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Strawberry consumption may boost cognitive function in older people: Study
Updated : 5 months, 1 week ago IST
Daily strawberry consumption was linked to improved cognitive ability, lower blood pressure, and higher antioxidant capacity in a randomised clinical trial presented at Nutrition 2023, the annual meeting of the American Society of Nutrition (ASN).
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Increasing omega-3 intake might help protect your hearing: Study
Updated : 5 months, 1 week ago IST
A new population-based cross-sectional investigation discovered an inverse relationship between blood levels of the omega-3 fatty acid docosahexaenoic acid (DHA) and hearing difficulties. Higher DHA levels in middle-aged and older people were 8-20% less likely than lower DHA levels to report
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Study reveals dedicated older people’s emergency department lowers wait ti
Updated : 5 months, 1 week ago IST
According to research from the Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital (NNUH) and the University of East Anglia (UEA), the establishment of the country's first emergency department for those over the age of 80 resulted in a considerable reduction in time spent in A&E.
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Social isolation linked to lower brain volume: Study
Updated : 2 years, 8 months ago IST
According to a study published in the online edition of Neurology, the medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology, older people who have little social interaction with others may be more likely to experience loss of overall brain volume and in areas of the brain affected by dementi
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Poor sense of smell may be linked to depression in older people : Study
Updated : 2 years, 8 months ago IST
In a study that tracked almost 2,000 community-dwelling older people for eight years, researchers at Johns Hopkins Medicine claim they have significant new evidence of a connection between diminished sense of smell and risk of developing late-life depression.
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Study: GlyNAC supplementation improves cognitive decline in older people
Updated : 2 years, 10 months ago IST
Age-related cognitive decline is a natural part of ageing, and as people get older, they strive to lead healthy lives as free as possible from it. At Baylor College of Medicine, scientists have been researching the molecular causes of age-related cognitive loss and creating dietary plans to
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Study: Musical ability makes adults better listeners by keeping brain youn
Updated : 2 years, 10 months ago IST
The global population is ageing at an unprecedented rate. Ageing can produce a variety of cognitive impairments, imposing a tremendous strain on families and society. As a result, it is vital to devise effective techniques to promote good ageing.
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Researchers find people with mild cognitive impairment more likely to rega
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
According to a study, people who had taken in good views about ageing from their culture as opposed to those who had taken in negative ones were 30 per cent more likely to regain normal cognition as they aged. Mild cognitive impairment (MCI) is a frequent form of memory loss that affects old
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Older people less capable in differentiating between AI and human speech:
Updated : 2 years, 4 months ago IST
"Findings from this study on computer-generated AI speech suggest that older adults may be at a higher risk of being taken advantage of," says Dr. Bjorn Herrmann, Baycrest's Canada Research Chair in Auditory Aging, Scientist at Baycrest's Rotman Research Institute and lead author of this stu
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Depression aggravates aging among older people: Research
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
"These patients show evidence of accelerated biological aging, and poor physical and brain health," which are the main drivers of this association, said Breno Diniz, a UConn School of Medicine geriatric psychiatrist and author of the study, which appears in Nature Mental Health.
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Depression accelerates aging in older people: Study
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
According to studies from the UConn Center on Aging, older persons who struggle with depression really age more quickly than their contemporaries.
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Reducing hazards, decluttering prevent falls among older people at home, r
Updated : 3 years ago IST
According to a recent Cochrane research, reducing hazards from the home, such as clutter, unrailing stairs, and inadequate lighting, can reduce older people's risk of falling by roughly a fourth.
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