Jason Alley

1 week ago | theoaklandpress.com | Jason Alley

Genetics plays a role in how our brain ages. But that accounts for 30% of the cognitive changes that happen as we get older. The other 70%? That’s up to us. Neuroscientist Ana Daugherty runs the Healthy Brain Aging Lab at Wayne State University, where researchers are especially focused on how vascular disease raises the risk for cognitive decline, Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias.

3 weeks ago | thenewsherald.com | Jason Alley

More than two dozen Michigan school districts — including three Downriver — face the loss of nearly $42 million in reimbursement for federal pandemic relief funds after the U.S. Education Secretary Linda McMahon rescinded a previously set deadline. Originally Published: April 1, 2025 at 9:57 AM EDT

1 month ago | theoaklandpress.com | Jason Alley

Alex Jensen had noticed that his 14-year-old daughter and 9-year-old son were bickering more often than usual lately. On a recent morning, while father and daughter were on an outing together, the teen turned to her dad and shared her perspective about the dynamic between her parents and brother. “She said, ‘I’m just so annoyed that you guys always take his side,’” Jensen recalled.

1 month ago | pressandguide.com | Jason Alley

"It's just been a joke. The mayor has really destroyed our city," council President Mo Baydoun said. "The mayor is extremely, extremely paranoid. The way our streets are looking. … All we've got from him is arguing and disruption." Originally Published: March 13, 2025 at 1:57 PM EDT

1 month ago | theoaklandpress.com | Jason Alley

Dining with friends after a game of pickleball or during a lecture at your local senior center is a good way to spend part of the day. Some 62 places in the six-county region served by AgeWays Nonprofit Senior Services — senior centers, community centers and senior living residences — offer group dining on-site. The meals are inexpensive — no more than $3 or $4 — and the social opportunities are priceless.