From the Columbia University Irving Medical Center press release: Athletes know a vigorous workout can release a flood of endorphins: “feel-good” hormones that boost mood. Now there’s evidence that exercise produces another hormone that may…
From the Wiley press release: Older people who were newly diagnosed with depression had a slower walking speed and a shorter step length compared with those without depression in a recent Journal of the American Geriatrics…
From the Baycrest Centre for Geriatric Care press release: Adults who notice that they frequently lose their train of thought or often become sidetracked may in fact be displaying earlier symptoms of cerebral small vessel…
From the University of Maryland press release: Exercise training alters brain blood flow and improves cognitive performance in older adults, though not in the way you might think. A new study published by University of…
From the North Carolina State University press release: Psychology researchers have found another reason that sleep, mood and stress are important: they affect the extent to which older adults feel they have control over their…
From the Iowa State University press release: You may be familiar with the saying, “You are what you eat,” but did you know the food you eat could impact your memory? Auriel Willette, assistant professor,…
From the Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center press release: Intensive control of blood pressure in older people significantly reduced the risk of developing mild cognitive impairment (MCI), a precursor of early dementia, in a clinical…
From the Washington University School of Medicine press release: Poor sleep has long been linked with Alzheimer’s disease, but researchers have understood little about how sleep disruptions drive the disease. Now, studying mice and people,…
From the University of California – San Diego press release: Early adult general cognitive ability (GCA) — the diverse set of skills involved in thinking, such as reasoning, memory and perception — is a stronger…
From the University of California – San Diego press release: In recent years, public health officials have warned about a rising epidemic of loneliness, with rates of loneliness reportedly doubling over the past 50 years.…