jeffrey arrived at the burn unit at Hamilton Health Sciences in Ontario, the surgeon who took over her care was carrying something unusual: an…
