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Study explores why understanding of texts worsens with age
Updated : 27 min ago IST
Washington [US], November 29 (ANI): Psycholinguists from the Centre for Language and Brain, HSE University, have found that to predict semantic relations between words when reading, older adults use their knowledge of the world instead of grammar more often than young adults.
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Housework can lead to sharper memory, better leg strength: Study
Updated : 1 day, 7 hours ago IST
London [UK], November 28 (ANI): According to a new study, older adults who do housework may have a sharper memory, attention span, better leg strength and greater protection against falls.
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Study finds pandemic depression persists among older adults
Updated : 2 days, 12 hours ago IST
Washington [US], November 27 (ANI): According to new research, the COVID-19 pandemic has had a significant impact on the mental health of older people living in the community, with those who are lonely faring far worse.
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Pandemic depression persists among older adults: Study
Updated : 4 days ago IST
Washington [US], November 25 (ANI): The COVID-19 pandemic has had a significant impact on the mental health of older people living in the community, with those who are lonely faring far worse, according to new research from McMaster University.
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Study finds housework can lead to sharper memory, better leg stren
Updated : 6 days, 7 hours ago IST
London [UK], November 23 (ANI): A new study has found that older adults who do housework may have a sharper memory, attention span, better leg strength and greater protection against falls.
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Study finds smartphone technology may help people with dementia re
Updated : 1 week, 2 days ago IST
Washington [US], November 20 (ANI): A new study has shown that older adults with mild dementia can learn to use smartphone memory aids to help them remember to complete daily tasks.
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Smartphone technology may help people with dementia remember daily
Updated : 1 week, 5 days ago IST
Washington [US], November 17 (ANI): Results from a new study show that older adults with mild dementia can learn to use smartphone memory aids to help them remember to complete everyday tasks that are important to their quality of life.
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China appears to have pumped the brakes on its big green energy pu
Updated : 3 weeks, 2 days ago IST
Beijing [China], November 6 (ANI): Power outages and natural disasters even in normal times in China alarm people as temperatures plummet. But this year has not been normal as a sudden energy crunch shuttered factories in northeast China and cut power to residential compounds forcing preg
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Research: Stimulant usage in older adults linked with higher risk
Updated : 1 month ago IST
Toronto [Canada], October 30 (ANI): New research led by Mina Tadrous, Assistant Professor, Leslie Dan Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Toronto, suggests that the use of prescription stimulant medications in older adults increases the risk of cardiovascular events by 40 per cent within the
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Older adults stimulant usage associated with higher risk of cardio
Updated : 1 month ago IST
Toronto [Canada], October 25 (ANI): Use of prescription stimulant medications in older adults increases the risk of cardiovascular events by 40 per cent within the first thirty days of medication use, suggests new research led by Mina Tadrous, Assistant Professor, Leslie Dan Faculty of Pharm
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Dairy intake lowers risk of fractures among older care home reside
Updated : 1 month ago IST
Washington [US], October 24 (ANI): Increasing intake of foods rich in calcium and protein such as milk, yoghurt, and cheese, reduces falls and fractures in older adults living in residential care, according to a new study led by an international team of scientists.
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Too little, too much sleep linked to cognitive decline: Study
Updated : 1 month, 1 week ago IST
Washington [US], October 21 (ANI): Older adults who sleep short or long experienced greater cognitive decline than those who sleep a moderate amount, even when the effects of early Alzheimer's disease were taken into account, according to a new study led by researchers at Washington Universi
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