There is a lot of information around on the importance of looking after our health, like maintaining a healthy diet and plenty of exercise... Which is all well and good if your aim is just to keep your body healthy. But what about your brain?
From chocolate to coffee and sleep to sharper smarter thinking, join me for an article or three as I share insights, tips and ideas on what it takes to keep your brain operating at full speed, so you can wake up feeling refreshed, happier and healthier every day.
There is a lot of information around on the importance of looking after our health, like maintaining a healthy diet and plenty of exercise... Which is all well and good if your aim is just to keep your body healthy. But what about your brain?
From chocolate to coffee and sleep to sharper smarter thinking, join me for an article or three as I share insights, tips and ideas on what it takes to keep your brain operating at full speed, so you can wake up feeling refreshed, happier and healthier every day.
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A new study has found that the use of intranasal insulin produced an improvement in memory and cognitive function in a small group of people with either amnesic cognitive impairment or mild to moderate Alzheimer’s disease. The role of insulin in Alzheimer’s has been...
The study of neuroscience over the last three or more decades has revealed a greater understanding of how our brain works and of what causes dementia including Alzheimer’s disease. Yet the clinical diagnostic guidelines for determining what constitutes Alzheimer’s,...
What if you knew you had a higher risk of Alzheimer’s disease and you found out there was something you could do, that would help to postpone the onset of any first symptoms? Would you want to find out more about what it was you could do? Well, there is something...
Are there some things, which really get up your nose? Well this may be one thing you do want to put up there: a nasal spray capable of protecting your brain from Alzheimer’s disease or stroke. And before you dismiss that notion as being ridiculous and from “la-la...
What is the cause of Alzheimer’s disease? We don’t know. There have been a number of theories around, the most popular being the amyloid cascade hypothesis. Alzheimer’s disease is named after Dr Alois Alzheimer, a German neurologist and psychiatrist. In 1901 he became...