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Geriatrics & Healthy Aging
Falls, cognition, polypharmacy, frailty, and independence strategies.
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Reading for fun linked to better mental health and lower dementia risk
8+ hour, 14+ min ago (897+ words) Reading for pleasure has mental and physical health benefits for every age — from children to pensioners, according to new research. Whether its tucking into a Jane Austen novel, a newspaper or comic, scientists found that reading is linked to better…...
Three brain systems collapse simultaneously between 50 and 75, a hippocampus map finds
4+ hour, 40+ min ago (470+ words) Aging has long been the most prominent risk factor for Alzheimer’s disease, and yet the biological mechanism linking one to the other has remained poorly understood. A new study published in Science may have identified the mechanism — not as a…...
Terminal lucidity: when dying dementia patients regain awareness | Psyche Ideas
4+ hour, 15+ min ago (926+ words) is a neuroscientist. He is currently the executive director of the Brain Preservation Foundation and the author of The Future Loves You: How and Why We Should Abolish Death (2025). An 81-year-old woman with advanced Alzheimer’s is living in a retirement…...
Map of brain ‘microproteins’ could offer new clues to Alzheimer’s disease
4+ hour, 13+ min ago (284+ words) Researchers detect more than 1,000 overlooked microproteins in human brain tissue, including some that are altered in Alzheimer’s disease....
Reading for Pleasure Protects Brain from Cognitive Decline
5+ hour, 22+ min ago (87+ words) Reading for pleasure is linked to better mental health, greater empathy and a lower risk of dementia, according to a new study led by scientists at the University of Cambridge.In a review published in Psychological Medicine, the scientists argue…...
Reading for pleasure could boost your health at any age - and it doesn't matter what you read
4+ hour, 35+ min ago (323+ words) Reading for pleasure could improve your mental and brain health at any age – and researchers say it doesn't particularly matter what you choose to read. Reading for enjoyment has been linked with better mental health, cognitive performance and a lower…...
How Early Can Brain Aging Be Detected? What 1,400+ Brain Scans Reveal
4+ hour, 54+ min ago (852+ words) When you think about brain aging, you might picture someone in their 70s or 80s experiencing changes in memory or thinking. But researchers are increasingly finding that the brain's aging process begins much earlier, and that people of the same age can…...