Older adults who remain cognitively sharp as they age have a genetic advantage over their peers, new research shows. Scientists at the University of Illinois College of Medicine Chicago found that ...

Adults whose brains still have strong neuron production seem to have better memory and cognitive function than do those in whom the ability wanes, finds a study published today in Nature. The authors ...

My grandmother Leontina, who recently turned 100, still lives independently and remembers the birthday of everybody in her ...

In a recent study published in Nature, scientists found that elderly adults known as super-agers had about twice as many ...

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Aging frightens most people. The ancients personified it as a ghostly figure. The Greeks called him Geras, a bent and shriveled spirit trailing behind the strong gods of Olympus. To grow old was to be ...

A 25-year study of ‘superagers’ reveals the brain and lifestyle factors that help some older adults defy typical memory decline, offering clues for boosting cognitive resilience across the lifespan.

A new study suggests super-agers in their 80s retain sharp memory due to higher levels of new neuron growth in the hippocampus, supporting adult neurogenesis and offering fresh clues for understanding ...

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