Month: February 2024

Understanding rapid weight loss in older women: Message from the heart

Unexplained rapid weight loss in older people could be a sign of underlying disease and can be linked with increased risk of falls and fractures, as well as a poorer long-term prognosis. Read Full Article (External Site) Dr. David LowemannDr. David Lowemann, M.Sc, Ph.D., is a co-founder of the Institute for the Future of Human […]

Published on February 6, 2024

Healthy Living’s Cognitive Reserve Staves Off Dementia

New research suggests healthy lifestyles can help stave off dementia, perhaps by building a resilient ‘cognitive reserve’ in the aging brain. The study was based on the brain autopsies on 586 people who lived to an average of almost 91. Researchers compared each person’s… Read Full Article (External Site) Dr. David LowemannDr. David Lowemann, M.Sc, […]

Published on February 5, 2024

Improving the detection of sleep slow oscillations in electroencephalographic data

Study objectivesWe aimed to build a tool which facilitates manual labeling of sleep slow oscillations (SOs) and evaluate the performance of traditional sleep SO detection algorithms on such a manually labeled data set. We sought to develop improved methods for SO detection.MethodSOs in polysomnographic recordings acquired during nap time from ten older adults were manually […]

Published on February 5, 2024