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Ukulele club's 600 members may be strumming their way to better brain health
By Jessica Ross and Jake Kearnan

From a small gathering to a packed RSL, this Queensland ukulele club has found its rhythm, and a brain researcher says playing could offer its members a multitude of health benefits.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-04-14/sunshine-coast-ukulele-club-goes-from-park-bench-to-600-members/106486566

#Music #AlzheimersandDementia #BrainandNervousSystem #ClubsandAssociations #Ageing #HumanInterest #JessicaRoss #JakeKearnan

Ukulele club's 600 members may be strumming their way to better brain health

From a small gathering to a packed RSL, this Queensland ukulele club has found its rhythm, and a brain researcher says playing could offer its members a multitude of health benefits.

Dean Burnett (that brains guy)1d ago

Digital devices may help ward off cognitive decline in older people

https://www.newscientist.com/article/2476410-digital-devices-may-help-ward-off-cognitive-decline-in-older-people/

Dr Dean Burnett explores the curious notion that devices and screens may actually prevent 'brain rot' in the older generations.

For New Scientist magazine

#BrainRot #Screens #tech #ageing

Digital devices may help ward off cognitive decline in older people

Using smartphones, computers and the internet seems to slow cognitive decline in people aged over 50

New Scientist

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quackademic 6d ago

@pathfinder @Susan60 @cesarpose @autistics

As we age & become more disabled, in whatever ways that manifests for us, it is affirming friendships with our peers that help us face down the disdain, denial & shame about disability & ageing to which we have been acculturated. It’s our embracing of our ageing, as our glorious neurodivergent selves, that will contribute to shifting those cultural environments. It’s part of our gift to everyone.

Our friends who have understood living with disability for all their lives are our mentors here. Offering them All The Respect 🙏😎

Sorry it’s been tough for you lately Kevin. Glad you’re here 🩷

#disability #ageing #neurodivergence #respect

neat_news Apr 6

In experiments it has been found that ageing mice have high levels of a protein called FTL1 in their brains. Reducing this meant that the brains of the mice started to rejuvenate and their memory performance improved. See http://www.neat-news.com/3564.php. #brain #ageing #protein

Neat News

Neat News - Daily (not weekends) news about some positive development or insight.

Mediterranean Diet Apr 4

I made eight tweaks to increase my lifespan

The longevity space was once dominated by tech bros with money to burn on bizarre biohacking routines – from hyperbaric oxygen tanks and cryotherapy chambers to ozone therapy and re…
#dining #cooking #diet #food #mediterranean #MediterraneanDiet #MediterraneanFood #MediterraneanOliveOil #OliveOil #ageing #breakfast #Features #health #healthydiet #Mediterranean #Olive
https://www.diningandcooking.com/2584515/i-made-eight-tweaks-to-increase-my-lifespan/

Dining and Cooking Apr 4

I made eight tweaks to increase my lifespan

The longevity space was once dominated by tech bros with money to burn on bizarre biohacking routines – from hyperbaric oxygen tanks and cryotherapy chambers to ozone therapy and red light gadgets, by which they sleep, train and work.…
#dining #cooking #diet #food #MediterraneanOliveOil #OliveOil #ageing #breakfast #Features #health #healthydiet #Mediterranean #Olive
https://www.diningandcooking.com/2584515/i-made-eight-tweaks-to-increase-my-lifespan/

Brains Matter Mar 31

What exercises will keep my ageing joints healthy? https://theconversation.com/what-exercises-will-keep-my-ageing-joints-healthy-277975 #health #ageing #science #STEM

What exercises will keep my ageing joints healthy?

We need our joints to do everything from lifting groceries to climbing stairs. A physiotherapist explains how we can protect them, particularly as we age.

The Conversation

Science | The Guardian Mar 30

Positive thinking helps you age better? That’s the worst thing I’ve heard all month | Emma Beddington https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/mar/30/positive-thinking-helps-you-age-better-optimist-pessimist #Ageing #Health #Science #Society #HealthWellbeing

Positive thinking helps you age better? That’s the worst thing I’ve heard all month

If you’re the glass-half-full type, you should be overjoyed at the news coming out of Yale School of Public Health. But pessimists like me? We’re stuffed, writes Emma Beddington

The Guardian

Martin Rundkvist Mar 29

The daylight savings switch is going to interfere with my scheduled brain reboot today (a.k.a. nap), placing it half an hour into our gaming sesh. I'm thinking of bringing a boardgame for the group and calling a nap break one hour into the sesh.

#napping #ageing #ttrpg