This is a common scenario in life: whenever you forget something, someone will jokingly say, “You’re getting old.” Forgetfulness does not mean old age, but as we grow older, people do become forgetful and even suffer from dementia. However, there are still ways to improve brain health, reverse its degeneration, and make our brain younger….
Advance Care Planning for Guns
Kerri Raissian didn’t know what to do about her father’s guns when he died of COVID-19 in December 2021 at age 86 and left her executor of his estate. Her father, Max McGaughey, hadn’t left a complete list of his firearms and where they were stored, and he hadn’t prepared a realistic plan for responsibly…
Dementia: The Quality of Your Night’s Sleep Can Affect Symptoms the Next Day – New Research
We’ve probably all experienced how a poor night’s sleep can make us feel tired, irritable and have difficulty concentrating the next day. But while the odd night of poor sleep has no impact on our health, research shows that prolonged sleep disturbances predict cognitive decline – and are also a risk factor for dementia. Disrupted…
Adding These Foods to Your Diet Could Keep Dementia Away
May 6, 2022
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A diet rich in the antioxidants that leafy, green vegetables and colorful fruit deliver is good for your body, and now new research shows it also protects your brain. In the study, people whose blood contained the highest amounts of three key antioxidants were less likely to develop all-cause dementia than those whose blood had lower levels…
How Does Exercise Guard Against Dementia? Study Reveals Clues
Exercise may help safeguard your brain as you age, and a new study suggests how this might happen. Previous research has shown that physical activity helps protect brain cells. This paper indicates it may do that through lower levels of insulin and body fat. “These results may help us to understand how physical activity affects…
Live Healthy, Live Longer Without Dementia
Staving off Alzheimer’s disease might just take a healthy diet, exercise and an active mind, a new study suggests. Women and men who follow a healthy lifestyle live longer — and longer without Alzheimer’s or other dementias, researchers say. “Eating a healthy diet rich in vegetables, berries, whole grains, and low in fried or fast foods and red or…
Beware of These Antibiotic Effects
April 13, 2022
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Before the discovery that essential symbiotic bacteria live in and on us, antibiotics were viewed largely as innocuous. As the “gut microbiome” (the microorganisms living in the intestines) becomes better understood, so too do the deleterious effects that antibiotics exert on our health. One immediate effect, as many people who have taken antibiotics know, is…
Brand-New Research Suggests High-Fiber Foods Reduce Dementia Risk
With its disabling loss of cognition, judgment, and memory, dementia is a truly devastating condition. And it is becoming more widespread. Alzheimer’s disease – the most common cause of dementia among older adults – is currently affecting over 6.2 million Americans. Experts predict that the incidence will double by the year 2050. Many scientists believe…
Elderly Man With Dementia Arrested in Wife’s Death in Mission Viejo
March 16, 2022
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MISSION VIEJO, Calif.—An elderly man diagnosed with dementia was arrested by police on March 15 after deputies determined there were “suspicious” circumstances surrounding his wife’s death. William Wiley, 86, was arrested on Tuesday, after his wife, also in her 80s, was found dead inside a residence, according to the department. Orange County Sheriff’s Department deputies…
Low Blood Pressure Could Be a Culprit in Dementia, Studies Suggest
Decline in brain function often occurs as people age. People often worry that declining brain function is an inevitable part of growing old and will lead to dementia, but it is not. Many people do not experience age-related cognitive decline. Clinical studies that have followed older individuals over many years have consistently demonstrated that chronically…
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