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Repeat falls are 31% less likely over a 10-year period when older adults receive speed of processing training, a new study has found. These benefits were not apparent among older people at low risk of ...

Human brain, illustration. As people living with HIV begin to age, their risk of developing HIV-associated cognitive decline increases. A specific training program to help patients with HIV with speed ...

A ten-week online brain training program helped older adults' brains act as though they were a decade younger, a recent study ...

University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Nursing Professor David Vance, Ph.D., has received a five-year, $2.86 million R01 grant from the National Institute of Mental Health for a study to ...

INDIANAPOLIS – One out of four adults, age 65 or older, falls every year in the U.S. Falls cause approximately 36,000 deaths annually in this age group, making it the leading cause of death from ...

As we grow older, it’s natural for our brains to slow down a little. One major reason is the gradual weakening of the ...

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Sedatives and anticholinergic medicines affect the cognition of older adult users. A new study looked at the link between the drug burden index from taking the medicines along with the effects on ...

There is growing evidence that remaining intellectually engaged (“lifelong learning”) and certain forms of cognitive training can reduce the risk of plain old cognitive decline. Credit: ...