LearningRx1 aging | http://www.learningrx.org - Part 16

20 minutes of yoga improves brain skills

Jun 2, 2013 by

As little as one session of 20 minutes of Hatha yoga significantly improves people’s speed and accuracy on working memory and inhibitory control tests. In addition, they performed significantly better right after yoga than right after moderate to vigorous...

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Fortified breakfast cereals contributing to Alzheimer’s?...

May 10, 2013 by

 Are over-fortified breakfast cereals contributing to our risk of Alzheimer’s? Vegetarian activist and author Dr. Neal Barnard thinks so. He argues few of us are deficient in copper and iron (two of the supplements in cereals) and too much...

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Leukemia drug prevents build-up of toxic brain proteins

May 10, 2013 by

This is big news for neurodegenerative diseases like Parkinson’s, Huntington disease, Alzheimer’s, ALS and frontotemporal dementia, among others....

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Fall-related TBIs among elderly have increased drastically

May 6, 2013 by

A study out of Finland has found that traumatic brain injuries from falls have had huge increases. In 1970, the numbers were 60 women and 25 men. In 2011, the numbers were 1,205 women and 612 men (per 100,000...

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Mental agility game slows cognitive decline

May 3, 2013 by

Researchers have found that a mental agility game slows cognitive decline in older people, delaying declines by as many as seven years. The game, called “Road Tour” involves identifying a type of vehicle (displaying on the license plate) and...

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What do “Superagers” have in common?

Apr 15, 2013 by

In research of 80+-year-olds (a.k.a. “Superagers”) with outstanding memory, several interesting things were discovered: 1. Their cortices look more like 50- to 60-year-olds (no thinning or shrinkage of the cortex) 2. The anterior cingulate was actually thicker than in...

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