Why do some people stay sharp into old age while others decline? The “orchid and dandelion” phenomenon may help reveal how tailored environments could drive better cognitive health for all.
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Two new high-profile studies add to the increasingly worrisome picture of how even mild cases of COVID-19 can have detrimental effects on brain health.
Lifestyle-related dementia risks are complex, with factors like sleep, exercise, diet and social contact interacting with things like cognitive reserve, neuroplasticity and inflammation in the body.
It’s long been known that exercise helps maintain strength and agility as we age. New research points to the importance of exercise type in supporting cognitive health in the latest decades of life.
A fire and decades of silver and lead mining created the largest contiguous Superfund site in the nation in what today is one of the fastest-growing states. It includes popular Lake Coeur d’Alene.
One genetic study of over a quarter million people highlights the cognitive benefits of exercise, while another, based on 30 years of scientific literature, says the opposite. Who’s right and who’s wrong?
Physical ailments and deteriorated health may be the one area in which politicians can escape scrutiny.
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Associate Professor of Nursing & Public Health, Gonzaga University
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Chief of Research and Development, VA St. Louis Health Care System. Clinical Epidemiologist, Washington University in St. Louis
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Affiliate Professor, Department of Family Medicine, McGill University
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Associate Professor and Schlegel-UW Research Chair in Dementia and Active Living, Department of Kinesiology and Health Sciences, University of Waterloo
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Associate Professor, Grady College of Journalism and Mass Communication, University of Georgia
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Associate Professor, Faculty of Health Sciences, L’Université d’Ottawa/University of Ottawa
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Professor of Clinical and Health Psychology, University of Florida
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Assistant professor, École normale supérieure de Rennes
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PhD Candidate in Clinical and Health Psychology, University of Florida
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PhD Candidate in Computational Neuroscience, Simon Fraser University
