Category: Mental Health and Brain Health

Mental Health and Brain Health

Heatwaves Are Quietly Harming Your Brain: What You Need to Know to Stay Mentally Safe

Heatwaves Are Quietly Harming Your Brain: What You Need to Know to Stay Mentally Safe
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As global heatwaves grow stronger due to climate change, researchers find that extreme heat can harm brain function, impair mental health, and increase risks for vulnerable populations. Heat stress affects cognition, decision-making, and mood, while worsening conditions like epilepsy and

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Mental Health and Brain Health

Youth athletes, not just professionals, may face mental health risks from repeated traumatic brain injuries

Youth athletes, not just professionals, may face mental health risks from repeated traumatic brain injuries
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On July 28, 2025, a 27-year-old gunman entered a New York City office building that is home to the National Football League’s headquarters. He shot and killed four people and injured one other before killing himself.

In a note found

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Mental Health and Brain Health

Even without catching COVID, the pandemic may have quietly aged your brain

Even without catching COVID, the pandemic may have quietly aged your brain
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A new study, led by experts at the University of Nottingham, has found that the Covid-19 pandemic may have accelerated people’s brain health, even if they were never infected with the virus.

What does it mean to grow older, not

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Mental Health and Brain Health

How COVID-19 Affects Cognitive Health Beyond Infection

How COVID-19 Affects Cognitive Health Beyond Infection
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COVID-19 virus

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The COVID-19 pandemic significantly accelerated brain aging in healthy adults, even among those who were never infected with SARS-CoV-2, according to findings from a new longitudinal neuroimaging study published in Nature Communications. Using UK

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Mental Health and Brain Health

Spikeball slams into Canmore with brain health message

Spikeball slams into Canmore with brain health message
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“It’s a good cause, it’s fun, it spreads awareness about mental health, brain health and just being physically healthy.”

CANMORE – Looking over the grassy field at Canmore Collegiate High School on Saturday (July 21), there was no shortage of

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Mental Health and Brain Health

New Center for Brain Health pairs expert care with scientific discovery

New Center for Brain Health pairs expert care with scientific discovery
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New Center for Brain Health pairs expert care with scientific discovery
Artist’s rendering of the Center for Brain Health. The center is set to open December 2025.

 

The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio’s (UT Health San Antonio) new Center for Brain Health will be a transformational facility

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Mental Health and Brain Health

‘Slip, slop, slap for brain health’: Australia needs a major prevention campaign for dementia, doctor says | Health

‘Slip, slop, slap for brain health’: Australia needs a major prevention campaign for dementia, doctor says | Health
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A “slip, slap, slop”-style preventative campaign is needed for dementia, as new research shows cases of the disease could be delayed with no added cost, a leading doctor has told the National Press Club on Wednesday.

In the speech titled

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Mental Health and Brain Health

Experts Reveal Brain Benefits Of Playing An Instrument In New Study

Experts Reveal Brain Benefits Of Playing An Instrument In New Study
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  • A new study found that playing an instrument could be super beneficial for your brain health.
  • The results suggest the brain processes of older folks who play instruments actually act similar to those seen in younger people.
  • Two doctors break
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