It's universal and we all know the end result, but as they say, "e; The Devil is in the details".And as we learn more about the process of aging, the good news is that we actually have a lot of control over those details than we once thought.

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3 Simple Habits That Can Protect Your Brain From Cognitive Decline - - This article points ot that, while agiing inevitably causes damage to the brain, neurogenesis, the growth of new brain cells, can slow the process dramatically. Neuroscientist and MD, Tara Swart provides some broad suggestions as well as details on 3 specific things you can do to help your brain grow new, healthy neurons.

Brain's Dumped DNA May Lead to Stress, Depression - - It turns out that when you experience stress, beyond the obvious physical symptoms, there is an interesting physical side-effect: As your body prepares to meet the challenge, the energy producers of your cells, the mitochondria, are called upon to work heroically, to produce exceptional amounts of energy, with the inevitable result that some of them die, releasing their DNA into the cellular liquid in which they float. This DNA make its way out of the cell and into your blood, where it encounters immune cells that mis-identify it as foreign and initiate an inflammatory response against it. This isn't necessarily a problem, if the stress quickly resolved, as it typically was when the stress response evolved. But what if the stress is not quickly resolved or if it recurs repeatedly? Then, you have long-term inflammation, which other research has linked to a laundry list of diseases, including cancer, heart disease, depression, alzheimer's, parkinson's, and more.

For Alzheimer's Sufferers, Brain Inflammation Ignites a Neuron-Killing Forest Fire - - Evidence of the negative effects of inflammation on the brain is piling up. It's beginning to look like Alzheimer's, Parkinsons, and possibly other neurodegenerative diseases (like multiple sclerosis) are primarily driven by inflammation. This article traces the history and evolution of this idea.

Improve Your Functional Fitness - - This article, from Bottom Line/a>, puts age-related decline in perspective. Yes, our abilities will decline with age, but for most of us, that decline can be dramatically slowed down with a little effort - Effort? Yes, but worthwhile if you'd rather enjoy a long, and luscious sunset than a premature lights-out. The author, Karl Knopf, EdD, is director of fitness therapy and senior fitness for the International Sports Sciences Association. He shows you how to know if things are not looking so good and what to do about it.

Keep your eyes open and leap into the future - - Philippa Kelly and Kitty Drake, writing in The Guardian, relay 100 tips on aging well from 100 people who ought to know what they're talking about - Centenarians.

Reduce Frailty To Prevent Dementia - - A 10 year study of 196,000 adults aged over 60 found that the risk of dementia rose in tandem with frailty, to the point that the the most frail individuals had more than twice the risk of dementia.

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3 Simple Habits That Can Protect Your Brain From Cognitive Decline - - This article points ot that, while agiing inevitably causes damage to the brain, neurogenesis, the growth of new brain cells, can slow the process dramatically. Neuroscientist and MD, Tara Swart provides some broad suggestions as well as details on 3 specific things you can do to help your brain grow new, healthy neurons.

Brain's Dumped DNA May Lead to Stress, Depression - - It turns out that when you experience stress, beyond the obvious physical symptoms, there is an interesting physical side-effect: As your body prepares to meet the challenge, the energy producers of your cells, the mitochondria, are called upon to work heroically, to produce exceptional amounts of energy, with the inevitable result that some of them die, releasing their DNA into the cellular liquid in which they float. This DNA make its way out of the cell and into your blood, where it encounters immune cells that mis-identify it as foreign and initiate an inflammatory response against it. This isn't necessarily a problem, if the stress quickly resolved, as it typically was when the stress response evolved. But what if the stress is not quickly resolved or if it recurs repeatedly? Then, you have long-term inflammation, which other research has linked to a laundry list of diseases, including cancer, heart disease, depression, alzheimer's, parkinson's, and more.

For Alzheimer's Sufferers, Brain Inflammation Ignites a Neuron-Killing Forest Fire - - Evidence of the negative effects of inflammation on the brain is piling up. It's beginning to look like Alzheimer's, Parkinsons, and possibly other neurodegenerative diseases (like multiple sclerosis) are primarily driven by inflammation. This article traces the history and evolution of this idea.

Improve Your Functional Fitness - - This article, from Bottom Line/a>, puts age-related decline in perspective. Yes, our abilities will decline with age, but for most of us, that decline can be dramatically slowed down with a little effort - Effort? Yes, but worthwhile if you'd rather enjoy a long, and luscious sunset than a premature lights-out. The author, Karl Knopf, EdD, is director of fitness therapy and senior fitness for the International Sports Sciences Association. He shows you how to know if things are not looking so good and what to do about it.

Keep your eyes open and leap into the future - - Philippa Kelly and Kitty Drake, writing in The Guardian, relay 100 tips on aging well from 100 people who ought to know what they're talking about - Centenarians.

Reduce Frailty To Prevent Dementia - - A 10 year study of 196,000 adults aged over 60 found that the risk of dementia rose in tandem with frailty, to the point that the the most frail individuals had more than twice the risk of dementia.

20 mins of daily exercise at 70 may best stave off major heart disease in late old age - - There are many studies that have found that exercise is associated with heart health and longevity, but not so many that have looked at whether that holds for exercise undertaken later in life. This one folllowed over 3000 Italians, 65 and older.