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Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s spurred by same enzyme

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From the Emory Health Sciences press release: Alzheimer’s disease and Parkinson’s disease are not the same. They affect different regions of the brain and have distinct genetic and environmental risk factors. But at the biochemical level,… 

Interventions to prevent cognitive decline, dementia

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From the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine press release: Cognitive training, blood pressure management for people with hypertension, and increased physical activity all show modest but inconclusive evidence that they can help prevent cognitive… 

New measures of aging may show 70 is the new 60

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From the Stony Brook University press release: Is 70 the new 60? A new Stony Brook University-led study to be published in PLOS ONE uses new measures of aging to scientifically illustrate that one’s actual… 

Support in childhood makes midlife the prime time of life

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From the University of Jyväskylä press release: There is a tendency to highlight the importance of cognitive achievements and the family’s socioeconomic background for people’s success in the future, but this study shows that children’s self-regulation,…