From the Florida Atlantic University press release: In marriage, good communication is key to a fulfilling and enduring relationship. For people with dementia, communicating needs, emotions and interacting with others becomes increasingly difficult as communication…
From the American Geriatrics Society press release: Researchers are discovering that post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is a significant risk factor in developing dementia. Dementia is a memory problem that affects a person’s ability to carry…
From the University of Bonn press release: Memory performance decreases with increasing age. Cannabis can reverse these ageing processes in the brain. This was shown in mice by scientists at the University of Bonn with…
From the University of East Anglia press release: Positive social support from adult children is associated with reduced risk of developing dementia, according to a new research published today. Conversely, negative social support is linked…
From the Oxford University Press USA press release: A new paper published in the Journal of Gerontology suggests that the period around retirement may widen socio-economic inequalities in stress and health. Poorer people, or people…
From the Penn State press release: Like air-traffic controllers scrambling to reconnect flights when a major hub goes down, the brain has a remarkable ability to rewire itself after suffering an injury. However, maintaining these…
From the DOE/Sandia National Laboratories press release: Your Saturday Salsa club or Introductory Italian class might be even better for you than you thought. According to Sandia National Laboratories cognitive scientist Mike Trumbo, learning a…
From the Johns Hopkins Medicine press release: Working with human brain tissue samples and genetically engineered mice, Johns Hopkins Medicine researchers together with colleagues at the National Institutes of Health, the University of California San…
From the Frontiers press release: Let it be no misunderstanding: heavy alcohol intake has severe harmful effects. But already for several years, researchers have been finding that moderate wine intake can be beneficial in delaying…
From the University of California – Riverside press release: One day, our brains will not work the way they used to, we won’t be as “sharp” as we once were, we won’t be able to…