UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO A simple eye test may make diagnosing the earliest stages of ‘diseases of old age’ possible when people are much younger, University of Otago researchers hope. Parts of our retina have previously been proposed as biomarkers for Alzheimer’s, but researchers from Otago’s Dunedin Multidisciplinary Health and Development Research Unit have been investigating...
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Change of heart? It may affect thinking and memory skills in middle age
by American Academy of Neurology Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Subtle changes in the structure and the diastolic function of a person’s heart between early adulthood and middle age may be associated with a decline in thinking and memory skills. The research is published in the January 26, 2022, online issue of Neurology, the medical journal of the...
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How do the effects of childhood abuse extend into middle age?
by Aaron Wagner, Pennsylvania State University Credit: CC0 Public Domain Childhood sexual abuse can lead to depression, anxiety, cardiovascular disease, and other health problems later in life. Not all abused children experience these problems, however, and researchers are working to understand whose health is affected and why. In a new article in the journal Psychoneuroendocrinology,...