New research shows that individuals who are 66 years old or older that have a pet tend to see slower rates of cognitive decline than people who do not have a pet. This new research was conducted by a team from Sun Yat-sen … [Read more...]
Ensuring Your Loved One Has High Quality Senior Living Conditions
If you’ve paid attention to senior care in the news over the last few months, there’s no doubt that you’ve heard a few horror stories. If you or a loved one are currently looking for senior care to help make things better, stories like … [Read more...]
A-Fib and the Brain
New research indicates that A-fib can potentially impact men and women differently when it comes to brain health. Atrial fibrillation (A-fib) is a heart rhythm disorder where the heart's upper chambers beat quickly and … [Read more...]
Balancing Dementia and Finances
When someone has dementia, life gets a lot harder. That’s one of the hallmark traits of dementia; cognitive functioning begins to decline. Things that were once done without much thought or effort will eventually become impossible … [Read more...]
A Closer Look At Memory Care
Memory care is designed to help seniors that are suffering from memory loss or cognitive impairments such as Alzheimer's disease or other types of dementia. There are certainly some similarities to other types of senior care, but memory … [Read more...]
Aging May Make Simple Coordination Tasks Tougher
A new study looks at the toll that aging can have on otherwise simple tasks that require a degree of coordination. The researchers found that as people age, these simple tasks can become more and more difficult because of normal changes … [Read more...]
How Waste in Brain Cells Impacts Quality of Life
Recently, a team of researchers from the Washington University School of Medicine found that rejuvenating immune cells in the brain of mice help those mice to more efficiently clear out toxic waste from their brains. This was true even … [Read more...]
The Link Between Weight and Parkinson’s
A new study sheds some light on the relationship between Parkinson’s disease and how they are impacted by changes in body weight. People who saw significant changes in their body weight–either gaining or losing weight–were much more likely … [Read more...]
Blood Pressure and Mental Decline
A new study reveals that there may be a link between high blood pressure and mental decline. The research, coming out of the University of Michigan, indicates that those who suffer from high blood pressure as they continue to … [Read more...]
How the Vagus Nerve Might Help with Brain Functioning
Recently, research has illuminated a little bit more information regarding the vagus nerve and its relation to brain functioning. New research out of the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Center shows that the vagus … [Read more...]
Personality Traits and Cognitive Decline
A recent study has concluded that certain personality traits might be connected to cognitive decline and dementia later on in life. The study was conducted with a group of almost 2,000 people that volunteered. A self-directed … [Read more...]
Alzheimer’s Disease and Life Expectancy
A new research project coming from UT Southwestern Medical Center has revealed a little bit more when it comes to our understanding of Alzheimer’s disease. They found that there is a correlation between the rate at which cognitive decline … [Read more...]