Decades later, brain training lowers dementia risk
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Beginning in the late 1990s, nearly 3,000 older adults received brain training as part of a study to evaluate the training's effect on…
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As ‘The Golden Bachelorette’ debuts, a UF Health researcher and wife keep watch
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — How does a researcher on aging watch tonight’s debut of ABC’s latest reality dating show, “The Golden Bachelorette?” With equal parts…
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UF Health researchers find new method to use MRIs to delve into secrets of brain aging
GAINESVILLE — Life experience continually shapes the health of the human brain, for better or worse, like a bank receiving a lifetime of deposits and…
UF Health study finds association between news consumption and COVID-19 precautions
A new University of Florida College of Medicine study reinforces the influence of the news media during a health emergency, showing older adults who spent more…
UF Health study shows sleepy, older adults restricted movement during pandemic
Taking time to go places, to visit friends or take a walk in the park, to socialize and meet new people or to simply stroll outside the familiar walls of our…
Sleep medication use is dropping dramatically, study led by UF Health researcher shows
Americans aren’t turning to pharmaceutical options as often in the never-ending battle for a good night’s sleep. The use of medication to treat sleep…
New study associates dense breasts in older women with heightened breast cancer risk
Physicians have long recognized that women with denser breasts are at increased risk of invasive breast cancer, heightening the importance of mammography…
UF Health, OneFlorida join trial to see if statins can help older adults prevent heart disease, dementia
Can taking a statin a day keep heart disease and dementia away in seniors ages 75 and older? Researchers at University of Florida Health and the OneFlorida…
No pain, no gain for people with peripheral artery disease exercising to stay mobile
It’s the kind of maddening conundrum that often faces people with peripheral artery disease, or PAD, a condition involving a narrowing of arteries that…
A team of UF Health ‘champions’ ease fears for elderly COVID-19 patients at risk of delirium
Digital version: https://bit.ly/36s6S3d Media kit, with additional photos and patient interview video available here: https://bit.ly/3ndei0c It was the last…
UF Health researchers look to smartwatch app to fend off pandemic face touching
Many Americans are simply touching their faces too often during the novel coronavirus pandemic, public health officials have observed, potentially increasing…
Landmark study to measure molecular changes of exercise reaches key milestone
It’s so obvious that exercise is a healthy habit that it almost goes without saying. Scientists have known for years that physical activity lowers the risk of…
