Age-related cognitive decline not inevitable
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NEW YORK  - One in 10 women will reach the age of 85 with their mental abilities completely intact, while another 58 percent will experience only minor reductions in their cognitive abilities, research shows.
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NEW YORK  - The results of a new study support a number of previous studies that have shown that staying mentally active reduces the risk of developing Alzheimer's disease and the mild impairments that precede the condition.
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Older adults with mild cognitive impairment may have problems retaining a mental picture of objects they've just seen -- a subtle memory problem that could serve as an early indicator of Alzheimer's disease risk, researchers reported Monday.
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may help people maintain their cognitive skills as they age, a 10-year Dutch study found. The study, published in Tuesday&#39;s Neurology, reviewed the data of 295 men, born between 1900 and 1920, from Finland, Italy and Netherlands.
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Duke University Medical Center researchers have found that two years after major non-cardiac surgery, 42 percent of elderly patients will have experienced a measurable cognitive decline.
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WEDNESDAY, June 27 (HealthDay News) -- Doing plenty of mentally-stimulating activities -- such as playing chess, reading a newspaper, or attending a play -- in old age helps reduce the risk of Alzheimer&#39;s disease, according to a study of more than 700 elderly Americans.
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People 60 and older who undergo  elective surgery may be at higher risk of lasting memory  problems, U.S. researchers said on Wednesday.
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NEW YORK  - People who stay just as active  after age 70 as they did before are less likely to experience  age-related declines in mental functioning, new study findings  suggest.
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NEW YORK  - A study of elderly men shows that the higher their cumulative exposure to lead in everyday life, the lower were their scores on a variety of cognitive tests -- and the worse the deterioration over time.
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Brief sessions of brain exercise can have long-lasting benefits for elderly people, helping them stay mentally fit for at least five years, one of the most rigorous tests of the "use-it-or-lose-it" theory suggests.
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Researchers find that while you will slow down as you age, you may be able to stave off more of the deterioration than you thought.
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Researches find that while you will slow down as you age, you may be able to stave off more of the deterioration than you thought.
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NEW YORK  - Middle-aged people with  diabetes are nearly three times more likely to develop dementia  in old age than people without diabetes, according to a new  study.
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NEW YORK  - Supplementation with  antioxidants, zinc or copper has neither a beneficial nor  harmful effect on cognition in elderly people, a new study  indicates.
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In an indication that the brain like the body needs exercise in old age, researchers reported on Tuesday that older people given training in mental functions stayed sharper for years afterward.
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A central issue only now being systematically addressed is why some people age well and others do not.
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Elderly people with diabetes have an increased risk of dementia, especially so-called vascular dementia, according to new data from an ongoing Swedish study.