Are You at Risk for Alzheimer’s if Your Mother or Father Had It?
Having a close relative diagnosed with Alzheimer’s can be alarming. There are currently no cures and the number of diagnoses is increasing every year. The next scariest question is will I get Alzheimer’s and am I doomed? Dr. Gad Marshall at Harvard Medical School says it is not necessarily true. Although a family history adds […]
Aging May Disrupt Your Internal Clock, But a New Timekeeper May Be at Work
Our genes are master controllers that control processes in our bodies ranging from metabolism to sleep. In the morning, our brains tell the timekeeping genes to put out cortisol to wake-up and in the evening, it puts out melatonin to make you sleepy. Our genes are like an orchestra that keep all the other genes […]
Worrying Puts You At A Higher Risk For Dementia
If you are constantly worried, stressed or anxious, you may be at a higher risk for dementia. Anxious people are one and a half times more likely to develop dementia than those who are not. If you suffer from high anxiety at some point in your life, you are 48% more likely to suffer from […]
Using GPS to Track Dementia Patients
Denmark has recognized the need to keep dementia patients safe by using GPS tracking devices to monitor the movements of elderly care home residents. Most municipalities have introduced the tracking systems after a new law allowed the elderly to be fitted with alarm and tracking devices in 2010. Most of the devices consist of alarms […]
Moderate Alcohol Intake May Prolong Lives of Alzheimer’s Patients
Alzheimer patients who drank two to three servings of alcoholic beverages every day lowered their risk of death compared to those who consumed more or less alcohol. Researchers in Denmark analyzed data from over 330 patients with early stage dementia or Alzheimer’s. The participants were tracked over a four year period. Most of the sample, […]
Seniors Going Back To School Have Lesser Chance Of Acquiring Dementia
You don’t usually find many senior citizens going back to school. However, a new study suggests that going back to school will lessen the risk of having dementia. The new study found that taking college courses can help seniors improve brain functions such as memorizing, planning and decision making. The study had 350 participants ranging […]
Study Reveals People Who Believe In Negative Stereotypes About Old Age Have Higher Risk of Alzheimer’s
Researchers at Yale School of Public Health have discovered a link between your brain and how you feel about old people. Negative stereotypes and poor regard for the elderly when you are younger may put you at a higher risk for Alzheimer’s as you age. Data was collected from 158 healthy people in their 40’s […]
Elderly With Slow Gait In Their Walk Could Be At Risk For Alzheimer’s Disease
A recent study of elderly patients at the University Hospital of Toulouse found that elderly people who are slow while walking could be undergoing the early stages of Alzheimer’s Disease. The participants that shuffled slowly had greater deposits of amyloid in the brain, especially in the putamen region which controls motor function skills. The average […]
6 Ways To Help A Caregiver
Caring for aging parents, a chronically ill spouse or a disabled child can be difficult especially for the full-time caregiver. Nearly 40 million Americans provided unpaid care to an adult in the last year. 1 out of 10 caregivers is over age 75. The typical caregiver is a 49 year-old woman caring for a parent […]
New Year’s Resolutions for Seniors
Each New Year is a time to start fresh and begin making changes for you and your body, both mentally and physically. Whether you need to lose a few pounds or focus on learning something new, there are a few things you can do to improve your overall health. Here are a few New Year’s […]
