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Vision Impairment May Raise Your Dementia Risk, Research Suggests
Beauty & Health Editor Hannah Frye is the Beauty & Health Editor at mindbodygreen. She has a B.S. in journalism and a minor in women’s, gender, and queer…
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How To Use Your Mind To Change Your Brain, From A Neurobiologist
Caroline Leaf, Ph.D, BSc, is a communication pathologist and cognitive neuroscientist, specializing in cognitive and metacognitive neuropsychology. She received her masters and Ph.D. in communication pathology, as well…
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A Higher Biological Age May Increase Dementia Risk, Study Finds
At-home biological age tests estimate the age of your body’s cells—and this number could be very different from the chronological age you celebrated on your last birthday. These…
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Want To Support Your Brain? Eat A Cup Of This Fruit A Day
If you could do something right now to improve your brainpower, would you? Well, researchers have been investigating this topic for quite some time, with new and exciting…
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So, what are the best ways to support eye health daily? According to integrative optometrist Marina Gurvich, OD “eye diseases occur due to a combination of genetics, oxidative…
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The Possible Link Between IBS & Parkinson’s Disease
Before we dive into these findings, let’s cover the current state of Parkinson’s research, preceding this study. The most common suspected cause of Parkinson’s disease is a pathological…
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Research Finds A Link Between The Gut & Preclinical Alzheimer’s
Dementia is currently the seventh leading cause of death1 and one of the major causes of disability globally among older people, with Alzheimer’s disease (AD) making up 60…
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Light Therapy Is Being Studied As The Next Big Brain Treatment
Since we’re a long way off from using light therapy to change the brain in more significant ways, it’s worth asking: What proven alternative methods can we start…
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7 Brain Exercises & Activities To Do Through The Decades
So what do brain exercises actually do, and how do they impact your mental fitness? “Brain exercises keep your brain flexible and changing—this is neuroplasticity,” says neuroscientist Tara…
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