New research reported in the Wall Street Journal found that learning to multi-task in a fast-paced environment improved the cognitive ability of older adults, and the improvement was long lasting. Volunteers 60-85 were asked to play a video game called NeuroRacer which required them to steer a car down a winding road. As signs popped up, the volunteers had to [...]
Smoking cigarettes has been linked to lung cancer, throat cancer, chronic bronchitis, emphysema, allergies, and other breathing disorders; however, new research indicates smoking also leads to hearing loss. A study from Western Michigan University, which involved more than 3000 men and women, indicated smokers were nearly 70 percent more likely to suffer hearing loss than non-smokers. The primary consideration relates [...]
By Mary Bethel, Associate State Director for Advocacy, AARP North Carolina Caregiving — it impacts almost all of us or will impact us in the future. According to the Rosalyn Carter Institute for Caregiving, there are only four kinds of people in the world: • those who have been caregivers • those who are currently caregivers • those who will [...]
By Amy Overman, professor of neuroscience and psychology at Elon University Amy Overman, professor of neuroscience and psychology at Elon University, is an expert in aging and memory including 15 years researching memory in older adults. I have noticed I am not feeling quite as sharp as I used to feel. Is this normal? The brain’s speed of processing and [...]
For two decades, Janice S. White has been assisting people with their hearing needs. As founder of Hearing Solutions, she has been present at many life-altering moments when someone hears clearly for the first time. With the dawn of the digital age, the life-altering moment when a customer hears clearly for the first time, occurs more often and more dramatically [...]
The human auditory system is an amazing, complex piece of equipment. Every tiny bone and curve serve a unique purpose. The three major parts of the ear are the outer, middle and the inner. The outer ear is the part that is easily visible. The pinna is like a satellite dish on either side of the head. This dish has [...]
Your lifestyle, what you eat and drink and how you treat your body, affects your memory as well as your physical health and wellbeing. Here are five things to keep your mind and body sharp and healthy. 1. Manage stress. Daily stresses such as deadline pressures or petty arguments can distract and affect your ability to focus and recall; however, [...]
Sight is a precious gift which can be snatched away by a variety of assaults if you are age 50 or older. The risk of developing one of four disorders: cataract, glaucoma, age-related macular degeneration, and diabetic retinopathy, poses a real threat for adults which increases with age, the main risk factor for these diseases. For example, half of all [...]
“I don’t want to lose my mind.” It’s the plaintive cry of the elderly who begin to recognize a change in their ability to remember. What they really mean is they don’t want to lose their memories, the archive of the past that recreates moments in time. These become more precious with age; “the happy existence” one would go back [...]
The human brain weighs just three pounds, but it holds the sum total of all your memories… what you’ve done, who you’ve known, — in short, who you are. But the brain changes with age as you find yourself forgetting things more frequently or finding it harder to concentrate. The good news is that, no matter what your age, it’s [...]
