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Transplant drug helps mice live longer

By Maggie Fox, Health and Science Editor; Jul 8, 2009 12:02 PM PDT

Reuters - An antibiotic pill originally developed to help prevent rejection in organ transplant patients helps mice live longer and might offer a route to fighting age-related disease in people, U.S. researchers reported on Monday. Full Story

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Lighter Meals May Bring Longer Life
Jul 9, 2009 01:03 PM PDT, HealthDay
HealthDay - THURSDAY, July 9 (HealthDay News) -- A new study that found that a lower-calorie diet slowed the aging process in monkeys could be the best proof yet that restricted diets might do the same for humans.
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Transplant drug helps mice live longer
Jul 8, 2009 12:02 PM PDT, Reuters
Reuters - An antibiotic pill originally developed to help prevent rejection in organ transplant patients helps mice live longer and might offer a route to fighting age-related disease in people, U.S. researchers reported on Monday.
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Wealth, disability factors in alcohol-longevity tie
Jul 3, 2009 10:30 AM PDT, Reuters
Reuters - Moderate drinkers are wealthier, more educated and less likely to be disabled than teetotalers, which explains some, but not all, of the association between moderate alcohol consumption and longer life, according to a new study.
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"Boomeritis" hits aging athletes
Jul 1, 2009 05:30 PM PDT, Reuters
Reuters - Fifty may be the new thirty, but baby boomers' bodies haven't heard the news.
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AMA adopts new policy against anti-aging hormones
Jun 16, 2009 07:07 AM PDT, Associated Press
AP - The American Medical Association says there's no scientific proof to back up claims of anti-aging hormones.
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U.S. hospitals rationing nuclear imaging tests
Jun 12, 2009 03:45 PM PDT, Reuters
Reuters - A North American shortage of medical isotopes has forced many U.S. hospitals to begin rationing scores of diagnostic tests, and doctors said on Friday they see no quick solution.
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