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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.
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.

How Dry Cleaning Affects Brain Health
Research shows that there may be a link between dry-cleaning chemicals and mental illness.

Exercise and the Aging Brain
New research shows the importance of physical activity for brain health.

Fast Food on the Brain
Researchers discover that just looking at fast-food logos can affect attitude and judgment.

Healthy-Brain Food
The foods you eat can have a major effect on your brain’s health.

Doorways and Forgetfulness: Understanding the “Event Boundary”
Why you can't remember what you came into the room for.

Mind-Body Nutrition
Nutritional psychologist Marc David explains why our mental and emotional responses to food matter far more than we realize.

Your Brain Doesn’t Look a Day Over 30
Researchers are discovering why physical activity has such a profound effect on mental performance.
COMING CLEAN: The Brain and the Body
Neuroplasticity is the brain's ability to reorganize and absorb new information by forming new neural pathways. It's really quite remarkable:…
How to Train Your Brain to Enjoy Fitness
Starting a fitness routine isn't easy -- especially for busy moms. Developing the mental strength to get you moving has to be step number one before fitness can become a lifelong habit.

I Love My Brain
For many reasons I am in love with my brain, your brain, the brain. Yet until recently, I've known next…

What Are the Possible Root Causes of Autism?
The incidence of autism is growing at an alarming rate. Experts are struggling to discover why. Slowly, a strange and complex picture is coming together. It suggests that autism’s mysterious mechanisms could ultimately reveal health truths relevant to us all.

The Distracted Adult: Life With ADD and ADHD
ADD is not just a childhood condition. Millions of adult Americans suffer from it, mostly undiagnosed. Here’s how to recognize its symptoms — and keep it from running your life.

A Path out of Depression
There's a reason that most so-called primitive cultures have avoided the depression epidemic afflicting industrialized nations. In a provocative book, a clinical psychologist suggests that adopting more hunter-gatherer habits can help us escape the blues.

Upgrade Your Brain
Your brain changes over the course of your lifetime — for better or for worse. Here’s how to make the most of your gray matter.

Comfort Food for Your Brain
What you feed your body, you also feed your brain — sometimes to its detriment. Learn how to nourish your gray matter for more balanced moods, clearer thinking and a more fulfilling life.
Could Adult ADD Be Sabotaging Your Fitness Success?
Are your efforts to get in shape being distracted by Attention Deficit Disorder?