People Who Think Positively About Aging Less Likely to Have Alzheimer’s

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By Julie Fidler

People who stress out about getting old are more likely to be diagnosed Alzheimer’s disease, scientists are warning. Researchers have found middle-aged people who dread their senior years are more likely to have dementia-like changes to their brain years later. On the other hand, those who think positively about their inevitable aging are less likely to be diagnosed.

The study, conducted by the Yale School of Public Health, most certainly does not mean that thinking positively will stop you from developing Alzheimer’s, but it does present some interesting findings.

Researchers recruited 74 healthy dementia-free study participants and followed them from middle-age …read more

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