Brain Health

We know supporting brain health is necessary to prevent dementia and Alzheimer’s. But in addition to the often endorsed crossword puzzles and Sudoku, there are some ancient time-tested techniques to ensure robust cognitive fitness. In this article I wanted to offer a couple of easy…

We all know how important it is to keep active in our later years. It’s the catch-all remedy for any ailment you can think of, along with quitting smoking and eating healthily. And, of course, it is true: the older you get the more the muscles are prone…

When I was younger, I never gave much thought to toxins and how they might be affecting my brain. But after watching my mom – and later, my partner Mark’s father – slip into dementia, I started asking hard questions. Could everyday exposures be quietly chipping away…

If dementia was a bowl of homemade vegetable soup, each ingredient would represent a different symptom of the disease. Naturally, no two bowls of soup are the same. The symptom most people associate with dementia…

Don’t you hate it when suddenly, mid-sentence, you’re not able to access a word from memory? It feels like the word is on the tip of your tongue, yet it’s just beyond reach. Noticing my friends and I experiencing this frustration more often lately…

Exercise is good for the heart, bones, and muscles. Did you know it’s also good for the brain? Recent studies present exercise as a key player in preserving brain function as we age. Fit body…

It is a well-known fact that we begin to lose our memories as we age. I’m not talking about serious conditions like dementia, but just day-to-day problems of bringing something to mind. Much of it isn’t too important…

You ordered a hamburger, but a dumpling arrived! Do you become agitated and angry and send the unwelcome dish back to the kitchen? Not if you’re Shiro Oguni, a Japanese television producer who decided to transform this experience at a nursing home into an opportunity to raise awareness of dementia. A Unique Job Requirement He […]

In my last article for Sixty and Me I shared Dr. Doty ‘s new neuroscience of the brain’s manifestation process. Dr. Doty is a neuroscientist and a neurosurgeon. He recently wrote the book Mind Magic: The Neuroscience of Manifestation and How It Changes Everything…

Did know that your brain’s sensory network “has dedicated real estate and takes up most of the back of your brain?” The problem is that you don’t practice using your senses enough according to Dr. Norman Farb, author of Better in Every Sense: How The New…