Middle-ages adults are reporting more chronic pain symptoms than older generations. Those who are less educated are more likely to report symptoms of chronic pain.
Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: ‘Awe Walks’ Boost Emotional Well-Being
Older adults who took brief, weekly “awe walks” for eight weeks reported improvements in positive emotions and a decrease in daily life stress.
Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: Older People Have Become Younger
The physical and cognitive health of people aged 75 to 80 is significantly better than those of that age range thirty years ago.
Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: Actively Speaking Two Languages Protects Against Cognitive Impairment
People who actively communicate in two or more languages may have a lower risk of cognitive decline associated with aging.
Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: Lifestyle Improvements May Lessen Cognitive Decline
Incorporating simple lifestyle changes, like improving diet, using brain training programs, and exercise may help improve cognition in older adults experiencing cognitive decline.
Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: Risk of Dementia Has Been Rising for Years – Instead of Falling
The risk of men and women being diagnosed with cognitive decline and dementia has increased in the U.S over the past 20 years.
Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: Accumulating Extra Genome Copies May Protect Fly Brain Cells During Aging
Adult neurons in fruitfly brains produce extra copies of their genomes to help prevent cell death caused by DNA damage.
Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: Dementia Kills Nearly Three Times More People Than Previously Thought
An estimated 13.6% of deaths in the U.S could be attributed to dementia. The number is 2.7 times higher than the official reported dementia-related deaths. The underestimation varies greatly by race, with 7.1 times more older Black adults, and 4.1 time…
Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: Genetic Background May Affect Adaptions to Aging
Twin study reveals how we adapt to aging may be genetically influenced. Individual differences in blood DNA methylation are partly heritable later in life and longitudinally across a decade, researchers report.
Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: Trauma Linked to Cognitive Decline in Adults
Recent trauma suffered during adulthood has a greater impact on aspects of cognitive functioning that trauma suffered during childhood. However, experiencing the death of a parent or parental divorce during childhood was associated with an increase in …
Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: Is Risk of Alzheimer’s Linked to Specific Sleep Patterns?
Sleep disturbances may be an outcome of Alzheimer’s in those with a genetic predisposition, but not a cause of dementia. Those with genetic risk factors for Alzheimer’s tend to have shorter sleep durations and are more likely to be early risers but are…
Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: The Role of Muscle Strength in Aging Cognitive Health
Handgrip strength correlates with cognitive function, attention, and psychomotor function in older men. No association was found between muscle mass and cognitive function.
Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: Aging Memories May Not Be ‘Worse,’ Just ‘Different’
Aging may alter neural processes for remembering continuous real-world experiences and segmenting memories.
Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: Experiences of Loneliness May Differ by Age
People experience loneliness differently in adult life, depending on their age. The strongest association with loneliness is feeling excluded from society.
Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: Baby Boomers Show Concerning Decline in Cognitive Functioning
Baby boomers scored lower on cognitive function tests than members of previous generations. Scored began to decline in those born between 1948-1953, and decreased further in those born between 1954-1959.
Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: Experiencing Childhood Trauma Makes Body and Brain Age Faster
Children who experience early life adversity experience faster biological aging than children with no history of exposure to abuse. Trauma was associated with biological aging in early puberty, cellular aging, and alterations in brain structure. The fi…
Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: Unique Insights Into How We Change as We Age
A study that has been on-going for thirty-five years sheds light on several transitions throughout our lifespans.
Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: Age Differences in How the Brain Perceives and Remembers
Scene selective cortical regions are more sensitive to age than face-selective regions when it comes to memory and perception.
Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: Older Adults Who Can Really Smell the Roses May Face Lower Likelihood of Dementia
Older adults with a higher ability to process sensations, including vision, olfaction, hearing, and touch, had half the risk of being diagnosed with cognitive decline than their peers who were less capable at sensory processing tasks.
Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: Blood Iron Levels Could be Key to Slowing Aging
High levels of iron in the blood have a negative impact on aging. Keeping the levels in check could prevent age-related health and neurodegenerative problems.
