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How to Protect Your Parent From Delirium
Delirium is common in older hospital patients but often goes undetected
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Positive, warm, trusting friendships may be key to slower decline in memory & cognitive functioning.
SuperAgers, 80+ year olds who have cognitive ability at least as good as people in their 50s or 60s, report more satisfying, high-quality relationships compared to cognitively average, same-age peers.
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My Advice to 50-Year-Olds
So you turn 50 this year, right? Or you just turned 50. It’s so interesting to me that people can’t project or understand where the market’s moving, aka, in this scenario that “we,” as 40–50–60 year-olds are going to live dramatically longer and healthier than your parents’ and grandparents’ generation.
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I lived with an Alzheimer’s diagnosis for years. But a recent test says I may not have it after all.
Diagnosing Alzheimer’s is tricky. Dementia and cognitive decline have many causes.
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To Stay Young, Kill Zombie Cells
An anti-aging strategy that works in mice is about to be tested in humans
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Anti-aging stem cell treatment proves successful in early human trials
The results of two human clinical trials into a stem cell therapy that can reverse symptoms of age-associated frailty have been published indicating this landmark treatment is both safe and strikingly effective in tackling key factors in aging.
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'Caring for my terminally ill son at 103'
Margaret Gilbert had always lived with her only child, Richard. He used to be her carer until he was diagnosed with terminal cancer five years ago – then those roles were reversed. In England there are more than 9,200 carers aged over 85.
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Why Age? Should We End Aging Forever?
If you could decide today... how long do you want to live?
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Pennsylvania woman on her 112th b-day: 'I still like beer'
Lucy Treccasse has seen it all. She was born in 1905, and now she’s celebrating her 112th birthday. Treccasse is the eighth oldest living person in America. She now lives in a nursing home in Cabot, Butler County. But she’s originally from Foxburg, and has fond memories of her childhood. Her father played golf. Her family even had a radio. They listened to the first radio broadcast on KDKA together: the election results on Nov. 2, 1920.
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Dementia and aging brains
Get the facts on dementia and disorders such as Lewy Body dementia, Alzheimer's disease, vascular dementia, and more.
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Hasbro Joy for All
The comfort a robot pet provides the aged is like all cat love: hard to understand, but it works. By Jeremy D. Larson (Mar. 24, 2016)
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How the Elderly Lose Their Rights
Guardians can sell the assets and control the lives of senior citizens without their consent—and reap a profit from it. By Rachel Aviv.
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Elderly who have trouble identifying odors face risk of dementia
A long-term study of nearly 3,000 adults, aged 57 to 85, found that those who could not identify at least four out of five common odors were more than twice as likely as those with a normal sense of smell to develop dementia within five years.
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Dietary and lifestyle guidelines for the prevention of Alzheimer's disease.
Risk of developing Alzheimer's disease is increased by older age, genetic factors, and several medical risk factors. Studies have also suggested that dietary and lifestyle factors may influence risk, raising the possibility that preventive strategies may be effective. (2014)
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Aging in the Time of Endless War
Perhaps I was shipwrecked, philosophically speaking, but I managed to take in the glorious north with its iced hills shimmering under the low and golden light. On the hike back out I realized that I hadn’t had my heart in the hike... By Nelson Lowhim.
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Do Microbes Trigger Alzheimer’s Disease?
The once fringe idea is gaining traction among the scientific community. By Jill U. Adams. (Sept. 1, 2017)
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Alienation Is Killing Americans and Japanese
The stories have become all too familiar in Japan, though people often do their best to ignore them. An elderly or middle-aged person, usually a man, is found dead, at home in his apartment, frequently right in his bed. It has been days, weeks, or even months... By Amos Zeeberg.
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Watch: Here's how short life really is
Your life in a pie chart.
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We Can Finally Read The 'Clock' That Tells How Long Human Cells Have Left to Live
Up until now, it's only been possible to track where cells are in their life cycle once they're dead. However, a new study outlines a method of analysing living cells by taking a close look at their nucleus.
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Get Off The Couch Baby Boomers, Or You May Not Be Able To Later
If you sit too much during middle age — at work and at home — your ability to exercise or even walk in late decades is at risk, a study hints. And, of course, your risk of heart disease climbs, too.
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