Category Archives: Mind/Body

New Imaging Compound Might ‘See’ Alzheimer’s Earlier

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

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Exercise Appears To Improve Brain Function

December 22, 2006 – 3:45 pm

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 

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Exercise alone or with others protects aging brain

December 15, 2006 – 7:04 pm

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 [...]

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MetLife and Museums to promote understanding of aging

December 5, 2006 – 12:14 am

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
 

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Nestlé foods and your brain

November 22, 2006 – 12:14 pm

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 [...]

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Super foods and a healthier life

November 14, 2006 – 7:59 pm

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
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