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People with dementia benefit from goal-oriented therapy

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From the University of Exeter press release: Personalised cognitive rehabilitation therapy can help people with early stage dementia significantly improve their ability to engage in important everyday activities and tasks. A large-scale trial led by… 

Healthy heart in 20s for a healthy brain in 40s

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From the American Academy of Neurology press release: People who take simple steps to keep their heart healthy in young adulthood, such as exercising, eating a healthy diet and controlling blood pressure and cholesterol, may keep… 

Blood test identifies key Alzheimer’s marker

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From the Washington University School of Medicine press release: Decades before people with Alzheimer’s disease develop memory loss and confusion, their brains become dotted with plaques made of a sticky protein — called amyloid beta —… 

Using omega 3 fatty acids to treat Alzheimer’s and other diseases?

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From the Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center press release: Understanding how dietary essential fatty acids work may lead to effective treatments for diseases and conditions such as stroke, Alzheimer’s disease, age-related macular degeneration, Parkinson’s disease… 

How physical exercise prevents dementia

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From the Goethe-Universität Frankfurt am Main press release: Numerous studies have shown that physical exercise seems beneficial in the prevention of cognitive impairment and dementia in old age. Now researchers at Goethe University Frankfurt have explored… 

Study suggests elderly yoginis have greater cortical thickness

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From the Frontiers press release: Scientists in Brazil have imaged elderly female yoga practitioners’ brains and found they have greater cortical thickness in the left prefrontal cortex, in brain areas associated with cognitive functions like… 

Daily crosswords linked to sharper brain in later life

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From the University of Exeter press release: The more regularly people report doing word puzzles such as crosswords, the better their brain function in later life, a large-scale and robust online trial has found. Experts at…