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Mental Health and Brain Health

Making better choices for your brain can improve mental health, neuroscientist says

Making better choices for your brain can improve mental health, neuroscientist says
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A new book uses neuroscience to impart advice on building a better relationship with your brain.gorodenkoff/Getty Images

Breaking through the noise of the self-help industry, neuroscientist Rachel Barr‘s new book How to Make Your

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The Relationship Between Brain Health and Lifestyle

Lifestyle choices and cognitive health linked to future dementia risk

Lifestyle choices and cognitive health linked to future dementia risk
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The risk of developing dementia later in life is strongly predicted by a person’s cognitive ability, functional limitations and physical health as many as 20 years before onset of the illness, according to a new RAND report.

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The Relationship Between Brain Health and Lifestyle

SunLive – Lifestyle choices could be harming brain health

SunLive – Lifestyle choices could be harming brain health
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Could your daily habits be increasing your risk of dementia?

Research suggests many people aren’t aware that lifestyle choices — what we eat, how we sleep, and how socially connected we are — play a crucial role in long-term brain

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The Relationship Between Brain Health and Lifestyle

Healthy lifestyle choices can offset genetic risk for brain diseases

Healthy lifestyle choices can offset genetic risk for brain diseases
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Christopher D. Anderson, MD, MSc, chief of the Division of Stroke and Cerebrovascular Diseases at Brigham and Women’s Hospital and associate neurologist in the Department of Neurology and Center for Genomic Medicine at Massachusetts General Hospital, is the corresponding author

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