Aging

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Walk on a tilted treadmill! It might help reveal how knee cartilage wears away so we can work to prevent it

Osteoarthritis is a main cause of physical disability in older adults. It wears away cartilage. This causes your bones to painfully rub against each other in joints like your knee. Walk on a special tilted treadmill. It might help reveal how stresses, like walking uphill, affect joint health.
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Have trouble moving your arm after a stroke? Try an at-home video game that might help you regain your arm movement.

Relearning to move your arm after a stroke is hard work. It can be frustrating. Try testing a new video game you control with individual arm muscles. It might improve arm movement and muscle coordination. You will use the game mostly at home and once a week in a lab.
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Are you close with an African American adult age 65 and over? Let's see if an online program can help people stay active, independent, and connected to their loved ones - all from the comfort of home!

More than 34 million people take care of elderly family and friends. If you're one of them, team up with your older adult to test whether a new app might help them stay active, independent, and connected as they age!
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Have a spare 10 minutes? Sign up for a registry that could connect you with studies about dementia and healthy aging!

36 million people have dementia, including Alzheimer’s. Add your name to a list of people working to cut that number, whether or not you’re sick. Signing up will help connect you to studies you might like to join. This might help advance research about dementia and healthy aging.
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Are you 65 or older and worried about declining memory and thinking? Let’s see if a personalized online program might help people like you stay active and sharp as you age!

About 16 million American adults over 65 have memory loss. If you’re 65 or older and notice your memory and thinking has changed, team up to try personalized therapy that might help improve your daily life! You can do this study from the comfort of home!
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Are you 30 to 50 years old? Share info about your lifestyle and habits – it might one day help predict who’s at a higher risk of age-related hearing loss!

Almost 40 million American adults report some trouble hearing. Team up for just 2 visits to do research on hearing loss!
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Calling all adults in Chicago! Whether or not you have joint pain, team up from the comfort of home to complete a five-minute survey about your health!

About 91 million Americans have joint pain. Team up to answer some questions about yourself and your joint pain. A better understanding of the relationship between social factors and joint pain might one day improve doctors’ ability to treat pain!
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Help learn how no-fee dental care might improve older adults’ health and wellbeing in this health research study!

Nearly one in four U.S. seniors haven’t been to the dentist in five years. And bad oral health can lead to disease or low quality of life. Team up to see how getting no-fee dental care might impact your health and wellness. It might pave the way for expanding access to dental care for older adults.
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Try a pill that’s used to treat high cholesterol. It might help prevent heart disease, dementia, or disability!

Heart disease and dementia are two of the leading causes of death for older adults in the U.S. Try a pill that’s already used to treat high cholesterol. Let’s see if it helps prevent those diseases and age-related disability. It might pave the way for a pill to help people stay healthy as they age.
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Calling all healthy adults! Team up for just one visit and get an image taken of your brain! Your participation might one day help people recovering from blood flow diseases like stroke.

Almost 800,000 Americans have a stroke every year. If you’re healthy, get some images taken of your brain. It might one day lead to better diagnosis and treatment of stroke and other similar diseases!
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