One in five households Japanwhich currently faces the challenge of caring for its aging population, will be made up of older people who will live alone in 2050, a study revealed on Friday. In 2050, 10.8 million older people will live alone, representing 20.6% of households, according to projections by the National Institute for Research […]
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Schizophrenia and aging could have a common biological basis
A team of scientists has discovered that the seniors and people with schizophrenia have a series of changes in the genetic activity of brain tissue “surprisingly” similar, suggesting that their cognitive impairment could have the same biological basis. The details of the study, carried out by researchers from the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, […]
Czech elderly write on Wikipedia to encourage their retirement
At 80 years old, Jirina Kadnerova does not fit the image of a tech-savvy Internet user. But after following a course for older people in Czech Republicdedicates his retirement to writing articles for the online encyclopedia Wikipedia. On a sunny Sunday morning, this retired librarian frail-looking man takes photographs with his phone of the village […]
A diet rich in fruits and vegetables reduces the risk of cognitive decline
A diet rich in fruit and other products of origin vegetable reduces the risk of cognitive impairment and dementia in older people, according to a study by the Spanish University of Barcelona (UB) that also reveals the benefits of cocoa, coffee, mushrooms, red wine and foods rich in polyphenols, as well as the harm of […]