Links to material on aging, including it’s affect on brain health and mental agility.
- Scientists Discover 4 Distinct Patterns of Aging
- ‘Ageotypes’ provide window into how individuals age
- Ageotypes: Why do people age differently?
- Research study:
Personal aging markers and ageotypes revealed by deep longitudinal profiling - 25 Again? How Exercise May Fight Aging
- Lifelong Exercise Prevents “Inflammaging”
- LIFELONG EXERCISE PROTECTS AGAINST AGING
- Research publication:
Effects of aging and lifelong aerobic exercise on basal and exercise-induced inflammation - For Better Brain Health, Preserve Your Hearing
- Link between hearing and cognition begins earlier than once thought
- Mild Hearing Loss May Be Associated with Mental Decline in Seniors
- Hearing Loss Linked to Dementia
- CAN HEARING AIDS HELP PREVENT DEMENTIA?
- Cognitive loss and hearing loss
- Hearing Loss and Dementia: Breakthrough Research Seeks Causal Link
- Three research studies:
Association of Subclinical Hearing Loss With Cognitive Performance. - Association of Hearing Loss With Dementia
- Relationship of Hearing loss and Dementia: a Prospective, Population-based Study
- Health Information | National Institute on Aging
- Owning a dog tied to lowering your risk of dying early by 24%, says science
- Dog ownership associated with longer life, especially among heart attack and stroke survivors
- Research publications:
Dog Ownership and Survival: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis - Dog Ownership and Survival After a Major Cardiovascular Event: A Register-Based Prospective Study
- With age comes hearing loss and a greater risk of cognitive decline
- How hearing impairment is associated with cognitive decline
- Original research abstract:
Hearing impairment and cognitive decline in older, community-dwelling adults. - Hearing loss and cognitive decline: Study probes link
- Research publication:
Longitudinal study of hearing loss and subjective cognitive function decline in men - Hearing Loss Threatens Mind, Life and Limb
- Higher risk of dementia and depression with an untreated hearing loss
- Hearing Loss in Older Adults Linked to Depression, Dementia Among Other Comorbidities
- Original research publication:
Incident Hearing Loss and Comorbidity: A Longitudinal Administrative Claims Study - Evidence that Hearing Aids Could Slow Cognitive Decline in Later Life
- Research article:
Longitudinal Relationship Between Hearing Aid Use and Cognitive Function in Older Americans - Hearing aids linked to lower risk of dementia, depression and falls
- Hearing aids lower the chance of dementia, depression, and falling
- Research article:
Can Hearing Aids Delay Time to Diagnosis of Dementia, Depression, or Falls in Older Adults? - Patients with untreated hearing loss incur higher health care costs over time
- Research article:
Trends in Health Care Costs and Utilization Associated With Untreated Hearing Loss Over 10 Years - How Weight Training Changes the Brain
- Weight Training – Good for the Brain Too?
- Research publication:
Resistance-exercise training ameliorates LPS-induced cognitive impairment concurrent with molecular signaling changes in the rat dentate gyrus - Air pollution reduces global life expectancy by more than one year
- Air pollution is shaving a year off our average life expectancy
- Lowering air pollution just a bit would increase life expectancy as much as eradicating lung and breast cancer
- Research publication:
Ambient PM2.5 Reduces Global and Regional Life Expectancy - The more you do to promote your cardiovascular health, the lower your risk of dementia
- Midlife heart health shows a link with future risk of dementia
- Better heart health may mean lower dementia risk in older people
- These 7 heart-healthy factors could cut your risk of dementia, a new study finds
- Dementia and Heart Health: Are They Related?
