Here is an article by Dr. Rallie McAllister on the positives of coffee.

“Coffee may have even greater benefits on the human brain, protecting it from degenerative disorders that lead to dementia. Recent studies suggest that habitual coffee drinkers have a lower risk for Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s disease than individuals who abstain”

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The Alliance for Aging Research is encouraging Americans to boost their brain health.

“There is a lot we can do to keep our brains healthy and potentially prevent or lessen the cognitive decline that often comes with aging,” Daniel Perry, executive director of the nonprofit Alliance for Aging Research”

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Here is another report that links exercise and the brain.

“Physical activity may be beneficial to cognition during early and middle periods of the human lifespan and may continue to protect against age-related loss of cognitive function during older adulthood”.

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A good article over at US News and World Report on how cognitive decline is impacting people under 65.

“Several hundred thousand people–perhaps as many as 640,000–under the age of 65 who have dementia, the vicious thief of minds that steals memories, personality, relationships, language, and ultimately the ability to function as a human being”.

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Here is an interesting post over at iHealthBulletin.

Everybody knows that exercise is good for your heart, but in recent years we’ve gathered compelling evidence that exercise is also good for your brain,” says Fred Gage, PhD, of the Salk Institute for Biological Studies. “We now know that exercise helps generate new brain cells, even in the aging brain.”

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Here is an interesting article on a new development in the fight against Alzheimer’s.

Scientists appear to have found a fingerprint of Alzheimer’s disease lurking in patients’ spinal fluid, a step toward a long-awaited test for the memory-robbing disease that today can be diagnosed definitively only at autopsy.

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Here is a post on some funding from MetLife.

This will support intergenerational programs and underwrite exhibitions to promote understanding of aging, brain health and healthy lifestyles

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Here is an interesting post over at Brain Ready on how the large consumer food group Nestlé is looking into brain health.

Nestle is entering into a five-year research effort with an esteemed research branch of the Swiss government, the EPFL Brain Mind Institute,  to study, “the role nutrition plays in children’s brain development to identifying ways of slowing down brain decline in older age and preventing diseases such as Alzheimer’s”.

More can be read here

The BBC has an interesting article on a recent development in the area of Alzheimer’s.

A new test may help researchers understand why a toxin builds up in the brains of Alzheimer’s patients. This test that could help improve diagnosis and treatment of Alzheimer’s.  

More can be read at BBC

 The New York Times reports on a new study:

A substance found in fish oil may be associated with a significantly reduced risk of developing Alzheimer’s and other dementias, researchers reported yesterday.

More can be read at the New York Times article