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Routine Blood Test May Offer Clues To Future Dementia Risk
A study of 316,542 South Korean adults found associations between unusually low or high hemoglobin and later dementia diagnoses, but not causation.
A (Good) Later Life Surprise! Yes, It Happens!
A Sixty & Me contributor describes an unexpected relationship and the life changes that followed, while encouraging readers to consider new possibilities.
Five Minutes A Day: The Habit That Sticks When Everything Else Slips
Sixty and Me argues that a five-minute daily habit tied to an existing routine may be easier to sustain when schedules get disrupted.
Friends Of BrainHealth Grants Advance Dementia Prevention And Brain Health Research
Friends of BrainHealth awarded more than $466,000 to six projects spanning early detection, dementia risk, caregiver well-being and resilience.
Early-onset Alzheimer’s Patients Accumulate Symptoms Years Before Diagnosis
A Finnish study found varied health problems and rising healthcare use in the years before early-onset Alzheimer’s diagnosis, but no excess hypertension or high cholesterol.
Elderly Adults With Masked High Blood Pressure Linked To Higher Risk Of Falls
A preliminary study of adults older than 78 found masked high blood pressure was associated with a 70% higher rate of falls than sustained high blood pressure.
Christa Pike’s Survival Wasn’t A Miracle. That’s What Should Scare Us.
Christa Pike survived a Tennessee lethal-injection attempt and was later treated in intensive care. The state has ordered an independent review.
How Summer Helped Me To Get Ready For Fall And Winter
A Sixty and Me essay describes how summer hiking, gardening and social ties helped its writer feel ready for the colder months.
POEM: Sneaky Paths To Self-Love
Sixty and Me’s poem offers nine small practices for self-kindness and asks readers how self-love can extend to others.