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How UTIs Can Cause Delirium and Worsen Dementia UTIs can trigger delirium and accelerate cognitive decline in older adults.

How Urinary Tract Infections Can Trigger Delirium and Worsen Dementia www.cedars-sinai.org/newsroom/how...

#delirium #UTI #dementia #Alzheimers

'Ageing is not a destructive force': How defying ageism can help you live longer Research shows a positive attitude towards ageing can make people feel younger and live longer. Here's how to fight ageism in your own life.

'Ageing is not a destructive force': How defying ageism can help you live longer

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1️⃣ yr ago in Istanbul, countries joined @whoeurope.bsky.social to shape a new vision for #HealthyAgeing now we have a draft #AgeingIsLiving Strategy

Last wk, experts appointed by Ministries of Health from 🇫🇮🇭🇺🇮🇹🇲🇹🇵🇹🇸🇰🇸🇪🇹🇷🇬🇧🇺🇿 reviewed the Strategy

Now moving to Member State consultations

The work continues!

🎙️ Just recorded a new podcast episode @whoeurope.bsky.social on Ageing with Dignity: Living Well, Caring for a Good Death

W/ Julie Ling & Stefania Ilinca, we explore why palliative care must be part of healthy ageing — and why many still don’t die where they would choose

Stay tuned

Biological age vs chronological age: Why some 35-year-olds have 50-year-old arteries - The Times of India The Times of India brings the Latest & Top Breaking News on Politics and Current Affairs in India & around the World, Cricket, Sports, Business, Bollywood News and Entertainment, Science, Technology, ...

Biological age vs chronological age: Why some 35-year-olds have 50-year-old arteries

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Opinion | RFK Jr.’s war on vaccines is coming for the elderly The miseries of aging are more linked to late-life infections than was previously understood.

RFK Jr.’s war on vaccines is coming for the elderly wapo.st/40hAz1H

#Alzheimers #dementia #vaccines #CDC #FDA #publichealth

Human hippocampal neurogenesis in adulthood, ageing and Alzheimer’s disease - Nature Mapping of neurogenesis in human hippocampi across ages and different cognitive abilities using multiomic single-cell sequencing reveals distinct signatures between cognitive preservation and decline.

Human hippocampal neurogenesis in adulthood, ageing and Alzheimer’s disease

www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Plan to Age in Place? These Tech Devices Can Make it Way Easier. If you or a loved one plans to age at home, invest in the tools and services that ensure safety and security, and also boost comfort and convenience. These items go a long way.

Plan to Age in Place? These Tech Devices Can Make it Way Easier.

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Birdwatching may reshape the brain and build its buffer against ageing Expert birdwatchers have changes in their brain structure compared with novices, which probably help them better identify birds and may even protect against age-related cognitive decline

Birdwatching may reshape the brain and build its buffer against ageing

www.newscientist.com/article/2516...

Liverpool’s ‘blue people’: the older adults redefining what ageing looks like You don’t have to live in a special “blue zone” to be live longer.

Liverpool’s ‘blue people’: the older adults redefining what ageing looks like

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Ageing populations will raise demand for lifts, says German manufacturer TK Elevator predicts a boost from elderly people reluctant to take the stairs

Ageing populations will raise demand for lifts, says German manufacturer

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Honoured to meet H.E. Mary Simon 🇨🇦 at the opening of the Mary Simon Qaggiq Room in Copenhagen 🇩🇰, and to hear FM Anita Anand mark 80 yrs of Canada–Denmark ties

As a Canadian working on Healthy Ageing at @WHO_Europe, proud to see Canada’s leadership reflected globally 🌍

The business of not ageing: Why people are spending $1,300 on longevity treatments The growing longevity industry is selling a big aspiration – the ability to slow your biological clock, but how credible is this?

The business of not ageing: Why people are spending $1,300 on longevity treatments despite many costly treatments lack clinical evidence that they extend healthy human life.

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The secret signals our organs send to repair tissues and slow ageing Your organs are constantly talking to each other in ways we’re only beginning to understand. Tapping into these communication networks is opening up radical new ways to boost health

The secret signals our organs send to repair tissues and slow ageing

www.newscientist.com/article/2513...

This overlooked muscle is crucial for healthy ageing: how to train it properly Strengthening it could be the difference between independence in your later years, or an inability to complete simple daily tasks

This overlooked muscle is crucial for healthy ageing: how to train it properly

www.womenshealthmag.com/uk/fitness/s...

