An interesting article from Northridge Magazine, talks about the influence of a video game called “Brain Age” on senior citizens. Geovanni Sosa conducted a research project to see the effect of the video game on the [...]
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Remember the once idle days of your youth, where you had all the time in the world and could remember everything? (Even those things your parents didn’t want you to!) Well chances are, those days are long gone. Most of you Chicago North Shore readers, now adults, probably feel like there is never enough time. [...] In the continuing effort to increase road safety for seniors and youth, companies are beginning to produce video games with a focus on improving driving skills. Of course no one is perfect, but almost everyone would benefit from improved reaction time and visual perception. These are games that can often be played from home, anywhere [...] On the heels of our recent article regarding testing for Alzheimer’s and dementia, comes news that memory problems may be more serious than previously thought. Evidence today shows that many memory problems which may have once been dismissed as just being “normal aging” may be early signs of Alzheimer’s. The subjective memory impairment or mild [...] Many Chicago senior citizens are overwhelmed by the thought of getting cancer, heart disease and assorted chronic diseases, but what they fear the most is Alzheimer’s disease or any loss of their mental abilities. To help put their minds at ease a neurologist at Ohio State says he has developed a simple, self- test to [...] A new book from a Harvard psychologist suggests that changing how we think about aging may actually reverse or reduce some of the effects. Subjects were put in a hotel specially designed to make it seem like it was 20 years earlier and were told to act like they had traveled back in time. ”After just [...] According to February’s issue of Archives of Neurology, high blood pressure appears to have a correlation to dementia in senior citizens with impaired decision making and organizational thoughts. High blood pressure maybe be a risk factor for dementia in mid-life, however there is conflicting evidence on individuals who have high blood pressure in late-life. Individuals [...] |
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