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Young blood may hold a key to rejuvenating the brains of elderly people.\u00a0 Tony Wyss-Coray, PhD at Stanford University, has been studying aging in mice.\u00a0 In this research, the blood of young mice was shared with older mice.\u00a0 The older mice then began to exhibit signs of rejuvenation, including an increase in neurons, increased neuronal activity, and reduced brain inflammation.\u00a0 The older mice became smarter and performed more like the younger mice on cognitive tests.\u00a0 And just as interesting, when the younger mice received blood from older mice, the young mice behaved more like old mice.\u00a0 This research was summarized in Scope from Stanford Medicine in July 2022.<\/p>\n
The findings from the mice research have been applied to humans in a clinical trial.\u00a0 In this research, plasma from young people was given to people with Alzheimer\u2019s.\u00a0 Significant functional improvements were exhibited in the Alzheimer\u2019s patients.\u00a0 While we may be years away any practical benefits to humans from this study, there are things that all of us can do in the short term to slow the effects of aging including cognitive decline.<\/p>\n
According to a recent study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association, over 40% of dementia cases were attributed to 12 risk factors, most notably hypertension (stress), obesity, and physical inactivity.\u00a0 The effects of stress can be greatly reduced by getting at least 8 hours of sleep, by meditating daily, by being active, and by taking up hobbies and activities that offer respite from the stressors of daily life.<\/p>\n
Physical activity kills multiple birds with one stone.\u00a0 It improves cognition, reduces stress, and aids in weight loss.\u00a0 And you don\u2019t have to become a marathon runner to gain the benefits of exercise.\u00a0 Simply walking every day for 20 minutes will burn calories, increase physical fitness, and improve your overall mood.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Young blood may hold a key to rejuvenating the brains of elderly people.\u00a0 Tony Wyss-Coray, PhD at Stanford University, has been studying aging in mice.\u00a0 In this research, the blood of young mice was shared with older mice.\u00a0 The older mice then began to exhibit signs of rejuvenation, including an increase in neurons, increased neuronal…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":51,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[21,15,20,16],"class_list":["post-595","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-senior-living","tag-aging","tag-alzheimers","tag-brain-health","tag-dementia"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n