Aging & Style: Tips for keeping your mind healthy
Negative assumptions can create a vicious cycle of mental inactivity and decline. Doctors share how to combat that mindset.
Published: Jan. 23, 2023 at 10:27 AM CST
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (KCTV) - Many people believe that aging is a downhill slope, accompanied by difficulty learning new skills, rigid thinking and ultimately ending with dementia.
But doctors say those negative assumptions can create a vicious cycle of mental inactivity and decline.
Our Carolyn Long has more from doctors in this edition of Aging and Style.
Aging & Style is sponsored by Aetna Medicare Solutions.
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