Category: Brain Health

Source: https://www.aarp.org/health/healthy-living/info-2018/heart-longer-life-fd.html

1 day ago … Managing blood pressure and exercise are simple steps that can help you live a
longer, healthier life from the American Heart Association and AARP….

Source: https://www.webmd.com/cold-and-flu/news/20180201/super-bowl-brings-more-flu?src=RSS_PUBLIC

Cities that send teams to the Super Bowl don’t just snag bragging rights; they may also catch more flu.
A 2015 study by health policy experts at Tulane University in New Orleans that looked at 35 years of data found an 18% increase in flu deaths among seniors in cities that send teams to the Super Bowl.

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Source: http://yourbrainhealth.com.au/meditation-fails-five-alternative-ways-calm-anxious-mind/

Interest in meditation and mindfulness as ways to reduce stress have exploded in popularity, and they’re great tools to have in your mental health toolkit. But what if these techniques don’t work for you? Here are some practical alternatives to switching off your stress response and finding peace of mind.

Not all stress is bad. We need an optimum level of stress to function effectively. Positive or beneficial stress is called ‘eustress’ and is defined by how you perceive that stressor. For example, what may be a negative threat to one person (e.g. sitting a test) may be perceived as a  positive challenge to another person.

However, excessive or chronic levels of stress or ‘distress’ negatively affect both our physical and mental health. Too muc…

Source: https://womensbrainhealth.org/think-about-it/working-before-and-after-stroke-is-good-for-brain-health

by Catch News: Keep working during old age for good health as a study has recently suggested that stroke patients who are employed prior to and after suffering strokes are more likely to have healthier minds than unemployed adults. The……

Source: https://www.webmd.com/parenting/news/20180130/groups-ask-facebook-to-scrap-messenger-kids-app?src=RSS_PUBLIC

Facebook should scrap its Messenger Kids app because it could pose health and development risks, 19 groups say in a letter to be sent Tuesday to Facebook chief executive Mark Zuckerberg.

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Source: http://totalbrainhealth.com/30-days-to-faster-thinking-day-1-quick-calculate-this-2-3-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2/

Take a Moment to Celebrate! 

Congratulations! You have reached the end of our “30 Days to Faster Thinking” Challenge! You’ve gotten your brain off to a speedy start this new year. Now find someone to celebrate with! Spending time with other people requires focus, quick and flexible thinking and memory and can even help decrease your risk for serious memory los…

Source: https://womensbrainhealth.org/helpful-thinking/tips-for-keeping-your-home-safer-for-a-person-with-alzheimers

by Mark Harvey for The Daily World: Some of us are “caregivers” — or we’re going to be. Some of us recognize that word and some of us don’t. So I’ll provide Mark’s Standard Definition – A caregiver is somebody……

Source: https://womensbrainhealth.org/think-it-over/the-startling-link-between-sugar-and-alzheimers

by Olga Khazan for The Atlantic:  In recent years, Alzheimer’s disease has occasionally been referred to as “type 3” diabetes, though that moniker doesn’t make much sense. After all, though they share a problem with insulin, type 1 diabetes is an autoimmune……

Source: https://www.niddk.nih.gov/health-information/healthy-moments/episodes/hint-diabetes-caregivers

Dr. Rodgers and caregiver Peggy Lewis share suggestions for helping elderly parents and relatives with diabetes….

Source: https://sharpbrains.com/blog/2018/01/29/10-year-study-finds-that-the-higher-the-blood-sugar-level-the-faster-the-cognitive-decline-over-time-regardless-of-diabetic-status/

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The Startling Link Between Sugar and Alzheimer’s (The Atlantic):

“A longitudinal study, published Thursday in the journal Diabetologia, followed 5,189 people over 10 years and found that people with high blood sugar had a faster rate of cognitive decline than those with normal blood sugar—whether or not their blood-sugar level technically made them diabetic. In other words, the higher the blood sugar, the faster the cognitive decline.

“Dementia is one of the most prevalent psychiatric conditions strongly associated with poor quality of later life,” said the lead author, Wuxiang Xie at …