Chronic Pain Tied to Increased Dementia Risk

​Author: Kim HayesAfter completing a study that spanned more than a decade, researchers have discovered a link between chronic pain and an increased risk for dementia. In the population-based study, published in JAMA Internal Medicine, researchers interviewed 10,065 people older than 62. They interviewed participants in 1998 ...
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How Virtual Reality Helps Older Adults

​Author: Rosie Wolf WilliamsFor older adults who cannot travel or attend family events, the real world can become very small and stifling. But they may be able to escape their isolation to a degree through virtual reality (a technology that generates visuals and sounds making users feel as if an artificial world is real) — and a number of entr...
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