Tag: aging
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Testosterone and Sleep
Read more: Testosterone and SleepFrom 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…?
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Sex, Alcoholism, Dementia, Depression, and Facebook
Read more: Sex, Alcoholism, Dementia, Depression, and FacebookAn especially alluring set of news headlines at PsychCentral today: Scientists Closer to Finding Cure for Alcoholism Your Dementia Risk Rises if Spouse Has Dementia Electromagnetic Stimulation (rTMS) for Depression Some Mood Disorders Stay with Us As We Age Social Media Doesn’t Help in the Classroom Older Men Benefit From Talking About Sex Exploring…
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Alzheimer’s and Reading
Read more: Alzheimer’s and ReadingThough 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”…
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Obesity and Dementia Linked
Read more: Obesity and Dementia LinkedStudies 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…
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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.