Posts Tagged ‘older-adults’
Ballroom dancing can reduce aging-related brain atrophy in the hippocampus (and, more than treadmill walking!)
Social ballroom dancing can improve cognitive functions and reduce brain atrophy in older adults who are at increased risk for Alzheimer’s disease and other forms of dementia. That’s the key finding of my team’s recently published study in the Journal of Aging and Physical Activity. In our study, we enrolled 25 adults over 65 years…
Read MoreStudy: A combined cognitive-physical training approach may enhance both mind and body as we age
A combined cognitive and fitness training helps restore older adults’ attention abilities to young adult levels (PsyPost): A new study found promising results for a combined physical fitness and cognitive intervention designed to enhance neuroplasticity in older adults. Using a motion-capture video game, the intervention appeared to remediate age-related declines in attention. The findings were…
Read MoreStudy: Building muscle mass helps delay cognitive decline beyond the value of exercise itself
A new reason to build muscle: brain health (The Globe and Mail): … a recent study from researchers at McGill University, published in the journal JAMA Network Open, offers a new reason for continuing to work on building muscle: It’s good for your brain, not just your biceps. Greater muscle mass, the results suggest, helps ward…
Read MoreAnticholinergic drugs found to significantly increase risk of cognitive decline, especially among those with Alzheimer’s Disease biomarkers or genetic predisposition
Common Class of Drugs Linked to Increased Risk of Alzheimer’s Disease (UC San Diego release): A team of scientists, led by researchers at University of California San Diego School of Medicine, report that a class of drugs used for a broad array of conditions, from allergies and colds to hypertension and urinary incontinence, may be…
Read MoreLarge study finds that placebo works as well as vitamin D supplements to prevent depression and improve mood
Large Study Confirms Vitamin D Does Not Reduce Risk of Depression in Adults (Mass General press release): Vitamin D supplementation does not protect against depression in middle-age or older adulthood according results from one of the largest ever studies of its kind … “There was no significant benefit from the supplement for this purpose. It…
Read MoreStudy: Hearing aids may help older adults delay dementia, depression, anxiety, and falls
___ Hearing Aids Linked to Lower Risk of Dementia, Depression and Falls, Study Finds (Michigan Health Lab): “Older adults who get a hearing aid for a newly diagnosed hearing loss have a lower risk of being diagnosed with dementia, depression or anxiety in the following three years, and a lower risk of suffering fall-related injuries,…
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