Uncovering the Link Between Gut Bacteria and Alzheimer's Disease
Poor gut health is liked to Alzheimer's disease. Here are the bad bacteria involved and the good bacteria that can reduce your risk of dementia.
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One-Minute Trick Boosts Problem Solving Skills
Quick physical activity that can bolster your ability to problem solve
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What Your Speech Speed Can Reveal About Your Memory Strength
If you do say this more often than you wish and are concerned you might be on the slippery slope to Alzheimer’s, you now have less to fear, thanks to new research findings.
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This Scent Can Increase Mental Focus
In recent years researchers have wondered if harnessing specific smells could help to increase your mental focus, clarity, and memory recall.
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Boost Your Love Hormone and Sharpen Memory
Innovative treatments using oxytocin to manage cognitive decline and dementia
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Inconsistent Sleep and Dementia: Understanding Your Sleep Cycle for Better Brain Health
Cold winter weather and dark mornings may fill you with the desire to put your head back on the pillow, close your eyes and go back to sleep. If you do, it’s understandable, but it’s not a good idea.
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Why Snacking Can Make You Feel Anxious, Unfocused, And Depressed
While they may taste good and even lift your spirits in the short term, in the long-term, studies show they’re increasing your risk for everything from heart disease to brain fog and dementia.
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Gut Bacteria Can Cause Alzheimer’s Disease
In recent years the gut microbiome, containing trillions of bacteria, viruses, fungi, and other microbes, has emerged as a key target in Alzheimer's, not only because of its link to the brain via the
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Fitness Tracker For The Brain?
Soon it may be possible to go to bed one night and wake up the following morning knowing your future risk of dementia. While it may sound like pie in the sky, scientists are working on ways to make
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When Good Cholesterol Leads To Dementia And Alzheimer’s Disease
It’s been engrained in you that a high level of good cholesterol, known as HDL cholesterol, is good because it moves extra cholesterol out of the bloodstream, keeping your arteries safe from
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Harvard: This Natural Pill Slows Memory Loss By 60 Percent
We’ve long reported on the importance of nutrition for your noggin. And we believe the foundation of good nutrition is a healthy diet and a good multi-vitamin. Now, there’s been countless studies on
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Why Commonly Prescribed Drugs For Acid Reflux Are Linked To Dementia…
They’re among the most used medications on the planet because they work so well at relieving uncomfortable symptoms of heartburn and acid reflux. But, there’s also a dark side to these drugs.Research
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Chinese Medicine Herbal Cocktail Offers New Hope For Treating Mild Cognitive Impairment
People with mild cognitive impairment (MCI) can’t look to conventional medicine for help as there’s no approved intervention doctors can offer. So, what can people do in this situation?In these pages
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One Easy Way To Super-Charge Your Memory While You Sleep
A good night’s sleep helps your brain and your memory stay strong and healthy. While you sleep, your neurons consolidate your memories, and your brain cells clear away toxic waste products.But it
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Natural Sweetener Fights Alzheimer's Disease
Sweeteners have long gotten a bad rap when it comes to brain health. Everything from sugar to saccharine has been linked to the inflammation behind memory loss and diseases like Alzheimer’s.That’s
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This Popular Joint Remedy Is A Gamechanger For MS Patients
Many suffering with painful and swollen joints turn to glucosamine sulfate or glucosamine hydrochloride to find relief. But there’s another form of glucosamine that’s not ordinarily used to treat
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Longer Telomeres Linked To Lower Risk Of Dementia
Longer Telomeres Linked To Lower RiskOf Dementia Telomeres are caps at the end of chromosomes that protect DNA from degrading. But when a cell divides and the chromosomes replicate, telomeres shorten
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Pea-Sized Brain Part Determines Your Lifespan Here’s How To Strengthen It…
There’s a tiny part of your brain called the hypothalamus that’s about as large as a pebble or a pea, yet it’s a real-life illustration of the term “small but mighty.” That’s because the hypothalamus
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Very Common Yet Little-Known Health Condition Increases Dementia Risk Here’s What To Do To Save Your Memory…
How can a serious medical problem affecting almost half of all adults over the age of 60 be so little known?It’s especially surprising when you consider that this health problem increases the risk of
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For Millions of People, Eating Bread Can Ruin Their Brains
Carbohydrates have had a target on their back ever since the trend towards low-carb, high-protein diets began decades ago. I’m talking about paleo-diets, the Atkins diet, and the South Beach diet, to
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Exercise Study Reveals “Magic Bullet” To Fight Dementia
Your brain will thank you for working up a sweat and engaging in regular exercise. But for scientists, demonstrating that physical exertion lowers the risk of Alzheimer’s isn’t enough. They want to
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Forty-Year-Old Mystery Solved As To How Brain Cells Die in Alzheimer's
How do brain cells die in Alzheimer’s disease? Scientists have pondered this question for decades. Now, at long last, the mystery has been solved thanks to a large team of international
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Do “Brain Bugs” Cause Alzheimer’s?
