What is aging? That’s the question the National Institutes of Health (NIH) sought to answer in 1958 when it launched the Baltimore Longitudinal Study of Aging (BLSA)—now the world’s longest ...

NIH study shows connections between glucose metabolism, Alzheimer's pathology, ... The BLSA tracks neurological, physical and psychological data on participants over several decades.

For the first time, scientists have found a connection between abnormalities in how the brain breaks down glucose and the severity of the signature amyloid plaques and tangles in the brain, as well as ...

The Health Compact that was signed by Deputy President Paul Mashatile last week is nothing but an act of bad faith on the part of the government, says Busisiwe Mavuso, chief executive of Business ...

Levothyroxine, the second most commonly prescribed medication among older adults in the U.S., may be associated with bone loss, according to a study being presented next week at the annual meeting ...

The complement receptor-1 (CR1) gene has recently been linked with the risk of late-onset Alzheimer's disease. Researchers from the National Institute on Aging (NIA) at the National Institutes of ...

Business Leadership South Africa’s (BLSA) chief executive officer (CEO), Busisiwe Mavuso said they welcomed the news that Ebrahim Rasool will be South Africa’s next ambassador to the United ...