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Mental Health and Brain Health

Helping others for a few hours a week may slow brain aging

Helping others for a few hours a week may slow brain aging
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Strong social ties are often linked to better health, and new research adds a brain benefit to that list. Researchers from The University of Texas at Austin and University of Massachusetts Boston report that regularly helping people outside your household …

Nutrition for Brain Health

Your ‘brain ageing’ will slow down if you follow these diet habits |

Your ‘brain ageing’ will slow down if you follow these diet habits |
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Your ‘brain ageing’ will slow down if you follow these diet habits

Scientists have long searched for ways to slow brain ageing, protect memory, and preserve cognitive function as people grow older. While genetics and lifestyle play major roles, recent research shows that diet may be one of the most powerful tools

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Supplements and Medications for Brain Health

Common Medications May Help Slow Cognitive Decline

Common Medications May Help Slow Cognitive Decline
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Older adults who took medications for high blood pressure, high cholesterol and diabetes had slower rates of cognitive decline over a nine-year period than others, according to an observational study of 4,651 older adults. The median age of participants was

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Technology and Brain Health

A ‘digital twin’ of your brain could predict mental health issues, and slow cognitive decline

A ‘digital twin’ of your brain could predict mental health issues, and slow cognitive decline
5 min read

When we hear the word “twins”, we tend to think of two identical people who share physical traits, and perhaps certain behaviours or quirks. However, in the world of technology this word has a different meaning. It refers to something

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Nutrition for Brain Health

Green-Mediterranean diet may slow brain aging

Green-Mediterranean diet may slow brain aging
3 min read
Green tea
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Following a green-Mediterranean diet—which includes green tea and the aquatic plant Mankai—is associated with slower brain aging, according to a study.

The study, published in the journal Clinical Nutrition, was co-authored by researchers at Ben-Gurion

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Nutrition for Brain Health

Green-Mediterranean diet may slow brain aging

Green-Mediterranean diet may slow brain aging
2 min read

Following a green-Mediterranean diet—which includes green tea and the aquatic plant Mankai—is associated with slower brain aging, according to a study.

The study, published August 23 in the journal Clinical Nutrition, was co-authored by researchers at Ben-Gurion University, Harvard T.H.

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Nutrition for Brain Health

Can diet alone slow brain aging? Scientists say evidence is still too weak

Can diet alone slow brain aging? Scientists say evidence is still too weak
6 min read

While healthy diets show links to better brain aging, researchers caution against overhyping “brain foods” and argue for combined approaches that target multiple lifestyle factors.

Can diet alone slow brain aging? Scientists say evidence is still too weak

Review: Dietary Patterns and Brain Aging: Enthusiasm Before Evidence? Image Credit: Elena Eryomenko  / Shutterstock

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Nutrition for Brain Health

Federal food assistance program may slow cognitive decline, study suggests

Federal food assistance program may slow cognitive decline, study suggests
7 min read

Older adults who participated in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP, had a slower rate of cognitive decline than people who were eligible for the anti-hunger program but didn’t receive benefits, according to a study presented Wednesday.

Although many

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