- Risk factors for heart disease linked to dementia
- Research article:
Association of Cardiovascular Health Level in Older Age With Cognitive Decline and Incident Dementia - Researchers show better cardiorespiratory fitness leads to longer lifea>
- Confirmed: Higher Cardiorespiratory Fitness Predicts Lower Mortalitya>
- New study says not exercising is pretty much the worst thing you can possibly doa>
- Research article:
Association of Cardiorespiratory Fitness With Long-term Mortality Among Adults Undergoing Exercise Treadmill Testing - Adopting Mediterranean diet in old age can prolong life, study suggests
- Mediterranean Diet Could Help Older Adults Prolong Life, Study Says
- Mediterranean diet and mortality in the elderly: a prospective cohort study and a meta-analysis
- Sleep and Aging – Senior Sleep Guide
- Dr. Sanjay Gupta: Forget science (for now); living longer is in your hands
- Sitting Too Much Can Change Your Brain & Impact Your Memory, A New Study Says
- Too Much Sitting May Shrink the Part of Your Brain Tied to Memory
- medial temporal lobe (MTL)
- Research article:
Sedentary behavior associated with reduced medial temporal lobe thickness in middle-aged and older adults - How exercise in old age prevents the immune system from declining
- A lifetime of regular exercise slows down aging, study finds
- Original studies:
Major features of immunesenescence, including reduced thymic output, are ameliorated by high levels of physical activity in adulthood - Properties of the vastus lateralis muscle in relation to age and physiological function in master cyclists aged 55–79 years
- Intensive Exercise May Delay Cognitive Decline by 10 Years
- Exercise May Slow Down Brain Aging By 10 Years: Study
- Taking The Stairs Can Slow Down Brain Aging: Study
- Exercise May Slow Brain Aging by 10 Years for Older People
- Exercise might slow rate of mental decline by 10 years for older people
- Study: Exercise may slow mental decline by 10 years
- Intensive Exercise May Delay Cognitive Decline by 10 Years
- Original research articles:
- Leisure-time physical activity associates with cognitive decline. The Northern Manhattan Study (Abstract)
- Ideal Cardiovascular Health and Cognitive Aging in the Northern Manhattan Study
- Effect of Physical Exercise on Cognitive Performance in Older Adults with Mild Cognitive Impairment or Dementia: A Systematic Review
- Fiber Is Good for You. Now Scientists May Know Why.
- PSA from your gut microbes: Enjoy the holidays, but don’t forget your fiber
- Original study:
Bifidobacteria or Fiber Protects against Diet-Induced Microbiota-Mediated Colonic Mucus Deterioration - Original study:
Fiber-Mediated Nourishment of Gut Microbiota Protects against Diet-Induced Obesity by Restoring IL-22-Mediated Colonic Health - YC Bio
- Y Combinator is launching a biotech track
- Older Adults’ Forgetfulness Tied To Faulty Brain Rhythms In Sleep
- Older adults forget more because their brain rhythms don’t sync during sleep, study says
- This keeps older adults from ‘saving’ memories during sleep
- Original article:
Old Brains Come Uncoupled in Sleep: Slow Wave-Spindle Synchrony, Brain Atrophy, and Forgetting.
- An active sex life improves brain power in older adults
- Frequent Sexual Activity Can Boost Brain Power in Older Adults
- Published research:
Frequent Sexual Activity Predicts Specific Cognitive Abilities in Older Adults - Sex on the brain! Associations between sexual activity and cognitive function in older age.
