{"id":71960,"date":"2026-07-27T07:51:59","date_gmt":"2026-07-26T23:51:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=71960"},"modified":"2026-07-27T07:51:59","modified_gmt":"2026-07-26T23:51:59","slug":"why-your-bones-could-be-a-key-to-better-brain-health-and-becoming-a-super-ager","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=71960","title":{"rendered":"Why your bones could be a key to better brain health and becoming a \u2018super-ager\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<br \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.i-scmp.com\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/1280x720\/public\/d8\/images\/canvas\/2026\/07\/24\/b69c7e65-dae0-456b-97c4-348244642899_365e6b8e.jpg?itok=6zxa8Xcc&amp;v=1784878906\" \/><\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<div datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1xdhyk6 ec74h0k0\"><em data-qa=\"ContentSchemaRender-defaultRenderMapFunctions-Component\" class=\"css-1mniedq ex3nmsa15\">This is the 94th instalment in<\/em> <span data-qa=\"Component-Text\" class=\"css-0 ef9u0v00\"><em data-qa=\"ContentSchemaRender-defaultRenderMapFunctions-Component\" class=\"css-1mniedq ex3nmsa15\">a series on dementia<\/em><\/span><em data-qa=\"ContentSchemaRender-defaultRenderMapFunctions-Component\" class=\"css-1mniedq ex3nmsa15\">, including the research into its causes and treatment, advice for carers, and stories of hope.<\/em><\/div>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">Staying out of the hospital is one of the quiet secrets of \u201csuper-agers\u201d, older adults whose memories remain as sharp as people decades younger. While strong bones protect us from fall-related fractures that trigger age-accelerating hospital stays, their connection to brain health runs much deeper than mere physical protection.<\/p>\n<div datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1xdhyk6 ec74h0k0\">This deeper connection was hinted at as early as the mid-1800s, when French pathologist Jean-Martin Charcot described patients with a condition called tabes dorsalis, a complication of untreated <span data-qa=\"Component-Text\" class=\"css-0 ef9u0v00\">syphilis<\/span>. Their joints were collapsing, their bones and soft tissues impaired. Charcot believed that it was damage to the brain and spinal cord that was causing this \u2013 not bone disease.<\/div>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">Charcot is credited with describing the brain\u2019s vascular system and is, as a result, sometimes referred to as the founder of neurology. But colleagues dismissed his theory.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">His findings were an early clue that the skeleton was far more than inert scaffolding on which other organs of the body were arranged. Yet it was only in the early 2000s that this hard, white tissue was recast entirely: as an endocrine organ that produces its own hormones.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">Dr Gerard Karsenty, professor of genetics and development, and of medicine and biomedical engineering, at Columbia University in New York City, later developed a much better understanding of the hormone that bones produce \u2013 osteocalcin \u2013 and the part it plays in physiological functions.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<center><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/lifestyle\/health-wellness\/article\/3361692\/why-your-bones-could-be-key-better-brain-health-and-becoming-super-ager?utm_source=rss_feed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article At Source <\/a><br \/>\n<center\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This is the 94th instalment in a series on dementia, including the research into its causes and treatment, advice for carers, and stories of hope&#8230;.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":71961,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[6426,1713,1714,1623,27238],"class_list":["post-71960","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-bored-interesting","tag-bones","tag-brain","tag-health","tag-key","tag-superager","wpcat-33-id"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71960","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=71960"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71960\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/71961"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=71960"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=71960"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=71960"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}