Pessimism about old age may be a risk factor for dementia, study finds
People who are pessimistic about what life is like during old age may be helping to make their fears come true.
A new study finds that older Americans with negative beliefs about aging were significantly more likely to develop dementia than their peers who embraced their senior years with zeal.
The difference was hardly trivial: Study participants who had positive beliefs about aging were 44 percent less likely to