When too many of the wrong kind of microbes take root in the gut, it causes an imbalance that can lead to a wide variety of health disorders.Could this also occur in the brain?An international group
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When Physical Activity Harms The Brain…
We’ve been reporting on the importance of physical activity to keep your brain in good shape for many years now. The science is clear that staying physically active is essential to maintaining a
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Your Brain Shape Dictates Its Function
Have neuroscientists been barking up the wrong tree for the last hundred years when it comes to cognitive function?Brain activity, they say, is solely down to the complex web of connections that
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Does Alzheimer’s Disease Begin In Your Eyes?
Prescribing lenses and detecting eye diseases will always remain the work of ophthalmologists. But they may take on an additional role in the future.That’s because the same abnormal proteins that
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Learn A New Skill To Lower Your Risk Of Dementia
You really can teach an old dog new tricks. That’s because the brain is pliable, enabling it to make new cells and connections whatever your age. In fact, the latest research shows that you can take
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Does The Appendix Kick-Start Parkinson’s Disease?
Changes that occur in the brain cells of Parkinson’s disease patients also impact nerve cells in the spinal cord and the intestinal wall. This can lead to unpleasant symptoms in the gastrointestinal
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Breathe New Life Into An Aging Memory
If you’re looking to improve the way your brain works – and if you’re like me, you’re always looking for a way keep your brain as sharp as possible – look no further than thinking about the way you
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Regrow Your Brain Cells With This Ancient Red Root
When it comes to solving the Alzheimer’s mystery, the mainstream is all thumbs.That’s because they focus solely on beta-amyloid plaques – the protein clusters that cause damage to your brain. Sure,
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Experts Name Top 11 Risk Factors For Dementia
Scientists at Oxford University have developed a new dementia risk score that’s outperformed three other leading risk scores when it comes to predicting dementia.This new score consists of 11 factors
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This Ancient Chinese Herb For Memory Really Works…
Many folks spend a fortune trying to delay the effects of aging. Our modern-day quest for youth has made the anti-aging market a 63-billion dollar a year industry. But as the search continues for The
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“Greek Goddess” Protein Wards Off Alzheimer’s Disease
When researchers recently discovered a protein that powerfully influences your brain health and life expectancy, they named it klotho – after one of the ancient Greek goddesses of fate.But while the
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New Diet Slows Brain Aging
What you eat can make a big difference in the strength of your memory, the clarity of your thinking and the overall health of your brain.Trouble is, turning away from delicious burgers, hot dogs, and
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Strong Hands, Strong Mind
If you struggle opening a can of beans or jar of jam, closing buttons on a coat, or find yourself fumbling with the change given to you at the supermarket checkout, it may signify a loss of manual
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Forgetful? Try This Nutritional Therapy First…
Infants need specific nutrients for their developing brains to thrive. The same holds true for the aging brain.What’s more, a deficiency of one such nutrient has been shown for the first time to
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Is This The Safe, New Treatment For Poor Cognitive Function That We’ve Been Waiting For?
The largest and most comprehensive analysis of one quick, safe, non-invasive therapy has found it significantly enhances mental function. Best of all, this treatment works for all ages, in the
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Are These Ten Pesticides Wrecking Your Brain?
Parkinson’s Disease remains a mystery, even in this golden age of science.Sure, we know contributing factors like genetics, diet, exercise, and other lifestyle factors all play a role in the
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Does Early Retirement Help Your Brain?
For some, retirement is like jumping off a cliff, with structureless days and a loss of identity that fills them with a sense of dread.But for others, retirement can’t come quickly enough. They take
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Reverse Alzheimer’s… With Grapes?
Who doesn’t love grapes?They’re sweet and juicy and make the perfect partner for your favorite cheese and crackers.Now, research shows there’s another reason to grab a handful of grapes that has
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That Feeling of Deja Vu: A Genuine Premonition of Your Future or a Brain Glitch?
