Rawpixel.com / Shutterstock.com Growing older is a mixed blessing. On the one hand, we finally are able to retire and enjoy the fruits of our labors. However, health challenges can slow us down as we age. And some of these health concerns — such as dementia — can be devastating. …
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Photo by Kapustin Igor / Shutterstock.com Money management mistakes are part of life. Any of us can forget to pay a bill from time to time. But a history of such behavior might hint at a deeper problem, according to recent research published online in the medical journal JAMA Internal …
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Photo by LightField Studios / Shutterstock.com If you live in a place with high pollution levels, your risk of developing dementia might be substantially increased, according to a new study. Researchers at the University of California, San Francisco, found that among older Americans with cognitive impairment, those living in the …
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Sean Connery, the actor who originated the role of James Bond, had dementia in the last few months of his life, his wife, Micheline Roquebrune, told The Daily Mail. Mr. Connery died this weekend at age 90 in the Bahamas. Ms. Roquebrune, who was married to Mr. Connery for 45 …
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Long-term exposure to noise may be linked to an increased risk for Alzheimer’s disease and other forms of dementia. Researchers did periodic interviews with 5,227 people 65 and older participating in a study on aging. They assessed them with standard tests of orientation, memory and language, and tracked average daytime …
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As leaves change and temperatures plummet, some TikTok teens have left behind carefree summer content for autumnal meditations on memory and mortality. Hundreds of users have posted videos about listening to “Everywhere at the End of Time,” a harrowing six-and-a-half-hour ambient composition by the Caretaker, an alias of the British …
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Do I know I’m at risk for developing dementia? You bet. My father died of Alzheimer’s disease at age 72; my sister was felled by frontotemporal dementia at 58. And that’s not all: Two maternal uncles had Alzheimer’s, and my maternal grandfather may have had vascular dementia. (In his generation, …
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