August 3, 2007 – 11:22 am
Brain Activity Reduces risk of Developing Neurodegenerative Diseases
A new study now confirms our beliefs: Train your brain on a regular basis and you should be able to considerably reduce risks to develop Alzheimer’s disease.
In Chicago, a major 5 year project that studied over 700 patients aged 80 and over has just come to an end [...]
By Dr. Michel Noir
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March 20, 2007 – 10:28 am
More news suggesting music can help to sharpen the brain.
“Experience with music appears to help with many other things in life, potentially transferring to activities like reading or picking up nuances in tones of voices or hearing sounds in a noisy classroom better,” researcher Nina Kraus, a neuroscientist at Northwestern University”
Read the article here
March 14, 2007 – 10:57 am
Another report on how exercise can help our brain.
“Tests on mice showed they grew new brain cells in a certain region of the brain that is known to be affected in the age related memory decline that begins around age 30 for most humans”.
Read more here
February 19, 2007 – 12:25 pm
Here is a recent study that came out last week.
“Dr Mark Baxter, Wellcome Trust senior research fellow at Oxford University, said: “This study is exciting because it reveals a group of brain cells in the adult human brain that are continuously regenerating”
Read more on this study here
February 15, 2007 – 5:55 pm
Here is a recent study out of Princeton University that tries to link sleep and brain cells.
“Losing sleep may cause the brain to stop producing new brain cells, a study conducted by New Jersey’s Princeton University has found”
To read more click here
By Laura Fay
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Also posted in Alzheimers, Baby Boomers, Brain anatomy and imaging, Brain health, Health & Wellness, Lifelong learning, Mental Health, Mind/Body, Neurons, Neuropsychology, Seniors
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February 6, 2007 – 2:34 pm
Researchers at the Rush University Medical Center in Chicago have assessed loneliness and dementia.
“In human beings, loneliness has been associated with impaired social skills. Thus, neural systems underlying social behavior might be less elaborated in lonely persons and, as a result, be less able to compensate for other neural systems compromised by age-related neuropathy,”
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January 25, 2007 – 12:17 pm
Another study showing the impact of learning on our brains.
“These remarkable findings suggest stimulating the mind with activities such as reading books or completing crossword puzzles may help delay and/or prevent Alzheimer’s disease in senior citizens.”
The full piece can be read here
January 22, 2007 – 12:12 pm
Here is another study on the benefits of studying another language.
“If you have two languages in your brain, you need a way to keep them straight, otherwise you might say the wrong thing,” she said. It’s one of the things that often goes wrong with people suffering from dementia. They can no longer control their [...]
December 28, 2006 – 3:41 pm
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
December 19, 2006 – 2:44 pm
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”.
You can read [...]