Health
Ageing well in the real world
Heriot-Watt psychologists are to carry out a new study to look across the board at what sort of 'real-world' activities might best protect thinking and memory skills into old age.
Aug 10, 2016
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Health
Ageing can drive progress
Twenty years from now, the number of retired persons worldwide will have grown by 600 million, almost double the current number. Life expectancy will have increased, bringing new economic challenges. Yet the growing number ...
Jul 25, 2016
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Psychology has important role in helping older Americans as they age
With more than 13 percent of Americans currently over age 65, and that proportion expected to grow in the coming decades, psychology has played and will continue to play an important part in helping seniors maintain their ...
May 10, 2016
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Cardiology
NIH launches public health campaign on link between hypertension and brain health
A growing body of scientific evidence indicates that uncontrolled high blood pressure is not only the leading cause of stroke but may also be linked to cognitive decline and dementia. Today, the National Institutes of Health's ...
Feb 3, 2016
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Psychology & Psychiatry
School segregation still impacts African-Americans' minds decades later
As the nation observes the May 17 anniversary of the Supreme Court decision that ended racial segregation in public schools, a new study has found that desegregated schooling is tied to better performance for certain cognitive ...
May 11, 2015
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Neuroscience
BGRF announces in silico method to predict effectiveness of cognitive enhancers
The Biogerontology Research Foundation (BGRF), a UK-based charity committed to the support of aging research to address the challenges of a rapidly aging population and to reduce the impact of disease on future generations, ...
Feb 13, 2015
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Health
Reconceptualizing the study of population aging
Age is not just the number of years one has lived, argue IIASA population researchers. A new study from the group provides a set of tools for measuring age in all its dimensions.
Dec 12, 2013
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Health
Gender disparity in China
Researchers from USC, Peking University, the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, and a team of international partner institutions released on May 30 the first major report from a massive survey of Chinese adults ...
Jun 3, 2013
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Alzheimer's disease & dementia
IU and Regenstrief conducting nation's first randomized controlled dementia screening trial
Researchers from the Indiana University Center for Aging Research and the Regenstrief Institute are conducting the nation's first randomized controlled dementia screening trial to weigh the benefits and risks of routine screening ...
Apr 4, 2013
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Health
Dynamic new software improves care of aging brain, study shows
Innovative medical records software developed by geriatricians and informaticians from the Regenstrief Institute and the Indiana University Center for Aging Research will provide more personalized health care for older adult ...
Mar 14, 2013
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