Tag: brain health

Cutting sugar before age 2 could leave a lasting mark on your child’s brain health

A new study ties early-life sugar restriction to sharply lower dementia risk decades later.

How eating salmon every day can affect your heart, brain and joints

Few everyday foods deliver as many well-studied nutrients in a single fillet.

Hidden changes in your sleep may signal Alzheimer’s years before memory problems begin

New research points to brief nighttime awakenings as a possible early warning sign.

Scientists mapped 830,000 immune cells in the Alzheimer’s brain and found something unexpected

The brain, it turns out, is quietly trying to fight back.

Seven days of deep meditation may trigger brain changes similar to psychedelics

A small UC San Diego study reports psychedelic-like neural patterns after an intensive silent retreat.

Mental activities that build a buffer against dementia – and when in life they matter most

Cognitive reserve helps explain why identical brain pathology can produce very different timelines.