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Nutritious Food Also Appears to Benefit the Brain
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Yahoo! News reports that a new study of elderly folks indicates that a healthy diet, resulting in more of certain nutrients and omega-3 fatty acids in the bloodstream, can be beneficial to people's brains, both for physical volume and for people's performance on tests of cognition. Though the study still needs confirmation, one of its researchers is excited "to think that people could potentially stop their brains from shrinking and keep them sharp by adjusting their diet."
Aging Pianist Finds Another Piano and a New Audience
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What is not in this story about the human spirit and its life-long capacities? As Boyd Lee Dunlop himself says at age 85, "Life is what you make it. Never knock it."
Exercise Benefits the Brain and How
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You knew exercise is good for you, but did you know it benefits cognition?
Several studies summarized in a recent NYT Well posting suggest that exercise improves both memory/recall (even among young males in college) and performance of skilled tasks (such as those performed by airline pilots). The studies also point to a particular protein, BDNF for short---one that's already known to aid in nerve cell health, as an important factor in memory and skilled-task performance improvements with exercise. This news is important for us all. And it could become especially important to those who have a gene variant (common among people of European and Asian "backgrounds") that results in decreased amounts of BDNF with increasing age.
A Guided Tour of Your Body
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This New York Times feature claims to offer everything you need to know to care for your aging body. Check it out.
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