
Social for 1 Day Improves Cognition for 3
Researchers find that adults ages 70 to 90 who enjoy a pleasant social life, also have a better cognitive life.
Researchers find that adults ages 70 to 90 who enjoy a pleasant social life, also have a better cognitive life.
Learn the latest research at Rush University on dementia-preventing activities that keep your brain refreshingly healthy.
VIDEO + ARTICLE: After studying 2,000 people, learn why researchers were surprised to find that allowing ourselves to ‘feel lonely’, and NOT ‘being alone’, was associated with getting dementia. See how feeling connected keeps your brain cells connected, too.
Very small things that people do can make a very big difference to people with dementia. Hear people with early dementia share their experiences, stigmas and what you can do to help create a dementia-friendly world.
Did you know? Intellectual abilities are increased in the brain by an average 300% in most people ages 60-80.
Strength is not in our muscles.
It is in our soul and spirit.
FORGOT where you put those keys again? Worried about it? The good news is, though you may have a problem, it’s probably not Alzheimer’s. A real warning sign of Alzheimer’s is “anosognosia”. That’s when you forget and are not aware of it, while other people are. Learn more about what causes memory problems and how to better understand what you see.
A person with dementia can experience hallucinations when the regions of the brain responsible for interpreting sights and sounds are affected. Here are ways to deal with it.
Strength is not in our muscles.
It is in our soul and spirit.
SHORT-TERM MEMORY lapses are obvious signs of Alzheimer’s, but other tell-tale signals begin to show much earlier. Learn how to look for semantic impairments, such as simple questions about size.
Three important dementia studies focus on HS-AGING, a type of dementia almost as common as Alzheimer’s in the 85+ group. Yet few people have heard of it. Why? What makes it different?
An intriguing study of 120 grandmothers might surprise you. Doctors know socially engaged people have better cognition and less dementia. But can a person get too much of a good thing? What’s the right balance?
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