Supplements and Medications for Brain Health

Cheap Daily Supplement Appears to Boost Brain Function in Older Adults : ScienceAlert

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What’s good for your aging gut may also be good for your aging brain.

A first-of-its-kind study in twins found that taking daily protein and prebiotic supplements can improve memory test scores in people over age 60.

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Mental Health and Brain Health

Effects of dance interventions on brain health for older adults with cognitive impairment: an umbrella review | BMC Geriatrics

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A systematic search initially identified 188 studies. Ten systematic reviews and meta-analyses met eligibility criteria for data extraction. The entire process, from database search to final inclusion of systematic reviews is described in Fig. 1. Details of the studies excluded

Technology and Brain Health

Digital technology use may hold brain benefits for older people

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It started with a high school typing course.

Wanda Woods enrolled because her father advised that typing proficiency would lead to jobs. Sure enough, the federal Environmental Protection Agency hired her as an after-school worker while she was still a

Technology and Brain Health

How older people are reaping brain benefits from new tech | Feature Story

7 min read

It started with a high school typing course.

Wanda Woods enrolled because her father advised that typing proficiency would lead to jobs. Sure enough, the federal Environmental Protection Agency hired her as an after-school worker while she was still a

Technology and Brain Health

How Older People Are Reaping Brain Benefits From New Tech

7 min read

It started with a high school typing course.

Wanda Woods enrolled because her father advised that typing proficiency would lead to jobs. Sure enough, the federal Environmental Protection Agency hired her as an after-school worker while she was still a

Mental Health and Brain Health

Older Americans’ Thoughts About and Actions for Their Brain Health

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Most Americans age 40 and older consider their brain health better than their overall health, according to a new AARP survey, and two-thirds are embracing habits to improve their mental performance.

Older woman playing tennis

The national survey of more than 3,500 older adults

Technology and Brain Health

How Older People Are Reaping Brain Benefits From New Tech

7 min read

It started with a high school typing course.

Wanda Woods enrolled because her father advised that typing proficiency would lead to jobs. Sure enough, the federal Environmental Protection Agency hired her as an after-school worker while she was still a

Nutrition for Brain Health

New research links higher copper intake to better cognitive functioning in older adults

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More and more research suggests that the copper in your diet could play a bigger role in brain health than we once believed. A recent study found that older Americans who ate more copper-rich foods did better on memory and

Technology and Brain Health

A digitally supported multimodal lifestyle program to promote brain health among older adults (the LETHE randomized controlled feasibility trial): study design, progress, and first results | Alzheimer’s Research & Therapy

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Study design

LETHE (ClinicalTrials.gov NCT05565170) is a two-year pilot RCT conducted at four European sites: Medical University of Vienna (Austria), Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare (Finland), University of Perugia (Italy), and Karolinska Institutet (Sweden). At each site, eligible participants

Supplements and Medications for Brain Health

Cheap Daily Supplement Appears to Boost Brain Function in Older People : ScienceAlert

5 min read

What’s good for your aging gut may also be good for your aging brain. The first study of its kind in twins found that taking daily protein and prebiotic supplements can improve scores on memory tests in people over the