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PUMPING IRONY: Brawn and Brains
A new study suggests that regular strength training can keep our brains from shrinking as we age. So, what's my excuse?
The Care and Feeding of a Healthy Brain
Enhance your brain function with four recipes designed to invigorate mood, memory, and cognition.
Walking in Nature Can Change Your Brain
New research suggests that getting out into nature can help city dwellers — and others — improve their moods.
Inside Olga Kotelko’s Brain
New research offers the first glimpse at the effects of regular physical activity on a nonagenarian’s brain.
Healthy Gut, Healthy Brain
A neurologist explains the power of your microbiome to heal and protect your brain.
Dietary Shifts May Slow Brain Aging
A new study suggests a variation on the Mediterranean diet may reduce the risk of developing Alzheimer’s.
PUMPING IRONY: Brain Drain
A new study suggests that my hearing problems could cause my brain to give up some of its cognitive functions.
New Research Links the Brain and Immune System
The findings have implications for how diseases with an immune component are researched and treated.
Strengthen Your Memory (Lift Some Weights)
New studies show that strength training boosts memory.
PUMPING IRONY: The Brain Shrinkage Solution: Sit Still
I wasn't thinking about much of anything when I started a meditation practice 20 years ago, but it now seems to have been a pretty smart move.
10 Benefits of Meditation for the Brain and Body
The influences of meditation stretch from head to toe, positively affecting your brain, heart, and immune system, and helping with chronic pain, insomnia, and depression. We’ve rounded up some intriguing recent research showing that meditation is a powerful ally for mind, body, and spirit.
Overcoming Grain Brain
A renowned functional-medicine neurologist says we are suffering an epidemic of neurological illnesses. The best cure may be at the end of our forks — here are three recipes to try.
PUMPING IRONY: Does This Make My Brain Look Fat?
A new study out of Denmark tells me I need to fatten up my brain if I want to live longer.
Connecting ADHD and Nutrition
For kids with focus and behavior challenges, nutritional shifts may work as well as, or better than, medication.
Obesity Harms Brain Functions
New research finds that beyond physical health issues associated with obesity, it may also impair our brains.
How Sleep Clears the Mind
University of Rochester Medical Center research reports that while we sleep, our brains flush out toxins that build up when we’re awake — allowing us to clear our heads.
PUMPING IRONY: My Incredible Shrinking Brain
If I don't start to like more posts on Facebook, I fear my brain may start to shrink.
Obesity and the Brain: How Exercise May Help Combat Cognitive Decline
New research on mice provides clues to how excess body fat harms the human brain — and how exercise may help.
Smart Water
A new report shows that when you drink water, your brain works better.
Pumping Up My Brain Power
Five ways that staff writer and resident "gym rat" Maggie Fazeli Fard is beefing up her brain.
PUMPING IRONY: The Brain Game
Injuries force my tennis buddy to play left-handed, which will probably make her smarter — and our matches more competitive.