News of the Week - 10/18/23
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Man, 84, fell outside his home, was rescued by his dog.
Couple reunited with lost wedding film after 57 years.
How Music Could Boost Plant Growth!
A peek inside human brain shows a way it cleans out waste.
Loneliness ups risk for dementia, Alzheimer’s, cognitive impairment: study.
Distrust of assisted living helps drive older adults’ desire to age in place.
Researchers say life expectancy nearing its limit.
Who Said Self-Care Was for Young People?
Man, 84, fell outside his home, was rescued by his dog
WAPO - With 100 percent certainty, she knew what she was doing,’ says Deputy Colton Wright of the Steven’s County Sheriff’s Office.
Couple reunited with lost wedding film after 57 years
BBC - A husband and wife in Australia have been reunited with the long lost footage of their wedding in Scotland after it was found by chance 57 years later.
Aileen and Bill Turnbull got married in Aberdeen in 1967 and later emigrated - but without the film.
How Music Could Boost Plant Growth
Newsweek - The idea of music boosting plant growth has been around for many years, but a new study has found that monotonous noise stimulates a type of fungus that improves the growth of plants.
A peek inside human brain shows a way it cleans out waste
AP - A unique peek inside the human brain may help explain how it clears away waste like the kind that can build up and lead to Alzheimer’s disease.
Loneliness ups risk for dementia, Alzheimer’s, cognitive impairment: study
McKnight’s - Loneliness increased the risk for all-cause dementia, Alzheimer’s disease, vascular dementia, and cognitive impairment, according to a new meta-analysis.
Distrust of assisted living helps drive older adults’ desire to age in place
McKnight’s - A distrust and fear of assisted living communities and other residential care facilities is among the top reasons given by people living with dementia and their family caregivers for choosing to age in place, according to a recent study published in the Journal of the American Geriatrics Society.
Researchers say life expectancy nearing its limit
Phys/Org - Humanity is hitting the upper limit of life expectancy, according to a new study. Advances in medical technology and genetic research—not to mention larger numbers of people making it to age 100—are not translating into marked jumps in lifespan overall, according to researchers who found shrinking longevity increases in countries with the longest-living populations.
Who Said Self-Care Was for Young People?
NYT - How aging has affected six older Americans’ view of wellness and staying healthy.
“Like snowflakes, the human pattern is never cast twice. We are uncommonly and marvelously intricate in thought and action, our problems are most complex and, too often, silently borne."
- Alice Childress
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