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The Diet Linked to a Brain That Could Be Seven Years Younger

FitFound Me — Sun, 28 Jan 2024 10:26:00 +0000

Imagine two people sitting down for the same memory test on the same afternoon. They are the same age, have similar education, and nothing obvious separates them on paper. Yet one performs like someone seven and a half years younger. That gap came from a study of 960 older adults in Chicago who completed food …

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How the Shingles Vaccine Could Change the Future of Dementia

FitFound Me — Thu, 29 Dec 2022 14:45:20 +0000

Dementia is one of the most feared diagnoses of aging. It affects memory, reasoning, independence, and ultimately identity, touching not only those diagnosed but also families, caregivers, and entire health systems. For decades, scientists have searched for ways to prevent dementia or meaningfully slow its progression, yet progress has been frustratingly slow. Treatments have largely …

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How Artificial Light at Night Impacts Brain Health

Michelle — Wed, 23 Nov 2022 14:02:59 +0000

For most of human history, night was a period of natural darkness. The sun sank below the horizon, the stars emerged in a velvet sky, and the body followed an ancient script that had been written into our biology over millions of years. Today, however, very few of us ever experience a truly dark night. …

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Targeted Brain Stimulation Shows Promise in Restoring Memory Loss

Michelle — Sun, 25 Sep 2022 17:50:48 +0000

Memory goes beyond remembering names or faces. It weaves together our experiences and forms the fabric of our identity. In Alzheimer’s disease (AD), that thread frays. Neurons lose the ability to communicate effectively: synapses, those tiny junctions where one neuron talks to another degenerate, electrical rhythms go off-beat, and structures in the brain like the …

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New Drug That Protects the Blood-Brain Barrier Shows Promise Against Alzheimer’s Disease

Michelle — Thu, 11 Aug 2022 09:47:23 +0000

It begins as a quiet breach so small you’d never notice. Imagine the brain as a city behind high, guarded walls, with sentries carefully screening every visitor. For most of our lives, those gates stand firm, keeping harmful invaders out while letting life-sustaining nutrients in. But in Alzheimer’s disease, those defenses weaken. Tiny gaps form. …

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Chris Hemsworth Shares The Powerful Lifestyle Shift Inspired By His Alzheimer Risk

Maria — Tue, 26 Jul 2022 19:32:03 +0000

Chris Hemsworth has spent years pushing his body to the limit. Whether transforming into Thor for the Marvel universe, taking on physically punishing action roles, or testing the limits of human endurance in his National Geographic series Limitless, the Australian actor built a career around strength and resilience. Then one piece of genetic information changed …

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This Cognitive Training Exercise Could Help Your Brain Age More Gracefully

FitFound Me — Thu, 21 Jul 2022 08:52:48 +0000

For years, scientists have searched for ways to slow Alzheimer’s disease before it begins stealing memories. Most efforts have focused on developing drugs that remove harmful proteins from the brain, but a new study suggests something far simpler may also make a difference. Researchers have found that a specialized brain-training game could reduce dementia risk …

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This Single Gene Drives Up to 93 Percent of Alzheimer’s Cases: “It Is A Natural Target”

FitFound Me — Fri, 28 Jan 2022 04:32:14 +0000

Scientists have long debated the primary triggers of Alzheimer’s disease, often focusing on the physical damage observed in the brain rather than the instructions that built it. While researchers concentrated on clearing away sticky plaques, a specific genetic component was quietly influencing the majority of cases from the shadows. Recent analysis indicates that this overlooked …

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Japanese Scientists Reverse Memory Loss in Alzheimer’s Mice With New Nasal Spray

Michelle — Wed, 23 Dec 2020 16:20:00 +0000

Something unusual happened in a Japanese laboratory when mice with Alzheimer’s disease started remembering again. Scientists at the Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology have developed a synthetic peptide that reversed cognitive decline in mouse models of Alzheimer’s disease. No human trials have taken place yet, and years of testing remain before patients could access …

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Copper Compound Clears 42% of Toxic Alzheimer’s Protein in Mouse Study

Michelle — Thu, 02 Jul 2020 05:31:00 +0000

A drug already carrying years of human safety data from trials for Parkinson’s disease and ALS just produced a striking result in a different disease altogether. Researchers at Monash University gave the compound to mice bred to develop Alzheimer’s, then watched what happened inside the animals’ brains over eight weeks of treatment. Numbers from that …

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What Chris Hemsworth Changed After His Alzheimer’s Risk

Michelle — Fri, 29 May 2020 09:10:00 +0000

Chris Hemsworth flew to a location shoot for a National Geographic documentary, expecting to run, jump, swim, and endure. He had signed on to explore human longevity through physical challenges, the kind of content that suited a man who had spent years building one of the most recognizable physiques in cinema. What he did not …

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