From ScienceDaily: Could Dwindling Testosterone Levels Decrease Sleep?
In young men, deep sleep represents 10 to 20 percent of total sleep. By age 50, it decreases to five to seven percent. For men over 60, it can disappear altogether.
Sound familiar…?
An especially alluring set of news headlines at PsychCentral today:
Though talking may go, reading is still possible for many Alzheimer’s patients, reports the NYT:
Caregivers may be surprised to learn that reading ability is not always destroyed by Alzheimer’s. “All of my research demonstrates that people who were literate maintain their ability to read until the end stages of dementia”…
Studies show a connection between obesity and dementia, reports Olivia Judson in the NYT:
In the United States today, around one-third of adults are obese. At the same time, dementia is already one of the most costly and devastating health problems of old age. The possibility that obesity today will lead to higher rates of dementia in the future is, therefore, deeply alarming.
From the NYT: Diet May Be Linked to Lower Alzheimer’s Risk in Older People. Starts this way:
Older adults appear to be at lower risk for Alzheimer’s disease if they eat a diet rich in fish, poultry, fruit, nuts, dark leafy greens, vegetables like broccoli and cauliflower, and oil-and-vinegar dressing, a new study has found.
The Los Angeles Times takes look at depression in seniors.
When dealing with her older patients, [Dr. Laura] Mosqueda tries to avoid using the term depression — or any others that might indicate a mental problem. People in their 70s, 80s and 90s are intimidated by those words, she says.
“I’ll say to them, ‘This low mood is something we can help you with.’ And I often talk to them about coping and tell them they might feel a whole lot better if they get help.”
