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'Dementia can start in your legs': Bengaluru neurosurgeon explains how inactive muscles can trigger cognitive declineNeurosurgeon Arun L Naik highlights a crucial link between leg health and brain function. Weak leg muscles can accelerate cognitive decline...
How fast your brain is aging? This simple daily habit might hold the answerA long-term study reported by Psychology Today reveals that walking speed at age 45 can be a strong predictor of brain health and aging. Sl...
Exercising daily but sitting for long hours? New study warns your brain may still be shrinkingVanderbilt University researchers discovered that prolonged sitting, even with regular exercise, accelerates brain shrinkage and memory dec...
Can poor sleep age your brain faster? New study reveals shocking link to shrinking grey matterA groundbreaking study from the University of California, San Francisco, has linked poor sleep quality to faster brain shrinkage. Participa...
Brain health is linked to diet, here's howFood preferences play a significant role in shaping our dietary habits. Highly palatable foods rich in sugars, fats and salts often appeal ...
Studying middle-aged brain can give us clues to dementiaIn a fascinating study, scientists from Johns Hopkins and the University of Mississippi analysed the presence of inflammatory molecules in ...
New research finds significant link between smoking and brain shrinkageThe study, focusing on 32,094 individuals, found that smoking accelerates brain aging, leading to a higher risk of age-related cognitive de...
What is - and what isn't - 'brain fog'?The Brain fog is not a medical diagnosis, but rather the description patients tend to use for their symptoms. Brain fog is what doctors ref...
Brain fog is not limited to Covid. How do you know if you have it?Brain fog was one of the most common symptoms to emerge in the first months of Covid.
Is COVID-19 making people sicker? Read on to know the factsEvidence suggests COVID-19 is making people sicker. Dr. David Strain, a British geriatrician, who was on his ward round recently, saw a pat...
Difficulty thinking after a bad night's sleep? Find out the optimal nap time your brain requires to work properlySleep is important for brain functioning.
Trouble focusing after Covid? Oxford study finds that even after mild infection your brain may shrink, rewire or get damagedThese changes have been observed after several months of the Covid infection.
How to protect your brain from agingWalking or moving about, rather than sitting, may be all it takes to help bolster the brain.
World Alzheimer's Day: Too much stress is toxic, can damage your brainAlong with stress, hypertension also play an important role in Alzheimer’s.
Watch out for the signs! Walking slowly may be an indicator of dementiaAdults with a slow gait often experience shrinkage of their right hippocampus.
How Zika virus causes microcephaly decodedIn turn, hyper-activated TLR3 turns off genes that stem cells need to specialise into brain cells and turns on genes that trigger cell suic...
Drug may protect memory in Alzheimer's patientsLong-term administration of a drug that mimics the hormone ghrelin protected Alzheimer's disease.