For Tom Brady, brain exercises are a way to win Super Bowls. For aging adults, these same brain exercises are available online, and they’ve been proven to help guard against memory loss and the ...

Some activities may boost brain function and connectivity, which may help protect the brain from age-related degeneration. Here are 22 brain exercises to try.

Search “brain exercises for older adults” online, and you’ll find suggestions for everything from sudoku to chess. You’ll also find dedicated brain training programs or apps that promise ...

Neither education nor brain exercises are a sure way to prevent Alzheimer's. But they may help delay symptoms and keep the mind working better for longer. Sources Update History. Share.

Exercise enhances blood flow to the brain, which can help keep it heathy and nourished. Liu-Ambrose notes that exercise also helps prevent hypertension and diabetes, ...

Brain training, the results suggested, wasn’t just for people with cognitive deficits. Since then, one of the study’s authors has ­moderated her expectations.

People who exercise have better mental fitness, and a new imaging study from UC Davis Health System shows why. Intense exercise increases levels of two common neurotransmitters — glutamate and ...

In effect, exercise seems to help build and bank a “structural brain reserve,” he said, a buffer of extra cells and matter that could protect us somewhat from the otherwise inevitable decline ...

Exercising could result in more brain volume, new research suggests. The study, published last month in the Journal of Alzheimer's Disease, analyzed brain scans of more than 10,000 individuals ...

Poor physical fitness in middle age might be associated with a smaller brain size later on, according to a study published in an online issue of Neurology. Brains shrink as people age, and the ...

Plus the best way to get your blood pumping, according to brain health experts. Reviewed by Dietitian Jessica Ball, M.S., RD According to the World Health Organization, nearly 1 in 6 people ...