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Yale Study Finds Older Adults Improve Over Time
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Tips, News and Stories for Older Adults by Esther C Kane CAPS, C.D.S.
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Source article: https://ysph.yale.edu/news-article/yale-study-challenges-notion-that-aging-means-decline-finds-many-older-adults-improve-over-time/
A recent study from the Yale School of Public Health challenges the common assumption that growing older involves a mandatory slide into physical and mental decline. By tracking over 11,000 participants, researchers discovered that nearly half of the individuals actually improved their cognitive or physical abilities over time. The data suggests that positive attitudes toward aging are a primary driver of these health gains, rather than just luck or baseline fitness. These findings emphasize that ...