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Thursday, October 22

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Playing music shares genetic links with healthy aging

A genetic study of 23,782 people linked active music engagement to better cognition and motor function, but also higher mood disorder risk.A genetic study of 23,782 people linked active music engagement to better cognition and motor function, but also higher mood disorder risk.

A branching astrocyte surrounded by smaller neurons towers above dark blue-green violin players and gray figures standing without instruments.
Preprint: genetic association · 23,782 peoplePopulations
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Wednesday, October 21

BMC Geriatrics

Aerobic exercise improved balance more than Pilates in older adults

A randomized trial of 44 adults aged 60–69 compared eight weeks of exercise and found greater gains in balance and walking speed with aerobic training.A randomized trial of 44 adults aged 60–69 compared eight weeks of exercise and found greater gains in balance and walking speed with aerobic training.

Flow diagram of the study
Randomized trial · 44 peopleAerobic exercise
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Kidney International

Fewer serious medical events with semaglutide in kidney trial

In the lowest kidney-function subgroup, serious medical events were reported in 56.4% receiving semaglutide versus 60.4% receiving placebo.In the lowest kidney-function subgroup, serious medical events were reported in 56.4% receiving semaglutide versus 60.4% receiving placebo.

Randomized trial · 3,533 peopleSemaglutide
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Hearing age gap linked to higher mortality in adults

Among 13,331 US adults, each additional year of hearing age gap was associated with higher mortality, with an adjusted hazard ratio of 1.024.Among 13,331 US adults, each additional year of hearing age gap was associated with higher mortality, with an adjusted hazard ratio of 1.024.

Ear cutaways beside strong and faint sound waves, with white gaps in a dark blue-green group of people and an intact gray group.
Preprint: cohort · 13,331 peopleBiomarkers
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Tuesday, October 20

bioRxiv

A sleep brain-wave pattern was less common at older ages

The pattern appeared in 88% of children versus 44% of older adults in sleep recordings from people aged 7 to 70.The pattern appeared in 88% of children versus 44% of older adults in sleep recordings from people aged 7 to 70.

Brains viewed from above, with many dark curves in a large blue-green brain beside a child and fewer in a smaller gray brain beside an adult.
Preprint: cross-sectional studyBiomarkers
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European Heart Journal

Inherited high cholesterol linked to lower thymus output

Patients reached the healthy comparison group’s median level on a blood-based measure of thymus output about six years earlier.Patients reached the healthy comparison group’s median level on a blood-based measure of thymus output about six years earlier.

Helper T cells cluster around an enlarged cell, with sparse newly released cells nearby and more in the lighter group, surrounded by gray blood cells.
Cross-sectional · 562 peopleBlood and immune system
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SSM - Population Health

Moderate helping linked to slower aging measures in the US

In US participants, formal volunteering and informal helping for 1–99 hours a year were associated with slower aging on several DNA-based measures.In US participants, formal volunteering and informal helping for 1–99 hours a year were associated with slower aging on several DNA-based measures.

Informal helping, formal volunteering, and epigenetic age acceleration in the HRS (N = 3919).
Cohort · 3,919 peoplePopulations
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Journal of Immunology

Immune gene variants linked to virus control in aged macaques

In an infection experiment, rhesus macaques aged 17–23 with protective immune gene variants had lower blood virus levels through 70 days than those without.In an infection experiment, rhesus macaques aged 17–23 with protective immune gene variants had lower blood virus levels through 70 days than those without.

Animal study · 16 animalsBlood and immune system
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Higher fiber intake linked to fewer thinking problems after surgery

Thinking problems around surgery occurred in 13.4% of older patients with high fiber intake, compared with 25.9% of those with low intake.Thinking problems around surgery occurred in 13.4% of older patients with high fiber intake, compared with 25.9% of those with low intake.

Flow diagram of participant selection and exclusion with PSM.
Preprint: cohort studyPopulations
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