Yoga for a Sharper Brain
A combination of yoga and meditation were as effective as brain training at easing memory problems in a three-month study of older adults with mild memory challenges. Fourteen subjects took a weekly...
View ArticleHelp Protect Your Brain
Healthy eating and lifestyle pay off in lower risk of mental decline. Staying healthy and maintaining a normal weight may be good not only for you body but also for your brain. A 10 year study of 6,401...
View ArticleTo Cement a Memory Exercise a Few Hours Later
People who exercised 4 hours after learning something new had better memory retention on the topic when tested two days later those who exercised immediately or not at all, according to a study from...
View ArticleTrick to Concentrate
Put your cell phone in another room. Your ability to solve problems is lower when your phone is close by because your brain gets distracted even when you are not paying attention to the phone. Source:...
View ArticleGuard Your Memory
There is no pill or procedure to help you maintain your memories (yet). Heather M. Snyder, senior director of medical and scientific operations for the Alzheimer’s Association, says studying cause and...
View ArticleDancing Good for the Brain
When 26 older adults took dance lessons or did endurance and flexibility exercises at least once a week for 18 months in a recent study, their brains hippocampus increased in size. That’s good news,...
View ArticleBrain Health:
Go easy on the wine, caffeine, chocolate. Study challenges popular thinking about their benefits. Remember all those cheery reports on how red wine, dark chocolate, or caffeine-rich drinks might help...
View ArticleDaily Greens Keep the Brain 11 Years Younger
says Martha Clare Morris, ScD. Older adults who ate the most leafy greens such as spinach and kale, a little more than one serving a day, had “younger” brain function (such as memory) than people who...
View ArticleBrain Training?
Young or old, intense exercise may help keep your brain in good working order. Researchers assigned 27 sedentary people to high-intensity interval training (HIIT) or a sedentary control group. Roughly...
View ArticleGood News About Older Brains
Healthy older adults appear to produce as many new brain cells as younger adults do, according to a Columbia University study. When researchers examined 28 people 14 to 79 years of age, they found that...
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