Healthy Aging

People with more B12 had six times less brain shrinkage
Vitamin B12, a nutrient found in meat, fish and milk, may protect against brain volume loss in older people, according to a study published in the journal  Neurology®.
For the study, 107 people between the ages of 61 and 87 underwent brain scans, memory testing and physical [...]

Even moderate exercise had a beneficial impact
New research from researchers at the University of Melbourne adds to other research that exercise can improve cognitive function in adults with mild memory problems.  The study is published in the Journal of the American Medical Association
Researchers assessed the effect exercise on 138 volunteers with mild cognitive impairment.  The [...]

All types of antipsychotic drugs increase the risk of stroke
All drugs used to treat psychosis are linked to an increased risk of stroke, and dementia sufferers are at double the risk, according to a study published in the British Medical Journal.
Concerns about an increased risk of stroke among people taking atypical antipsychotic drugs were first [...]

Three warnings ignored, are doctors paying attention.
While three regulatory warnings of serious adverse events from anti-psychotic prescription drugs slowed the growth of use of atypical anti-psychotic drugs among elderly patients with dementia, they did not reduce the overall prescription rate of these drugs.
This stark finding comes from an analysis of prescription drug claims data in [...]

Researchers link cocoa flavanols to improved brain blood flow
Cocoa flavanols, the unique compounds found naturally in cocoa, may increase blood flow to the brain, according to new research published in the Neuropsychiatric Disease and Treatment journal. The researchers suggest that long-term improvements in brain blood flow could impact cognitive behavior, offering future potential for debilitating [...]

Researcher find that along with healthy aging good sex is possible in your 80s.
According to research published in the Journal of Sexual Medicine, healthy older Americans are enjoying long sex lives. At the same time, a decline in sexuality may be an indicator of pending serious health problems as sexual problems may precede diabetes and [...]

Eating oily fish once a week may reduce age-related macular degeneration (AMD) which is the major cause of blindness and poor vision in adults in western countries and the third cause of global blindness
THe finding comes from a new study published in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition.
There are two types of AMD, wet and [...]

Research from the University of Liverpool has found that hypnosis can slow the effects of dementia, improving quality of life for those living with the condition.
Forensic psychologist, Dr Simon Duff, investigated the effects of hypnosis on people living with dementia and compared the treatment to mainstream health-care methods. He also looked at how hypnosis compared [...]

Absence may make the heart grow fonder, but endurance exercise seems to make it younger, according to a study conducted at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis.
Older folks who did endurance exercise training for about a year got metabolically much younger hearts as a reward. By one metabolic measure, women benefited more than [...]