Faster cognitive decline seen with eating more ultraprocessed foods
Dec 07, 2022
Faster rates of global cognitive decline and executive function decline were observed for those with ultraprocessed food consumption above the first quartile.
Study identifies factors that predict driving cessation in seniors
May 22, 2024
Older age, female sex and progression to symptomatic Alzheimer’s disease were associated with driving cessation.
Long-term loneliness tied to risk for memory decline
Aug 08, 2022
The association was particularly strong for those aged 65 years or older and for women.
Ultraprocessed food consumption linked to cognitive impairment, stroke
May 23, 2024
The risk for cognitive impairment and stroke was lower with the intake of unprocessed, minimally processed foods.
Disengaged women especially at risk of cognitive decline in retirement: study
By
Lois A. Bowers
Mar 18, 2020
Results of a new study provide additional motivation for senior living communities to try to keep residents engaged, even in these times of restricted visits and social distancing.
Bariatric surgery tied to slower cognitive decline in people with obesity
Jan 17, 2024
No association was seen between improvements in cardiometabolic risk factors and cognition.
Most long COVID resolves within one year for mild infections
Jan 13, 2023
Further, vaccinated people were at lower risk of long-term breathing difficulties than unvaccinated individuals.
Hypertension, type 2 diabetes contribute to brain changes in Puerto Rican seniors
Apr 01, 2022
A high prevalence of hypertension and type 2 diabetes was seen among the Puerto Rican cohort; those with both have deteriorating patterns in major white matter tracts.
Healthier lifestyle linked to better global cognition close to death
Feb 06, 2024
Neither the strength nor the significance of the association was changed when common dementia-related brain pathologies were included in the model.
Flu vaccination cuts older adults’ dementia odds by 40 percent over 4 years
By
Alicia Lasek
Jun 27, 2022
Older adults with no signs of dementia and at least one flu vaccination were 40% less likely to develop Alzheimer’s disease within the next four years than their unvaccinated peers, according to a new...