Aging & Geriatrics

Stanford Medicine-led research finds that 12 weeks of low-impact exercise classes reduced daily episodes of urinary incontinence by more than half.

A Stanford Medicine-led study found that frail older patients who waited to start dialysis died only nine days earlier on average — and spent more time at home — than those who began treatment immediately.

Time marches on predictably, but biological aging is anything but constant, according to a new Stanford Medicine study.

Those with aging immune systems struggle to fight off novel viruses and respond weakly to vaccination. Stanford Medicine researchers were able to revitalize the immune system in mice.

A study led by researchers at Stanford Medicine finds the benefit of frequent booster vaccination for COVID-19 is highest for those over 65 years and the immunocompromised.

Children with obesity in a six-month healthy eating and exercise program experienced increases in their average telomere length, suggesting reversal of premature aging, a study led by Stanford Medicine researchers found.

A new study led by Stanford Medicine scientists demonstrates a simple way of studying organ aging by analyzing distinct proteins, or sets of them, in blood, enabling the prediction of individuals’ risk for diseases.

A study at Stanford Medicine has found that nurse practitioners prescribe as safely as primary care physicians while caring for seniors.

Stanford Medicine researchers clock the age of cells to find new therapy targets.

A drug that boosts strength in injured or aging mice restores connections between nerves and muscle and suggests ways to combat weakness in humans due to aging, injury or disease.

Physicians, researchers and other pacesetters describe some of the most promising pursuits in the medical field. In cancer, for instance: ‘Let’s kill the first cell, not the last cell.’…