The Relationship Between Brain Health and Lifestyle

Study Links These Factors to a Younger-Looking Brain

Study Links These Factors to a Younger-Looking Brain
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Living a healthy lifestyle and exercising regularly could help keep your brain looking young, according to new research.

In a new study, researchers in Sweden used artificial intelligence and brain scans to determine whether there was any connection between older

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Supplements and Medications for Brain Health

Court ruling curbs unfounded claims for memory supplement

Court ruling curbs unfounded claims for memory supplement
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I must have seen commercials for Prevagen 50 times: story after story from everyday people who describe improvement in memory once they began taking Prevagen. And perhaps you recall older commercials playing off the idea that many people take supplements

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Supplements and Medications for Brain Health

10 Supplements and Vitamins for ADHD Symptom Control

10 Supplements and Vitamins for ADHD Symptom Control
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The following is a personal essay and not a medical recommendation endorsed by ADDitude. For more information about supplements and vitamins, speak with your physician.

Research shows that medication does a superior job of managing ADHD symptoms in most

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The Relationship Between Brain Health and Lifestyle

Everyday physical activity provides immediate benefits for brain health

Everyday physical activity provides immediate benefits for brain health
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Exercise has been shown to improve brain health and reduce the risk of cognitive decline and dementia over the long-term. But engaging in everyday physical activity has immediate benefits for brain health, according to a new study from researchers in

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The Relationship Between Brain Health and Lifestyle

Psychological profiles associated with mental, cognitive and brain health in middle-aged and older adults

Psychological profiles associated with mental, cognitive and brain health in middle-aged and older adults
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Participant characteristics

A total of 823 cognitively unimpaired participants from the Barcelona Brain Health Initiative (BBHI; including n = 750 with baseline mental, cognitive and/or brain health data and n = 533 with both magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and cognitive

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Technology and Brain Health

Feindel Brain and Mind Seminar Series: Impact of Technology on Spatial Memory, the Hippocampus and Implications for Healthy Cognition | The Neuro

Feindel Brain and Mind Seminar Series: Impact of Technology on Spatial Memory, the Hippocampus and Implications for Healthy Cognition | The Neuro
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The Feindel Brain and Mind Seminar Series will advance the vision of Dr. William Feindel (1918–2014), Former Director of the Neuro (1972–1984), to constantly bridge the clinical and research realms. The talks will highlight the latest advances and discoveries in

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Technology and Brain Health

Matching science to reality: how to deploy a participant-driven digital brain health platform

Matching science to reality: how to deploy a participant-driven digital brain health platform
59 min read

1. Introduction

Longitudinal research paradigms generally involve in-clinic methodologies administered at various time points for the duration of the study period (Andersson et al., 2019). The ongoing pandemic caused an unprecedented transformation, which led to the implementation of telehealth and

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Technology and Brain Health

Matching science to reality: how to deploy a participant-driven digital brain health platform

Matching science to reality: how to deploy a participant-driven digital brain health platform
59 min read

1. Introduction

Longitudinal research paradigms generally involve in-clinic methodologies administered at various time points for the duration of the study period (Andersson et al., 2019). The ongoing pandemic caused an unprecedented transformation, which led to the implementation of telehealth and

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Mental Health and Brain Health

Rethinking mental health: The body’s impact on the brain

Rethinking mental health: The body’s impact on the brain
6 min read

Psychiatric conditions have long been regarded as issues of “mental health,” a term that inherently ties our understanding of these disorders to the brain. But the brain does not exist in a vacuum. Growing evidence over the past 10 years

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