The breathing exercise sessions involved inhaling for five seconds, exhaling for five seconds, and repeating the sequence for 20 minutes twice daily.
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Alexandra Gleysteen spent a career producing television news stories. With a master’s in gerontology, she’s working to prevent Alzheimer’s disease in women.
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Washington Post quoted Cary Kreutzer of USC Leonard Davis on the amount of processed foods that Americans consume and ways to reduce these in your diet. “Americans are consuming far more processed foods than ever. … Ultra-processed foods are being developed that have ‘hedonic’ — highly pleasurable — qualities, and salt and sugar play a significant role in promoting the hedonic properties in foods.” The story also appeared in Consumer Reports.
The National Institute on Aging (NIA) has awarded a five-year, $3.6 million grant to fund USC’s Resource Center for Minority Aging Research (RCMAR), which supports junior scientists exploring health and economic disparities associated with dementia.
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Allele associated with increased risks for dementia and heart disease is linked to earlier age of first birth as well as shorter intervals between births in a Bolivian indigenous community.
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An anonymous family donated $150,000 to support the research efforts of Associate Professor Andrei Irimia after hearing him present his work on traumatic brain injury (TBI) and its link to the risk of developing Alzheimer's disease later in life.
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For Alzheimer's and Brain Awareness Month this June, here's a compilation of this year's research stories on Alzheimer's and brain health.
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Biofeedback, “exercise in a pill” and stress exposure are among the potential therapies to boost physical and mental fitness as we age.
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New study provides evidence that a simple biofeedback practice reduces levels of Alzheimer’s-associated amyloid beta peptides.
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The daily lives of people in the Indigenous Tsimané and Mosetén communities closely resemble those of pre-industrial societies and may provide clues for preventing heart disease and cognitive decline.
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