Healthy Brain Connections Keep Us Smart In Old Age
Maintaining healthy nerve connections among distant brain areas may help keep us smart in old age, according to new research published in the journal Molecular Psychiatry this week. This brain wiring or white matter comprises billions of nerve fibers that carry signals around the various parts of the brain, and its condition affects our intelligence, for instance by influencing processing speed, conclude University of Edinburgh researchers in a study funded by the charity Age UK... (Source: Health News from Medical News Today)

The New Old Age Blog: Managing Care Online
Caregivers are looking to the Web to help coordinate care for ailing family members. (Source: NYT Health)