- Sex linked to better brain power in older age
- Published research:
Sex on the brain! Associations between sexual activity and cognitive function in older age - Endurance training may have a protective effect on the heart [2017]
- Maryland Study Shows that Exercise Protects the Heart’s DNA Structure [2017]
- Published research:
Acute exercise activates p38 MAPK and increases the expression of telomere-protective genes in cardiac muscle. [2017] - Do aging circadian clocks have tricks up their sleeves?[2017]
- ‘Late-life’ genes activated by biological clock to help protect against stress, aging[2017]
- Published study:
Circadian deep sequencing reveals stress-response genes that adopt robust rhythmic expression during aging[2017] - Signs of faster aging process identified through gene research
- Published Research:
The transcriptional landscape of age in human peripheral blood - This Workout Might Help Reverse the Aging Process, According to a New Study [2017]
- Interval training exercise could be a fountain of youth [2017]
- How exercise — interval training in particular — helps your mitochondria stave off old age [2017]
- Mayo Clinic Study Identifies How Exercise Staves Off Old Age [2017]
- Published study abstract:
Enhanced Protein Translation Underlies Improved Metabolic and Physical Adaptations to Different Exercise Training Modes in Young and Old Humans [2017] - Living near nature linked to longer lives, says study
- Being Surrounded By Greenery, Plant Life Linked To Lower Mortality Rates In Women
- Published research:
Exposure to Greenness and Mortality in a Nationwide Prospective Cohort Study of Women - Stanford researchers find mental health prescription: Nature
- Published research:
Nature experience reduces rumination and subgenual prefrontal cortex activation - A systematic review of evidence for the added benefits to health of exposure to natural environments
- Experimental Alzheimer’s Drug Shows Anti-Aging Effects
- Experimental drug targeting Alzheimer’s disease shows anti-aging effects
- Published study:
A comprehensive multiomics approach toward understanding the relationship between aging and dementia - Vitally important news: over-65s don’t get sarcasm
- Published study:
Older adults have difficulty in decoding sarcasm. - Fitter legs linked to a ‘fitter’ brain
- Brawn and Brains
- Fitter legs linked to a ‘fitter’ brain [Kings College article]
- Original article:
Kicking Back Cognitive Aging: Leg Power Predicts Cognitive Aging after Ten Years in Older Female Twins - Signs of faster aging process identified through gene research
- Mitochondria Involvement in Aging Reinforced in Study
- The transcriptional landscape of age in human peripheral blood
- Does Exercise Slow the Aging Process?
- Movement-Based Behaviors and Leukocyte Telomere Length among US Adults. Quantifying the relation between exercise and a measure of aging
- Scientists reverse aging in human cell lines and give theory of aging a new lease of life Research has shown that, in human cell lines at least, the process of aging be delayed or even reversed.
- Ageing rates vary widely, says study A study of people born within a year of each other has uncovered a huge gulf in the speed at which their bodies age.
- Higher Education May Increase Life Expectancy New findings … suggest that getting a college degree could actually reduce the risk of early mortality.
- Cognitive aging, ways to slow it
- Being bilingual may be secret to delaying brain aging
- Mental decline at age 90 is less than a decade ago
- 500 Startups-Backed Silver Living Wants To Be The Consumer Reports For Senior Care Communities
- Even Without Dementia, Mental Skills Decline Years Before Death
- Age and wisdom: Older and wiser?
- How to protect your aging brain and ward off cognitive decline
- 5 powerful benefits of ‘pro-aging’ thinking
- Eating the Mediterranean diet may lead to a longer life
- Ask Slashdot: Bulletproof Video Conferencing For Alzheimers Home?
- Can meditation really slow aging?
- Adults Make Riskier, More Inconsistent Decisions As They Get Older, Study Finds
- Your Brain on Blueberries: Enhance Memory with the Right Foods
- Eating blueberries and strawberries staves off memory decline, study suggests
- Scientists discover key to normal memory lapses in seniors
- Aging gracefully: Germans grow gray together
- World’s oldest person Jiroemon Kimura 115, says rise with the sun, read a paper
- Nature Has A Formula That Tells Us When It’s Time To Die
- Lack of deep sleep in old age ‘can contribute significantly to memory loss’
- Brain Aging Linked to Sleep-Related Memory Decline
- Exploring Interventions to Reduce Cognitive Decline in Aging
- 10 best cities for ‘successful aging’
- Exercising 10 minutes a day can boost life expectancy
- Changing perspectives regarding late-life dementia
- Hospitalization may speed cognitive decline in seniors
- Avoiding dementia similar to heart disease lifestyle changes important
- Cocktail of Popular Drugs May Cloud Brain
- Study: Challenging seniors’ brains can also change their personality
- Keeping your parents out of the nursing home as long as possible
- Reframing Views of Aging
- How children should talk to aging parents about making changes
- Undetectable blood vessel damage linked to signs of age
- Genes May Guide Intelligence Throughout Life
- A Sharper Mind, Middle Age and Beyond
- Aging Well, Without Pills and Potions
- What We Can Learn From Old Animals
- My Mother, the Octogenarian Activist
- Real Life Among the Old Old
- Olga Kotelko, the 91-Year-Old Track Star
- MS damage washed away by stream of young blood
- The aging brain: Why getting older just might be awesome