The nagging feeling of déjà vu, the notion that you’re experiencing something that you have somehow already experienced before, can be spooky. Many folks wonder what it signifies and how it’s
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Learn Like A Child To See Massive Gains In Cognition
Children soak up knowledge like a sponge. One reason they’re so successful at doing this in multiple different subject areas is because a child’s brain devours glucose at a rapid rate up until the
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The Easiest, Healthiest Way To Sharpen Memory
For decades researchers have believed that when you’re walking and doing another task, both tasks suffer. But the latest research shows that’s not always the case. What’s more, some fascinating
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The Impact Of Stress On Your Brain Can Cause Alzheimer’s Disease
Lately, we’ve sounded like a broken record when it comes to the link between physical and emotional stress and memory loss.For instance, we recently reported on an important study out of Australia
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Eliminate The Negative And Heal Mild Cognitive Impairment (MCI)
For some people the thought of getting older fills them with a sense of dread. They’re worried about experiencing illness or loneliness. While others welcome the end of their working life and
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Researchers Discover New Ways Music Can Sharpen Your Memory
In the past few years, we’ve reported discoveries about how engaging in musical activities like singing, learning to play a musical instrument, and even simply listening to your favorite songs can
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How The Way You Drive Can Predict Dementia
We don’t need to drive for long before it becomes second nature. This conceals the fact that it’s a highly intricate activity that utilizes both sides of the brain and all four brain lobes.This means
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Putting A Gene Under “House Arrest” Curtails Two Devastating Brain Diseases
A “world leading” group of British scientists have created a groundbreaking approach to prevent the development of inherited forms of Lou Gehrig’s disease and frontotemporal dementia, a form of
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Do You Talk To Yourself? You Should If You Want To Improve Your Focus, Mood And Memory
Ever find yourself talking to yourself and feel embarrassed by it?Well, research into so-called “self-talk” shows that this sort of self-imposed lecturing can actually be good for you.If you do it
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Are Obesity And Alzheimer's Related?
Obesity is a well-known risk factor for Alzheimer's disease. But new research shows there may be more to the link between having a higher percentage of body fat and developing dementia.Researchers at
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Snoring: Can Sleep Apnea Cause Memory Loss?
If you or your partner snore, you already know how common and disruptive this condition can be.Your lost hours of sleep… your dry throat… and your endless fatigue are all enough to drive you mad.But,
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Does Surfing The Internet Reduce Your Risk of Dementia?
Are you someone who worries that all of that online screen time is turning your memory to mush?Well, we've got some good news.Whether it’s emailing an old friend or researching a travel destination
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Monkeyhead Strengthens Memory by Boosting Nerve Growth
Some call it monkeyhead. Others refer to it as tree hedgehog or bearded tooth. Yes, the names are unusual, but no matter what you call it, for eons this mushroom has been enhancing people’s
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Bright Light Therapy for Alzheimer's Disease
You know how quickly dementia can affect your memory, but it can also affect parts of the brain that handle visual information coming from your eyes. In addition, dementia can throw off your body’s
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Does This Diet Reduce the Risk of Alzheimer's Disease?
Diagnoses of Alzheimer’s disease continue to increase around the world. So, it's no surprise that dementia researchers are actively exploring various strategies to reduce the risk of Alzheimer’s
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Ancient Chinese Medicine For Sharper Memory
In looking for natural ways to improve brain health within Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM), researchers have uncovered a compound that can produce profound improvements in memory.This natural
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Take This Vitamin And Save Your Memory
An increasing body of evidence proves what I’ve been saying for more than two decades - nutritional supplements can sharpen fading memories and prevent cognitive decline.Although many different
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Ray Of Light Detects Alzheimer’s Disease
Subtle changes in an everyday activity may signal Alzheimer’s is around the corner for you or a loved one. Unfortunately, these changes are too small to be picked up by the human eye, but they can be
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Use Your Bone-Brain Link To Sharpen Your Memory
When you think of your bones and your brain you might not consider that they are intimately linked. Of course, the brain tells your muscles how to move your bones, but that’s about it, right?There’s
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Foods That Stop Your Brain From Shrinking
You are what you eat. This old adage has never rung truer than it does when it comes to your memory.Over the last few decades, research has piled up showing that the foods you consume have a major