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A New Safeguard Against Dementia: Blood Pressure Control

If you have high blood pressure, meds to lower it will protect you from a stroke or heart attack and likely cut your risk of dementia. >

Surprising Findings on Loneliness Around the World

It is not always true that aging raises the likelihood of being lonely. Globally, loneliness is often worse among those in middle age. >

Checkpoint Inhibitors Boost Seniors' Response to Immunotherapy

Aging immune cells can find it difficult to mount an anti-cancer response, but a new form of cancer treatment seems to reinvigorate them. >

The Shingles Vaccine Could Reduce Your Risk of Dementia

Seniors who received the shingles vaccine when it first came out had lower rates of dementia as they aged than adults who were unvaccinated. >

Seniors Goin' Mobile

Remaining able to drive is as big a thing for many seniors as it is for teens. GPS devices can keep older drivers safe on the road longer. >

A Two-For-One Health Special

Following the American Heart Association's guidelines for a healthy heart reduces the risk of Alzheimer's as well as cardiovascular disease. >

Paradise Abroad

Seniors face unique challenges when they retire to another country. Loneliness is one of them, but older expats can find ways to fit in. >

Life Is Shorter, Not Better, with Butter

Sure, butter and ice cream are luscious, but if you opt for more unsaturated vegetable oils, you are likely to gain many healthy years. >

New Guidelines Think Outside the Heart

Peripheral vascular diseases affect blood vessels far from the heart and show up differently in women and men. New guidance from the AHA. >

Microplastics Linked to Dementia

The tiny bits of plastic you see on beaches also enter our bodies and can cross the blood-brain barrier. They've been linked to dementia. >

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