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Spending time online can prevent depression in the elderly
Older Americans who regularly spent time online were about a third less likely to suffer from depression, in a study that compared them to...
Link found between problem drinking and later-life memory loss
Drinking too much can lead to memory loss in later life. The Guardian reports that scientists questioned 6,542 middle-aged Americans about their past alcohol...
Anticholinergic medications affect physical functioning in older adults
A class of medications previously linked to cognitive impairment in older adults also appears to negatively affect their physical functioning. Science Newsline reports that...
Extreme loneliness worse than obesity as health risk
Extreme loneliness on a long-term basis can be worse than obesity in terms of increasing the potentially lethal health risks that lead to premature...