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Diet and Alzheimer’s
Read more: Diet and Alzheimer’sFrom 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.
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Depression in Seniors
Read more: Depression in SeniorsThe 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,…
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Philosophy Bites
Read more: Philosophy BitesFor people who took and didn’t hate Philosophy 101, here’s a podcast you also may not hate: Philosophy Bites. A pair of British philosophers bring in an outside philosopher and chew on a topic for 10 – 20 minutes. Shows often touch on topics that are cousins to psychology: What is Consciousness?, Sense of Self,…
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Exercise Science
Read more: Exercise ScienceResearch gathered for an NYT article, Weighing the Evidence on Exercise. The newest science suggests that exercise alone will not make you thin, but it may determine whether you stay thin, if you can achieve that state.
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Speed Dating Overwhelm
Read more: Speed Dating OverwhelmToo many choices, at the grocery store or in dating, can lead to hasty decision-making–or so says a study reported at PsychCentral: In this environment, researchers found that people respond by paying attention to different types of characteristics – discarding attributes such as education, smoking status, and occupation in favor of physical characteristics such as…