Older adults taking blood pressure-lowering medications known to cross the blood-brain barrier had better memory recall over time compared to those taking other types of medicines to treat high blood pressure, according to new research published in the American Heart Association journal Hypertension. High blood pressure, or hypertension, is a risk factor for cognitive decline… Continue reading Blood-Pressure Meds and Memory
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Hypertension and Cognitive Decline
High blood pressure appears to accelerate cognitive decline among middle-aged and older adults, but treating high blood pressure may slow down the process, according to new research. The findings, presented as preliminary research presented at the American Heart Association’s Hypertension 2019 Scientific Sessions, are important because high blood pressure and cognitive decline are two of… Continue reading Hypertension and Cognitive Decline
A Surprising Benefit of Hearing Aids – and Cataract Surgery
Hearing aids and cataract surgery are strongly linked to a slower rate of age-related cognitive decline, according to a new study by British researchers. According to Dr Piers Dawes and Dr Asri Maharani, of the University of Manchester, cognitive decline- which affects memory and thinking skills- is slowed after patient’s hearing and sight are improved.… Continue reading A Surprising Benefit of Hearing Aids – and Cataract Surgery
Better Sleep Can Prevent Cognitive Decline
Sleep is as important to our health as good nutrition and regular exercise. Not getting enough sleep is detrimental to daytime functioning – to our mood, energy, concentration and reaction time – and over the long term, it contributes to obesity and the risk of serious illness. But sleepless nights have implications well beyond making… Continue reading Better Sleep Can Prevent Cognitive Decline
Emergency Hospitalizations Are Associated with an Increased Rate of Cognitive Decline in Older Adults
Emergency and urgent hospitalizations are associated with an increased rate of cognitive decline in older adults, according to a report from researchers at Rush University Medical Center in Chicago. The results of their study suggest that hospitalization may be a more of a major risk factor for long-term cognitive decline in older adults than previously… Continue reading Emergency Hospitalizations Are Associated with an Increased Rate of Cognitive Decline in Older Adults
Elderly Yoga Practitioners May Be Protected against Cognitive Decline
Yoga may have another benefit besides fitness and stress reduction: New research says that it could be a way to protect against cognitive decline in old age. That conclusion comes from Brazilian scientists who have imaged the brains of elderly, long-term female yoga practitioners. Their conclusion: The practitioners have greater cortical thickness in brain areas… Continue reading Elderly Yoga Practitioners May Be Protected against Cognitive Decline
The Heart Treatment that May be Linked to Cognitive Decline
A common treatment for irregular heartbeat might cause brain lesions under some circumstances, according to new research. The treatment, catheter ablation, is risky when performed on the left side of the heart, say researchers from the University of California San Francisco. Additionally, investigators found evidence that the brain lesions may be linked to cognitive decline… Continue reading The Heart Treatment that May be Linked to Cognitive Decline
Lack of Computer Use Linked to Cognitive Decline
Researchers say that infrequent home computer use could be linked to cognitive decline. The finding was published in the Journal of Alzheimer’s Disease. The researchers, from the Oregon Health & Science University, have found a significant correlation between infrequent daily computer use and brain imaging signs commonly seen in early-stage Alzheimer’s patients. Using an MRI… Continue reading Lack of Computer Use Linked to Cognitive Decline
Anesthesia Not Linked to Cognitive Impairment in Older Adults
Research done in 2016 suggests older patients should not feel reluctant to have life enhancing surgeries due to concerns that undergoing anesthesia may boost their risk of developing cognitive issues. In a study of more than 8,500 middle-aged and elderly Danish twins published in Anesthesiology, the official medical journal of the American Society of Anesthesiologists… Continue reading Anesthesia Not Linked to Cognitive Impairment in Older Adults
A Diet That Helps Stop Cognitive Decline
Researchers say that eating a group of specific foods – known as the MIND Diet – may slow cognitive decline among aging adults, even those who aren’t at risk of Alzheimer’s. This finding, by researchers from Rush Medical Center, Chicago, is in addition to a previous study by the research team that found that the… Continue reading A Diet That Helps Stop Cognitive Decline
Memory Loss as We Age Is Lower Than What Was Originally Thought
Good news for ThirdAgers! According to research done by the UPV/EHU-University of the Basque Country, the capacity to recall specific facts deteriorates with age, but other types of memory do not. A release from the university reports that Alaitz Aizpurua, a lecturer at the UPV/EHU, maintains that “the highly widespread belief that memory deteriorates as… Continue reading Memory Loss as We Age Is Lower Than What Was Originally Thought
Longevity Protein Protects Against Alzheimer’s
Scientists from the Gladstone Institutes and the University of California, San Francisco report in February 2015 in the Journal of Neuroscience that raising levels of the life-extending protein klotho can protect against learning and memory deficits in Alzheimer’s disease. Remarkably, this boost in cognition occurred despite the accumulation of Alzheimer-related toxins in the brain, such… Continue reading Longevity Protein Protects Against Alzheimer’s
Trouble Balancing on One Leg Linked to Cognitive Decline
Struggling to balance on one leg for 20 seconds or longer was linked to an increased risk for small blood vessel damage in the brain and reduced cognitive function in otherwise healthy people with no clinical symptoms, according to research published in December 2014 in the American Heart Association’s journal Stroke. A release from the… Continue reading Trouble Balancing on One Leg Linked to Cognitive Decline
Depression & Cognitive Decline = Faster Brain Aging
People who develop depression and mild cognitive impairment (MCI) after age 65 are more likely to have biological and brain imaging markers that reflect a greater vulnerability for accelerated brain aging, according to a study conducted by researchers at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine. The findings were published online in Molecular Psychiatry.