Published on Friday, November 20, 2009 by admin -- Seniors who eat plenty of fruits and vegetables and who have good cognitive function are much less likely to die from heart disease than those who have poorer cognitive function and eat fewer fruits and vegetables, a new study has found. Cognitive function refers to the ability to think, remember, plan and organize information. Researchers at the Drexel Unive...

Published on Tuesday, November 3, 2009 by admin TUESDAY,  -- Middle-aged adults whose parents have Alzheimer's disease are at increased risk for high blood pressure, evidence of arterial disease and markers of inflammation -- all of which may be associated with later development of Alzheimer's disease. That's the finding of a study by researchers in the Netherlands who compared 206 adults in 92 families wi...

Published on Sunday, November 1, 2009 by admin FRIDAY, Oct. 30 (HealthDay News) -- Illness and surgery don't contribute to long-term cognitive decline in seniors and don't accelerate progression of dementia, researchers say. The findings of a new study, published in the November issue of Anesthesiology, challenge the widely held belief that elderly patients suffer major deterioration in mental function after ...