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Keto Diet May Reduce Alzheimer’s

Sep 18, 2020 by

Keto Diet May Reduce Alzheimer’s

Scientists at Wake Forest School of Medicine found a distinctive gut bacterial “signature” in the people with mild cognitive impairment (MCI). The found that a modified Mediterranean-style keto diet changed the bacterial communities in the volunteers’ guts and reduced...

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Young children would rather explore than get rewards

Sep 15, 2020 by

Young children would rather explore than get rewards

Given the choice, young children will pass up rewards they know they can collect in order to explore other options. The research, which was done on 4- to 5-year-old children, found that children continued to explore options besides high-value...

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Higher BMI linked to increased risk of Alzheimer’s

Sep 10, 2020 by

Higher BMI linked to increased risk of Alzheimer’s

A new brain imaging study that was published in the Journal of Alzheimer’s Disease shows that body weight has a surprising and alarming impact on brain function....

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Prenatal depression can alter child’s brain connectivity

Sep 8, 2020 by

Prenatal depression can alter child’s brain connectivity

Research published in JNeurosci indicates that prenatal depression can alter the baby’s brain connectivity and later, affect behavior....

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Aging memories may not be worse, just different

Sep 3, 2020 by

Aging memories may not be worse, just different

The results of study published in the journal Nature Communications has found that aging memories may not be worse, just different, in terms of how people process the boundaries of events and episodic memory....

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New drug may reverse memory loss in Alzheimer’s

Sep 1, 2020 by

New drug may reverse memory loss in Alzheimer’s

A team of scientists at the Salk Institute has found that a drug that previously showed aging in brain cells was able to reverse memory loss in a mouse model with Alzheimer’s....

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