Editor’s Note: This article is a reprint. It was originally published July 12, 2018. In recent years, it’s become increasingly apparent that most of what we refer to as health and disease really links back to the function of your mitochondria — tiny organelles inside your cells that play an important role in the production… Read More »
Melatonin is best known as a sleep hormone because of its action controlling the circadian cycle. But melatonin also has antioxidant properties, and may have an important anti-aging role. A recent study looked at artificially aged mice to determine the effects of melatonin on aging. Such mice are used as a model to study the… Read More »
Ageing is a natural and inevitable process. Our cells will eventually cease dividing, and any damages will no longer repair. Plenty of living things like plants and animals around us experience ageing. In humans, ageing may refer to physical, social, and mental changes over time. We may have more wrinkles and white hair, but our… Read More »
When Amgen signed an outcomes-based reimbursement deal for its blockbuster rheumatoid arthritis drug Enbrel with Harvard Pilgrim Healthcare in 2017, it seemed like a strategy for preserving the market share of a product on the cusp of losing its patent protection. The patent threat has since been pushed off several years—but Amgen is still making… Read More »