February 2012
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5 Ways to Cut Your Risk for Dementia
About 5.4 million Americans have Alzheimer’s disease, the most common type of dementia. And it seems that the slow slide into mental decline may begin much sooner than previously suspected. A new 10-year study in the journal BMJ showed declines in memory, reasoning, and verbal fluency starting as early as age 45. But there’s good news, too. A growing body of...
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Study: Exercise Can Make You Smarter
Hillman’s latest study, “Cognition Following Acute Aerobic Exercise,” found that moderate exercise -– 30 minutes for adults and 20 minutes for children -– results in a 5 percent to 10 percent improvement in cognition.
- ABC Good Morning America
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To keep your brain firing on all cylinders, you need to challenge yourself...
– Cynthia R. Green, PhD - founder of Mount Sinai School of Medicine’s renowned Memory Enhancement Program
December 2011
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