News tagged with educational gerontology
Research indicates toddlers can become ageists by three
(PhysOrg.com) -- Sometimes inspiration comes from the strangest of places. For Sheree Kwong See, it happened during a testing session with a subject while conducting a study on language and cognitive changes ...
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Aug 19, 2009 |
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Study predicts risk of memory loss in healthy, older adults
The combined results of a genetic blood test and a five-minute functional MRI successfully classified more than three-quarters of healthy older adults, many of whom were destined to develop cognitive decline within 18 months ...
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Jan 19, 2011 |
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Youth adapt faster than seniors to unexpected events
Does experience give seniors an edge in reacting to sudden change or are younger people quicker to respond? A new study from Concordia University shows that when a routine task is interrupted by an unexpected event, younger ...
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Jan 18, 2011 |
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Attitude and adaptation keys to reaching 100 hundred years of age
University of Georgia research has provided new clues on surviving to be 100 years old, finding that how we feel about ourselves and our ability to adapt to an accumulation of challenging life experiences may be as or more ...
Dec 01, 2010 |
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African-American seniors at twice the risk for mental abuse, 5 times for financial exploitation
In the first population-based survey to indicate a racial disparity in the psychological abuse of senior citizens, University of Pittsburgh researchers found that African American seniors could be twice as likely to be mistreated ...
Sep 28, 2010 |
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Grandparents acting as parents often do not seek social services support
(PhysOrg.com) -- Many grandparents do not seek the social services they are entitled to when raising their grandchildren. Virginia Tech faculty members in human development and in human nutrition, foods, and exercise are ...
Aug 10, 2010 |
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Healthiest pregnant women feel a strong sense of community
(PhysOrg.com) -- It takes a village to keep a pregnant woman at her healthiest, a new University of Michigan study shows.
Aug 02, 2010 |
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Study: Hairstylists can help identify older clients who need health services
Hairstylists may have a unique opportunity to help steer their elderly clients to needed health services, according to a small, exploratory study.
Sep 08, 2009 |
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PTSD associated with higher Alzheimer's/dementia risk; moderate alcohol consumption may lower it
Though discoveries about Alzheimer's disease risk factors are often in the news, adults do not know about the relationship between Alzheimer's disease risk and heart health, nor that physical activity can be protective against ...
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Jul 13, 2009 |
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Higher blood sugar levels linked to lower brain function in diabetics, study shows
Results of a recent study conducted by researchers at Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center and colleagues show that cognitive functioning abilities drop as average blood sugar levels rise in people with type 2 diabetes.
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Feb 11, 2009 |
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Computer exercises improve memory and attention
Study results to be published in the April 2009 issue of the Journal of the American Geriatrics Society show that computerized brain exercises can improve memory and lead to faster thinking.
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Feb 11, 2009 |
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