According to research, exercise helps bring about brain changes which can protect against cognitive decline in individuals at high risk, which includes Alzheimer’s disease. The study indicates that the benefits of exercise to brain function could be even greater for individuals at genetic risk for Alzheimer’s disease compared to those without the genetic risk.[1] Individuals… Read More »
Juli Engel was delighted when a neurologist recommended a PET scan to determine whether amyloid — the protein clumps associated with an increased risk of Alzheimer’s disease — was accumulating in her mother’s brain. “My internal response was, ‘Yay!’” said Ms. Engel, 65, a geriatric care manager in Austin, Tex., who has been making almost… Read More »
The brain is an important part of the body to take care as it controls almost everything we do. It performs critical function in controlling the heart, breathing and consciousness. A healthy diet has been recognised as keeping brain health in tip-top same. Age UK says “we are what we eat”, and states nutrients such… Read More »
alexkich/Shutterstock Post-traumatic stress disorder, or PTSD, is distressingly common: The nonprofit organization PTSD United notes that “70 percent of adults in the United States have experienced some type of traumatic event at least once in their lives.” And the condition seems to bring about permanent changes in how the brain functions, say researchers. PTSD is… Read More »
We all know that exercise has many beneficial effects on the human body. A lot of recent research however indicates that the positive effects of exercise extend to brain health as well, with exercise having an influence on cognition as well as memory. In a review featuring the results of over 100 recent animal and… Read More »
A blood test for a protein could identify people in the early stages of Alzheimer’s disease a decade or more before symptoms, such as a decline in memory and thinking, emerge. A simple blood test may soon detect Alzheimer’s years in advance. This was what an international group of scientists concluded after evaluating the simple… Read More »