Brain Health

A brain circuit that is critical for maintaining motivation may be responsible for a decline in learning as people age.

Maintaining brain health is especially important in the senior population, because once brain cells die, dementia typically follows.

Nursing home residents who are transferred to the emergency department potentially face long-term health consequences.

In addition to increasing physical power, physical training reduced participants’ body fat percentage and increased their oxygen-uptake efficiency.

A new study found a combination of physical activity and cognition-boosting tasks, such as reading a book, is the best way to preserve brain health.

Daily mindfulness contributed to less same-day sleepiness, and those with greater mindful attention were 66% less likely to experience symptoms of insomnia.

Some of these behaviors are not considered indicators of Alzheimer disease or other memory-impairing illnesses.

The new study reveals that consuming these beverages during the breastfeeding period may also lead to poorer cognitive development in children nearly 2 years later.

Children with a previous diabetes diagnosis showed lower performances compared with newly diagnosed children, suggesting that the deficits may worsen over time.

Take note of patients’ emotional states, family and social history, health challenges and conditions, and personality.

Study participants who had dietician sessions, an exercise physiologist session, and online brain training had higher cognition scores after 6 months.

Study results provide an opportunity for pharmacists to ensure their patients are on an appropriate dosage or to council on alternatives for older adults at risk of cognitive decline.

Iron deposits may be the cause of cognitive decline in those who have high alcohol consumption, which vitamin B1 may help prevent.

Mindfulness training may hold the key to reducing the risk of cardiovascular disease, which is rapidly becoming the leading cause of death worldwide.

Necessary measures taken during the pandemic may exacerbate some underlying factors that can lead to decline.

Necessary measures taken during the pandemic may exacerbate some underlying factors that can lead to decline.

A study linked cognitive impariment to worse prognoses in a larger group of heart failure patients.

Adding a few practices to one’s daily routine can help to mitigate the effects from some of the challenges in daily life that can impair mental cognition.

As misconceptions surround some OTC supplements, changes to the diet may be beneficial in supporting brain health in populations experiencing age-related memory loss.

Study finds a link between lower cognitive functioning in baby boomers with less weatlh, along with higher levels of loneliness, depression, inactivity, and obesity.

Contrary to popular belief, a new study suggests that music training does not improve academic performance.

Habits are not set in stone, as there are biological pathways that researchers have explored that highlight how mindset can be beneficial in changing preexisting habits.

Working memory development plateaus in the mid-to-late teens and can begin to decline after age 40.

Both REM and non-REM sleep contribute to visual learning and overall brain health.

Although lack of physical activity and exercise are known risk factors for serious health conditions, further evidence as to whether physical activity actually protects against cognitive decline has often been mixed and inconclusive, according to the current study.

At the beginning of the study, participants completed a questionnaire about how often they took part in 5 types of mentally stimulating activities during middle-age, between the age of 50 and 65 years, or the age of 66 and older.

Vitamin D is a neurosteroid responsible for brain maturation and growth, and stimulation of the most important antioxidant in the brain.

A new study found that compared with non-drinkers, middle to older adults had better cognitive function.

The dipeptide used in the study is the only known amino acid to make the trip from a mouse’s stomach to its brain intact, according to the study authors.

Nutrients should come from food, but when that is not enough, vitamin supplementation is an option