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38 I MATURE FOCUS I
March 7, 2018
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MATURE FOCUS, from page 36
A recent study conducted at UCLA
looked at the effects of taking a curcumin
supplement on memory performance
in older people without dementia. It
included 40 adults between the ages of 50
and 90 who had mild memory complaints.
Participants received either 90 milligrams
of curcumin or a placebo two times per
day for 18 months.
All 40 subjects received standardized
cognitive assessments at the start of the
study and at six-month intervals, along
with monitoring of curcumin levels in their
blood at the start of the study and after 18
months. Those who took the curcumin
experienced significant improvements [an
average of 28 percent] in their memory
and attention abilities as measured by
the assessments, while those who took a
placebo did not improve. Those taking
curcumin also experienced mild improvements
in mood.
Curcumin previously has been shown
in lab studies to have anti-inflammatory
and antioxidant properties. It has long
been well-regarded in India as a natural
treatment for many health concerns – in
fact, it has been suggested as a possible
reason why senior citizens in India, where
curcumin is a dietary staple, have a lower
incidence of Alzheimer’s disease.
“Exactly how curcumin exerts its effects
is not certain, but it may be due to its ability
to reduce brain inflammation, which
has been linked to both Alzheimer’s disease
and major depression,” said Dr. Gary
Small, the study’s first author and director
of geriatric psychiatry at UCLA’s Longevity
Center. The research was published
online in the American Journal of Geriatric
Psychiatry.
The origin of wisdom
The old saying “with age comes wisdom”
may not be accurate – rather, it’s how a
person responds to challenging life events
that seem to come with getting older, such
A recent study attempted to determine how
dealing with life’s challenges relates to the
development of wisdom as people age.
as divorce, a health crisis or the death of
a loved one, that shapes the development
of wisdom over time, a new study from
Oregon State University suggests.
The study’s goal was to better understand
how coping with adversity leads to
greater wisdom and, ultimately, to healthier
aging. “What we [were] really looking
at is ‘when bad things happen, what happens?,’”
said Carolyn Aldwin, director of
the Center for Healthy Aging Research in
the College of Public Health and Human
Sciences at OSU. “The event can become
a catalyst for changes that come afterward.
Generally, the people who had to work to
sort things out after a difficult life event
are the ones who arrived at new meaning.”
The study included 50 adults between
the ages of 56 and 91 who had experienced
one or more major difficult life
events. The participants were asked to
identify those events, describe how they
coped, and detail whether and how the
experience changed their outlook or
future actions. While some participants
considered the events as merely something
that could not be changed, the largest
group [32 participants] agreed that
dealing with these events disrupted their
sense of personal meaning, forcing them
to re-evaluate their fundamental beliefs
and their understanding of the world. “For
these folks, the event really rocked their
boat and challenged how they saw life and
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