Widowhood accelerates cognitive decline among those at risk for Alzheimer’s disease
Thursday, February 27, 2020 - 10:10
in Health & Medicine
The death of a spouse often means the loss of intimacy, companionship and everyday support for older adults. A new study finds that widowhood can have another profound effect: It may accelerate cognitive decline. Investigators from Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Massachusetts General Hospital analyzed older, cognitively normal Americans enrolled in the Harvard Aging Brain […]