Archive for the 'Mind/Body' Category

Resolve to Exercise Your Brain

Wednesday, January 3rd, 2007

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”

You can see the full article here

New Imaging Compound Might ‘See’ Alzheimer’s Earlier

Thursday, December 28th, 2006

Here is some more progress in the ability to detect Alzheimer’s earlier on.

“We urgently need techniques to see brain changes in the earliest stages of cognitive decline so that we can identify people at risk…”

The full article can be read here

Exercise Appears To Improve Brain Function

Friday, December 22nd, 2006

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”.

You can see this story in full here 

Exercise alone or with others protects aging brain

Friday, December 15th, 2006

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.”

 Read more here

MetLife and Museums to promote understanding of aging

Tuesday, December 5th, 2006

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

More here
 

Nestlé foods and your brain

Wednesday, November 22nd, 2006

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

Super foods and a healthier life

Tuesday, November 14th, 2006

Here is an interesting article from AOL Health on super foods and a healthier life. The article includes one of the best super foods, blueberries:

These amazing berries are on anyone’s list of super foods. Recent research shows that they’re brain food — feeding blueberries to rats actually slows their age-related mental decline

For more information, visit AOL Health

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