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Slowing March of Age-Related Diseases in Mice: Research published in Nature demonstrates how scientists used a drug in mice to clear out old cells that had stopped dividing in order to delay or halt age-related deterioration in certain tissues, the WSJ reports. An author of the study tells the paper that if the so-called senescent cells could be cleared in humans, age-related diseases might be treated as a group rather than one at a time.

For the first time, scientists showed in mice that removing a type of aging cell from the body that has stopped dividing — known as a senescent cell — can delay or prevent age-related health issues. Shirley Wang has details on The News Hub.

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Women in their mid-to-late 60s who break a hip are five times more likely to die within a year compared to women of the same age who didn’t break a hip.

This death rate, according to a study published in the latest Archives of Internal Medicine, is surprisingly higher than those seen among women in their 70s and 80s who broke a hip.

More Diagnoses: New government stats show that the number of cases of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder rose about 30% over a decade as awareness of the condition led to more diagnoses, the WSJ reports. Some 9% of kids were diagnosed with ADHD in 2007-2009, up from 6.9% in 1998-2000, but researchers said the increase likely wasn’t because more kids were actually getting the disorder.

New York centenarians are the starting point for a nationwide effort to figure out the genetic and lifestyle elements contributing to long, healthy lives.

One of the biggest questions hanging over research into progeria — which causes rapid aging and causes children to die of heart attacks or strokes in their teens — is whether the disease offers clues about the normal aging process.

WSJ’s Joe White reports on a new effort by the U.S. Department of Transportation encouraging drivers to put down cellphones and social networking tools while driving. Photo: Reuters/Chris Roussakis

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A new blood test claims to reveal how fast a person’s chromosomes are aging, and could potentially disclose how long a person will live. Video courtesy of Sky News.

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WSJ Assistant Managing Editor John Bussey says the crisis at Fukushima has been aggravated by the spare, often contradictory information issued by the government and Tepco, revealing what at times appears to be their own uncertainty about what’s happening in the nuclear reactors.

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