Gerontology

Outdoor activities, massage may be more effective in some cases than medication to treat aggression and agitation in patients with dementia, study suggests For patients with dementia who have symptoms of aggression and agitation,…

Brain maps allow individualized predictions of frontotemporal dementia progression In a new study, UC San Francisco scientists used maps of brain connections to predict how brain atrophy would spread in individual patients with…

Trinity College Dublin researchers have shown that some Irish adults are not 'getting a good night's sleep' resulting in an increased risk of negative health outcomes. The first findings on sleep duration in the older Irish population…

Experts are calling for a public health campaign aimed at promoting a 'brain-healthy lifestyle' to reduce the risk of developing neurodegenerative brain diseases, such as Alzheimer's disease and Parkinson's disease. The campaign…

Researchers receive federal grant to determine whether new government recommendations can prevent antibiotic-resistant infections in nursing homesCredit: UMSOM The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimates that more than…

Coalition recommendations target health care professionals who care for older adults at risk for osteoporotic fractures BOSTON (October 2, 2019) - A multistakeholder coalition assembled by the American Society for Bone and Mineral Research…

The cover features Figure 7 'Schematic representation of the effects of the modulation of THs levels in healthspan and lifespan in mice' from López-Noriega et alCredit: Herein, the authors show, using wild-type and the Pax8…

Pilot study first to show adults with advanced dementia can participate in non-pharmacological interventionsCredit: Florida Atlantic University As dementia progresses, the ability to participate in exercise programs declines. Sticking…

Credit: (C) 2019, American Geriatrics Society Putting power and potential behind gender equity in health care isn't just common sense. It's critical to the future of health, safety, and independence for us all as we age, so says…

A Transformative Research Award to the Buck Institute from the NIH focuses on a new method to pinpoint genetic differences between species A bit more than a million years ago, a population of Southeastern Asian mice developed the…