Keeping both mentally and physically active is key to brain health. Nutrition may play a role as well. Here is a look at some ingredients and supplements that may help protect and sharpen aging brains.
Date Posted: April 21, 2015
Categories: Aging & Geriatric Issues
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Pucker up seniors ... it may be good for your health. A growing body of research finds that continuing to get your groove on as you age can bear some provocative mind and body benefits.
Apr 14
Categories: Aging & Geriatric Issues
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Not exercising, being obese, smoking and abusing drugs are among the factors known to shorten people's life spans. Might being lonely or socially isolated have a similar effect?
Apr 9
Categories: Aging & Geriatric Issues, Social Isolation
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Some people thrive on "alone time," and seem perfectly happy flying solo at the movies, restaurants and on vacation when the rest of the world couldn't imagine doing these things without a partner, spouse or friends.
But new research finds that ...
Mar 25
Categories: Aging & Geriatric Issues, Social Anxiety / Phobia, Social ...
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The ability to recall names and faces with lightning speed may start to fade in one's 20s, but our capability to perform other functions, such as learning new words, doesn't peak until decades later, according to a new study by Boston scientists.
Mar 18
Categories: Aging & Geriatric Issues
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Standing away in corners while sticking to your own social cliques, giving furtive glances at each other, while the music plays in the background. Does that sound familiar to you? What about laughing your hearts out and dancing like crazy when you ...
Feb 27
Categories: Aging & Geriatric Issues
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Sleep is important, and perhaps it's most important when you're young
Feb 18
Categories: Aging & Geriatric Issues, Sleep Disorders
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Study reveals the chance that mild age-related memory and thinking problems will turn into dementia.
Jan 14
Categories: Aging & Geriatric Issues
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We just came across a new and fascinating scientific paper, titled Development and evaluation of a self-administered on-line test of memory and attention for middle-aged and older adults, and published at Frontiers in ...
Dec 8
Categories: Aging & Geriatric Issues
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People with type 2 diabetes in middle age had greater cognitive impairment in the following decades than did their nondiabetic counterparts. Dina Fine Maron reports
Dec 5
Categories: Aging & Geriatric Issues
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New research led by Cornell University neuroscientist Nathan Spreng shows for the first time that engaging brain areas linked to so-called "off-task" mental activities (such as mind-wandering and reminiscing) can actually boost performance on some ...
Oct 25
Categories: Aging & Geriatric Issues
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It takes about 14 years for a child to go through grade school, hit puberty, and be at the cusp of an inescapable question: "What are you going to do with your life?"
Jun 11
Categories: Aging & Geriatric Issues
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Learning a second language can have a positive effect on the brain, even if it is taken up in adulthood, a University of Edinburgh study suggests.
Jun 5
Categories: Aging & Geriatric Issues
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Many of my older-adult patients wanted to make a difference in the world but, finding no role for themselves, were treated as socially useless. Having created a new stage of life, the next step is to make it meaningful.
Jun 4
Categories: Aging & Geriatric Issues
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Having a sense of purpose may add years to your life, regardless of what the purpose is, research suggests.
Not only does it contribute to healthy aging, but it may also stave off early death, according to a study of 7,000 Americans.
May 22
Categories: Aging & Geriatric Issues
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Many of us assume that once we hit a certain age, our best years are behind us. In fact, there are plenty of examples of folk throughout history (and right up to the present day) who only really hit their stride and celebrate their greatest triumphs ...
Apr 22
Categories: Aging & Geriatric Issues
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