Category Archives: Something Special

Overheard in conversation, Mary Jane Mann’s story might be mistaken for that of an elderly victim of guardian abuse in the recent Netflix film, “I Care a Lot.” But for her, the story was all too real. Mann was a … Continue reading →

Mindfulness may sound like a trendy buzz word, but it’s nothing new. People have been doing some form of meditation since the 6th century BCE. The Mayo Clinic describes our modern understanding of mindful meditation as a “focus on being … Continue reading →

To study human aging beyond looking in a mirror every day with increasing horror, scientists have routinely started small. They have examined fruit flies and lab mice, which are plentiful, reproduce quickly and are easily thrust into lab settings. Another … Continue reading →

In the wake of the hotly debated FDA approval of the Alzheimer’s drug aducanumab (Adulem), two major U.S. health systems, Cleveland Clinic and Mount Sinai in New York, have issued statements that they will not give the drug to their … Continue reading →

It’s well known that the quality of sleep a person gets has a great effect, positive or negative, on a person’s memory. However, there seems to be an even stronger link between sleep and the brain’s ability to function in older age.