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Cycling can make seniors healthier and more independent − here’s how to design bikes and networks that meet their needs

Cycling provides many physical and mental health benefits, but older riders have specific concerns, such as balance. A bike network expert explains what seniors need to be comfortable pedaling.

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Taxi drivers rarely die of Alzheimer's. How complex mental maps and spatial reasoning protect your brain

Taxi and ambulance drivers are less likely than workers in almost any other job to die of Alzheimer's disease. That was the surprising result of a 2024 study examining the death certificates of nearly...

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Light exercise can yield significant cognitive benefits, new research shows

The study shows cognitive processing speed increased even when participants were moderately active.

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Exercise as a geroprotector: focusing on epigenetic aging | Aging

Aging | doi:10.18632/aging.206278. Takuji Kawamura, Mitsuru Higuchi, Zsolt Radak, Yasuyuki Taki

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Cycling can make seniors healthier and more independent − here’s how to design bikes and networks that meet their needs

Cycling provides many physical and mental health benefits, but older riders have specific concerns, such as balance. A bike network expert explains what seniors need to be comfortable pedaling.

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The Detrimental Effects of Mental Fatigue on Cognitive and Physical Performance in Older Adults Are Accentuated by Age and Attenuated by Habitual Physical Activity

Objective: Our research objectives were to evaluate the extent to which cognitive and physical performance in older adults, when fresh, and when fatigued vary with age and habitual physical activity. ...