Millions of people around the world seek mental clarity through meditation, most of them following or inspired by the centuries-old practices of Buddhism. Anecdotally, those who meditate say it helps to calm their minds, recenter their thoughts, and cut through the “noise” to show what really matters. Scientifically, though, showing the effects of meditation on...
Tag: <span>Brain Health</span>
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Rush researchers develop new measure of brain health
RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER How old is your brain compared to your chronological age? A new measure of brain health developed by researchers at Rush University Medical Center may offer a novel approach to identifying individuals at risk of memory and thinking problems, according to research results published in Alzheimer’s & Dementia: The Journal of the Alzheimer’s Association on June 1. ...
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Prediabetes may be linked to worse brain health
by University College London Credit: CC0 Public Domain For the study, published in the journal Diabetes, Obesity and Metabolism, researchers analysed data from the UK Biobank of 500,000 people aged 58 years on average, and found that people with higher than normal blood sugar levels were 42% more likely to experience cognitive decline over an average of four years,...
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Hormones are key in brain health differences between men and women
by American Heart Association Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Medical science has come a long way since the days of “bikini medicine,” when the only time doctors managed a woman’s health differently than a man’s was when treating the parts of her body found under a bikini. Over the past few decades, researchers have uncovered countless ways in which women’s...
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Loneliness can help grow parts of brain tied to imagination, study finds
By Ryan Prior, CNN Being lonely is linked to worse health outcomes, but isolation can also stimulate areas of the brain that control creativity, a new study has indicated. (CNN)As many people face the prospect of being alone for the holidays, new science is showing how loneliness might actually help build structures in the brain tied...
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Drinking linked to a decline in brain health from cradle to grave
by British Medical Journal Credit: CC0 Public Domain The evidence for the harmful effects of alcohol on brain health is compelling, but now experts have pin-pointed three key time periods in life when the effects of alcohol are likely to be at their greatest. Writing in The BMJ today, researchers in Australia and the UK say evidence suggests...
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Cocoa flavanols boost brain oxygenation, cognition in healthy adults – diet & nutrition
UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA-CHAMPAIGN, NEWS BUREAU IMAGE: UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM LECTURER IN NUTRITIONAL SCIENCES CATARINA RENDEIRO FOUND THAT COCOA FLAVANOLS IMPROVE BRAIN OXYGENATION AND COGNITION IN HEALTHY ADULTS. CREDIT: PHOTO COURTESY CATARINA RENDEIRO CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — The brains of healthy adults recovered faster from a mild vascular challenge and performed better on complex tests...
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Consumption of a blueberry enriched diet by women for six weeks alters determinants of human muscle progenitor cell function
A NEW STUDY INVESTIGATED HOW SERUM FROM SUBJECTS CONSUMING A DIET ENRICHED WITH BLUEBERRIES WOULD AFFECT THE CELLS RESPONSIBLE FOR MUSCLE GROWTH AND REPAIR.view more CREDIT: U.S. HIGHBUSH BLUEBERRY COUNCIL FOLSOM, Calif. – August 5, 2020 – A new research study, published in the Journal of Nutrition, investigated how serum from subjects consuming a diet...
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Beat type 2 diabetes in middle age – and you could fight off Alzheimer’s: Compelling new evidence shows high blood sugar in your 40s may trigger dementia
Study of people with Alzheimer’s found 81 per cent had diabetes or prediabetes Research found cheap diabetes drugs may be able to slow progress of disease The link between diabetes and Alzheimer’s was found by studying brain cells Prof Wharton said insulin resistance could be ‘targeted to improve brain health’ By JO MCFARLANE FOR THE...
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It’s not just Alzheimer’s disease: Research highlights form of dementia
by University of Kentucky The long-running study on aging and brain health at the University of Kentucky’s Sanders-Brown Center on Aging Alzheimer’s Disease Center has once again resulted in important new findings—highlighting a complex and under-recognized form of dementia. The work was recently published in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA): Neurology. “One...