Calling all older women across Canada! 📢
Help shape national policy and share your lived experience in our new Pan-Canadian project. Your voice matters.
🔗 Expression of interest: https://cstu.io/fddfc3 📧 Email: safiya.dina@ilccanada.org 🗓️ Deadline: Feb 20
@cmadocs.bsky.social

Menopause, hormones and the brain: how hormone therapy could help protect against Alzheimer’s As dementia rises, scientists are exploring whether menopause hormone therapy could support brain health as well as relieve symptoms.

Menopause, hormones and the brain: how hormone therapy could help protect against Alzheimer’s theconversation.com/menopause-ho...

#Alzheimers #dementia #menopause #WomensHealth #science

China and South Korea team up on a vexing issue: their fast-ageing populations After years of tense relations, the two nations are finding common ground over their need to adapt to an era of ‘super-aged societies’

China and South Korea team up on a vexing issue: their fast-ageing populations

China does not lack capital or manufacturing capabilities. It is about innovative solutions in aged care and insurance as well as advanced medical equipment

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Croatia’s population ageing at record pace as share of children falls below 14%

Croatia’s population ageing at record pace as share of children falls below 14%

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‘Adjustments must be made’: how to live well after mid-life We are living longer and longer, but many of us are unprepared for the challenges age brings, says the novelist and psychotherapist Frank Tallis

‘Adjustments must be made’: how to live well after mid-life. Acceptance of ageing isn’t defeat—it’s growth. Adapting to changing realities, rather than clinging to the past, is key to living well in midlife and beyond.

www.theguardian.com/science/2026...

The ageing immune system as a driver of systemic ageing - Nature Reviews Immunology Ageing of the immune system is now realized to drive systemic ageing, and there is interest in targeting immune ageing in order to promote healthy ageing. Here, the authors detail how ageing affects d...

The ageing immune system as a driver of systemic ageing

www.nature.com/articles/s41...

'Ageing is not a destructive force': How defying ageism can help you live longer Research shows a positive attitude towards ageing can make people feel younger and live longer. Here's how to fight ageism in your own life.

'Ageing is not a destructive force': How defying ageism can help you live longer

www.bbc.com/future/artic...

The business of not ageing: Why people are spending $1,300 on longevity treatments The growing longevity industry is selling a big aspiration – the ability to slow your biological clock, but how credible is this?

The business of not ageing: Why people are spending $1,300 on longevity treatments

www.bbc.com/worklife/art...

Want to know how well you’re ageing? Try these three at-home tests How to do a DIY health MOT

Want to know how well you’re ageing? Try these three at-home tests

www.the-independent.com/health-and-w...

Honoured to speak at the #AgeWithRights Rally on dementia & human rights—timely as the UN begins drafting a new Convention.

Key principles:
🟣 Dignity & autonomy
🟣 Confronting ageism
🟣 Equity incl. support for caregivers
Thanks to @AgeKnowble & Margaret Young!

'Ageing is not a destructive force': How defying ageism can help you live longer Research shows a positive attitude towards ageing can make people feel younger and live longer. Here's how to fight ageism in your own life.

'Ageing is not a destructive force': How defying ageism can help you live longer

www.bbc.com/future/artic...

Reading was the key to breaking through the fog of my parents' dementia | Jo Glanville It was hard to communicate with my mother or father, until reading a book out loud led to a discovery, says journalist and radio producer Jo Glanville

Reading was the key to breaking through the fog of my parents’ dementia www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

#Alzheimers #dementia #caregiving #reading #books

In 2023, 16.9% of US adults aged ≥45 reported subjective cognitive decline, with 59.3% expressing worry about it, highlighting the need for early identification and management. 🧠

Do you feel a reduction in feeling sharp? What have you done that helped?

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‘People hit their primes at different times of life’: the pair of late bloomers trying to rewrite the script for ageing Peta Murray and David Carlin set out to matchmake their ageing parents. They ended up facing their own advancing age, determined to make it a time of flowering, not retreat

‘People hit their primes at different times of life’: the pair of late bloomers trying to rewrite the script for ageing

www.theguardian.com/books/2026/f...

ILC Canada is forming a Project Advisory Committee. Join us in providing strategic guidance, shaping policy recommendations, and advancing gender equality for older women—especially those facing additional barriers. Learn more about joining our PAC. https://cstu.io/1ef800.