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Physical activity, a factor in healthy brain aging, is part of multidomain dementia prevention trials. ISTOCK.COM/KALI9
Can diet and exercise lower your risk of dementia? Rigorous clinical trials aim to find out
May. 27, 2021 , 1:00 PM
For the past 3 years, about 6000 middle-aged and elderly Australians have pumped iron, loaded up on greens and whole grains, strived to quell stress, and challenged their wits with computer exercises, all in an effort to preserve their cognition. They’re part of a clinical trial called Maintain Your Brain, one of about 30 current or planned studies that eschew pharmaceutical interventions and test whether altering multiple aspects of participants’ lives improves brain health. Such multidomain studies may finally reveal whether modifying diet, exercise, and other factors can slow cognitive decline as people age or even prevent dementia.
CBN.com - Do you keep telling yourself you will go to the gym later, when you have more time? That you will sacrifice your fitness to focus just on your work? That is taking two chances, one on your health and one on your work. Of course work is important. But the problem is, you lose out on your fitness, because not exercising is like skipping routine maintenance on your car. And what about the brain? More and more research is telling us the importance of staying active, for the brain.
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Sleeping too little in middle age may increase dementia risk, study finds
20 Apr, 2021 10:46 PM
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A new study suggests that people who don t get enough sleep in their 50s and 60s may be more likely to develop dementia when they are older. Photo / 123RF
A new study suggests that people who don t get enough sleep in their 50s and 60s may be more likely to develop dementia when they are older. Photo / 123RF
New York Times
By: Pam Belluck
The research, tracking thousands of people from age 50 on, suggests those who sleep six hours or less a night are more likely to develop dementia in their late 70s.