Friday, December 28, 2018 by: Rhonda Johansson Tags: aging, anti-aging, Brain, brain function, brain health, cognitive age, cognitive ageing, cognitive decline, cognitive function, dementia, goodhealth, longevity, mental health, mental wellbeing, superagers (Natural News) New research proves that while brain aging is inevitable, brain decline is not. Research made on octogenarians who are “superagers” give exciting new evidence to how we perceive geriatric care and mental health. It has become standard knowledge that old people forget things. The elderly are ascribed to pity and ill-concealed contempt. Almost gratuitously, we forgive these mental lapses because “you can’t teach an old dog new tricks.” However, a new group of older adults are challenging these assumptions. Case in point: Donald Tenbrunsel is an 89-year old with the cognitive age of a 25-year-old. Not only is Tenbrunsel a decade older than the average male life expectancy, his brain … [Read more...] about 89-year-old “SuperAger” found to have brain function of 25-year-old… doctors baffled as “brain decline” theories blown away
You can teach an old dog new tricks
Weekend Diversion: Teaching an Old Dog New Tricks
"If you pick up a starving dog and make him prosperous he will not bite you. This is the principal difference between a dog and man." -Mark Twain While it's hard to imagine for me now that I have one, there are plenty of people out there who have never known the rewards and joys that come with rescuing an animal. This week, I present to you a song by six future Soundgarden-and-Pearl Jam members back when they were part of the band Temple of the Dog, Call Me a Dog. And while there are many internet jokes out there about dogs driving cars... ...this is about to become a reality. Because while the dogs above are not really driving their cars, the dog below, named Ginny, is. Image credit: Photo / supplied / SPCA from The New Zealand Herald. This is no joke: dogs are being trained to drive cars for real. New Zealand's Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (SPCA) has spent seven weeks working with and training different three of their rescue dogs to teach them to drive. … [Read more...] about Weekend Diversion: Teaching an Old Dog New Tricks
Meet the Yorkshire expert helping people deal with their embarrassing pets
0 Have your say From angry alpacas to petulant parrots, it’s all in a day’s work for animal behaviourist Caroline Clark. Catherine Scott meets her. Caroline Clark always wanted to work with animals. Growing up in West Yorkshire she was surrounded by all manner of pets and her first Saturday job at the age of 16 was working at her local vets in Dewsbury.So it was no surprise that she ended up pursuing a career as a veterinary nurse.However, Caroline became increasingly interested in the behaviour of the animals she treated as much as their physical health.“I worked in a busy practise and the vets were often too busy to deal with any behavioural problems with people’s pets and so they would hand them over to me,” explains Caroline. “I became fascinated with why animals behaved in a certain way.” Eventually this interest led to Caroline embarking on a postgraduate course at Southampton University.“I got to the … [Read more...] about Meet the Yorkshire expert helping people deal with their embarrassing pets
Colorado Springs science festival shoots for making learning and exploring cool for all ages
Pick up almost any object, and it’s a case study in physics, says Robert Gist, a senior instructor in the University of Colorado at Colorado Springs’ Physical and Energy Sciences Department.A bike wheel held upright by rotational momentum; a clock’s pendulum kept swinging by Earth’s gravitational force; a pair of headphones using magnetism to project music.“Some of the best toys are the ones that blow our mind,” Gist said.At Saturday’s Cool Science Carnival Day, 6,000 people spent the afternoon learning from people like Gist at one of 60 exhibits, demonstrations and activities. The day was the first of nine in the ninth annual Cool Science Festival aimed at introducing kids to science, technology, engineering, art and technology (STEAM).The Colorado Springs Astronomical Society pointed visitors’ eyes to the skies. The organization set up telescopes that use a filter to display the spectrum of colors of the sun’s rays and explained … [Read more...] about Colorado Springs science festival shoots for making learning and exploring cool for all ages
Sporty pooches have a swell time surfing in action-packed photos from 10th Surf Dog Competition in California
LIFE’s a beach for these rip curl riding curs. The pooches had a swell time catching some waves at the 10th Surf Dog competition in California. Capturing their antics on their own Go Pro cameras, the fearless mutts also sported life jackets incase conditions got a little ruff. SUMMER IS OVER! Benidorm faces WEEKS of rain ruining Brits’ chances of last minute sunshine SHARK TERROR Boy, 13, critical after shark attack while diving for lobsters off California NIGHT OF TERROR Disabled teen ‘tortured, hogtied and thrown off 65ft bridge by friends’ WHEELS OF JUSTICE Cop mows down gun-toting murder suspect after car chase JET PLOT THEORY Lockerbie bombing was 'ordered by Iran' - and the REAL bomber lives in US 'SICKO' SNARED Horror moment naked man is accused of raping girl, 6, in restaurant toilet Meanwhile these mutts prove that you can teach an old dog new tricks. This cancer clinic had to clamp down on security to stop this cat from trespassing. … [Read more...] about Sporty pooches have a swell time surfing in action-packed photos from 10th Surf Dog Competition in California