Participating in social service activities can significantly improve brain functions of older adults, says a new study.
Participating in social service activities can significantly improve brain functions of older adults, says a new study.
The research team from Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health showed that volunteer service, such as tutoring children, can help older adults delay or reverse declining brain function and enhance their quality of life.
Elders With Post-Retirement Jobs Experience Fewer Major Disease And Function Better
A new study claims that retirees who work experience fewer major diseases and are able to function better day-to-day than people who stop working altogether.
A new study claims that retirees who work experience fewer major diseases and are able to function better day-to-day than people who stop working altogether.
"We found that participating in Experience Corps resulted in improvements in cognitive functioning and this was associated with significant changes in brain activation patterns," said lead investigator Michelle C. Carlson, PhD, associate professor in the Bloomberg School's Department of Mental Health and Center on Aging and Health.
"Essentially the intervention improved brain and cognitive function in these older adults," she added.
Exercise can Slow Down the Aging Process in Elderly People
A new study has found that exercise, particularly resistance training, rejuvenates muscle tissue in healthy senior citizens and hence reverses aging in human skeletal muscle.
A new study has found that exercise, particularly resistance training, rejuvenates muscle tissue in healthy senior citizens and hence reverses aging in human skeletal muscle.
"While the results of this study are preliminary, they hold promise for enhancing and maintaining brain reserve in later life, particularly among sedentary individuals who may benefit most urgently from behavioural interventions like Experience Corps," said Carlson.
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Moves To Improve War Veterans Health Taken
The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, in response to numerous complaints over local health care for veterans, is planning to set up an outpatient clinic that would open by 2011.
The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, in response to numerous complaints over local health care for veterans, is planning to set up an outpatient clinic that would open by 2011.
The study is published in the Journals of Gerontology: Medical Sciences.
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Surfing Net Could Enhance Brain Function in Elderly
You can teach an old dog new tricks, say UCLA scientists who found that middle-aged and older adults with little Internet experience were able to trigger key centers in the brain that
You can teach an old dog new tricks, say UCLA scientists who found that middle-aged and older adults with little Internet experience were able to trigger key centers in the brain that
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