Category Archives: Seniors

Mental Exercise Helps Maintain Thinking Skills

December 21, 2006 – 1:45 pm

Here is a great new study that supports what we are doing at Happy Neuron. Certain mental exercises can offset some of the expected decline in older adults’ thinking skills and show promise for maintaining cognitive abilities needed to do everyday tasks such as shopping, making meals and handling finances, according to a new study. [...]

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Alzheimer’s now claiming younger individuals

December 19, 2006 – 2:44 pm

A good article over at US News and World Report on how cognitive decline is impacting people under 65. “Several hundred thousand people–perhaps as many as 640,000–under the age of 65 who have dementia, the vicious thief of minds that steals memories, personality, relationships, language, and ultimately the ability to function as a human being”. You [...]

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Possible fingerprint of Alzheimer’s found

December 12, 2006 – 1:00 pm

Here is an interesting article on a new development in the fight against Alzheimer’s. Scientists appear to have found a fingerprint of Alzheimer’s disease lurking in patients’ spinal fluid, a step toward a long-awaited test for the memory-robbing disease that today can be diagnosed definitively only at autopsy. Read the full article here

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Rote Learning Improves Memory In Seniors

November 30, 2006 – 1:08 pm

Science Daily reports on a new study: “The brain is like a muscle that should be exercised through the retirement years as a defense against dementia, cognitive lapses and memory failure.” Read more here

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Better Alzheimer’s test developed

November 18, 2006 – 2:04 pm

The BBC has an interesting article on a recent development in the area of Alzheimer’s. A new test may help researchers understand why a toxin builds up in the brains of Alzheimer’s patients. This test that could help improve diagnosis and treatment of Alzheimer’s.   More can be read at BBC

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