Category Archives: Brain Health
Brain Health Food Swaps
The other day the title “Tuna Salad Swap” on a food magazine jumped out to me. I wondered if the swap would be hummus for mayonnaise, which I do with my tuna salad. Sure enough, the article featured that “amazing” … Continue reading
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Brain Health Updates – 05/05/26
Awareness of lifestyle factors that can enhance brain health includes awareness of the societal factors that make such a lifestyle difficult. An article in Nature elaborates on this: Exposure to negative physical and social factors accelerate aging. Usually there are … Continue reading
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Alzheimer’s Murder Mystery Update
Ten years ago I posted “The Alzheimer’s Murder Mystery,” critiquing the emphasis on anti-amyloid research and drugs. My continued curation of brain health updates came up with three articles related to and verifying that post. My post mentioned donepezil and … Continue reading
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Brain Health Updates – 4/9/26
Spring is good for your brain: https://news.vt.edu/articles/2026/03/clahs-spring-into-a-sharper-mind.html 7 days of meditation can rewire your brain: https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2026/04/260406192913.htm Waking up feeling more refreshed and alert: https://healthcare.msu.edu/news/2026-4-7-scientists-revel-the-secret-to-waking-up-feeling-more-refreshed-and-alert.html
Brain Health Updates – 03/05/2026
Here are the latest brain health updates. Northwestern University has been at the forefront of studying the lifestyle behaviors that keep a person mentally vibrant into their nineties and beyond. Now they have a study to partially reveal the physiology … Continue reading
A New Sleep Hack
I discovered a new sleep hack I can add to the ones I shared previously. In my Elder Rest post I distinguished between hacks to help me fall asleep at bedtime from those needed when waking up in the middle … Continue reading
Brain Health Updates – 02/25/2026
Here are some brain health updates related to the impact of inflammation, Inflammation erodes the blood brain barrier of its gatekeeper function. Want an excuse to drink caffeine in hot beverages? I will keep this in mind when Cindy experiences … Continue reading
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Brain Health Cake?
What do you give a person in the final stage of Alzheimer’s everything she really needs,? I decided on baking a brain health cake for Cindy’s 66th birthday. Not having baked a cake in decades did not deter me. I … Continue reading
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