Clinical trials are needed to define the causal role of participation in leisure activities. A recent study reported reduced cognitive declines after cognitive training in elderly persons without ...

Older adults may have a lower risk of death from any cause, as well as death from cardiovascular disease and cancer, if they engage in a variety of leisure activities on a weekly basis ...

Researchers have now found that some types of leisure activities can help lower the risk of death in the elderly. In a study, published Wednesday in JAMA Network Open, researchers tried to find ...

The study exposures comprised 19 measures of social networks and leisure activities evaluated at study ... targeting dementia prevention for the elderly.

Researchers found that, after adjusting for age, sex, education and other relevant factors, leisure activities overall were linked to a reduced risk of dementia. Old elderly dementia alzheimers ...

Participating in leisure-time activities like playing tennis, swimming laps, jogging or walking may help lower the risk for death in older adults, according to researchers. Eleanor L. Watts ...

But a study carried out by a researcher from IIT Gandhinagar indicated that it was also the period during which the senior citizens devoted themselves to activities like meditation, learning new ...