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How nutrition, exercise, and lifestyle choices impact Alzheimer's risk and progression.
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Oct 1, 2026Prevention & LifestyleThis diet may slow brain aging by 2.5 yearsPeople who stuck closest to the MIND diet lost less brain tissue over time, with grey matter and ventricle changes tracking roughly 2.5 years youngerDementia News -- ScienceDailySep 28, 2026Prevention & LifestyleInsomnia linked to increased risk of stroke and hospital admissionsA European review links insomnia to a 26% higher stroke risk, 28% more hospital admissions, and associations with dementia and depressionNews Medical Alzheimers Disease News FeedSep 28, 2026Prevention & LifestyleStudy links insomnia to higher stroke and hospitalization risksA review in Sleep Medicine Reviews links insomnia to a 26% higher stroke risk, 28% higher odds of hospitalization, and signals of dementia riskNews Medical Alzheimers Disease News FeedSep 4, 2026Prevention & LifestyleStanford scientists discover a seafood that can reverse signs of agingAged mice fed compounds from sea squirts showed reversal of several aging-related signs, in work involving Stanford and Chinese universitiesDementia News -- ScienceDailySep 1, 2026Prevention & LifestyleAerobic exercise boosts executive function in postmenopausal womenRutgers researchers report that regular aerobic exercise sharpens executive function, with the strongest gains seen in women after menopause.News Medical Alzheimers Disease News FeedAug 29, 2026Prevention & LifestyleYour sleep may be hiding an early clue to Alzheimer’sA University of Liege study of 500+ healthy adults links frequent nighttime micro awakenings in midlife to higher genetic risk of Alzheimer'sDementia News -- ScienceDailyAug 25, 2026Prevention & LifestyleThe diet-Alzheimer’s connection is more complicated than “eat this, avoid that”Bond University researchers map the biological pathways linking diet to Alzheimer's risk, and the personal factors that decide who benefitsNews Medical Alzheimers Disease News FeedAug 24, 2026Prevention & LifestyleToo much or too little sleep may make your body age fasterA Columbia-led analysis found that both short and long sleep track with faster biological aging in the brain, heart, lungs and immune system.Dementia News -- ScienceDailyAug 23, 2026Prevention & LifestyleThis common vitamin was linked to 13% better cognitive scoresEmory University researchers found adults with sleep problems and mild cognitive impairment who took 5,000 IU of vitamin D daily scored 13% higher on a standard cognitive test.Dementia News -- ScienceDailyAug 19, 2026Prevention & LifestyleLeisure-time exercise linked to lower dementia riskA USC-led analysis of 4.2 million people found leisure exercise tied to lower dementia risk, while physically demanding jobs were linked to higher riskNews Medical Alzheimers Disease News FeedAug 16, 2026Prevention & LifestyleA little movement in midlife could pay off for your brain years laterUT Health San Antonio researchers found midlife exercise and healthy blood sugar tracked with slower cognitive decline, with effects differing by ethnicityDementia News -- ScienceDailyAug 12, 2026Prevention & LifestyleSurvey: Most U.S. adults believe brain health habits should begin before age 40A national survey of 1,000 U.S. adults finds most think brain health habits should start before 40, but 60% say they don't know where to beginNews Medical Alzheimers Disease News FeedAug 4, 2026Prevention & LifestyleExercise helps protect Hispanic adults from late life cognitive declineA UT Health San Antonio study of 402 adults found midlife exercise tracked with slower cognitive decline in Hispanic participants, blood sugar control in white onesNews Medical Alzheimers Disease News FeedJul 27, 2026Prevention & LifestyleTime-restricted eating may help lower dementia risk in older womenA small pilot trial found older women who squeezed their meals into 8-9 hours a day showed modest cognitive gains beyond weight loss alone.News Medical Alzheimers Disease News FeedJul 17, 2026Prevention & LifestyleFrequent TV watching may harm long-term brain healthAdults who watched TV "very often" in midlife later showed smaller memory-related brain regions and more white matter damage, a new study reports.News Medical Alzheimers Disease News FeedJul 9, 2026Prevention & LifestyleStudy reveals complex relationship between alcohol and Alzheimer's diseaseTexas A&M researchers found alcohol interacts differently with amyloid-beta and tau pathology in animal models, complicating the alcohol-dementia linkNews Medical Alzheimers Disease News FeedJul 7, 2026Prevention & LifestyleShort sleep and poor sleep quality track with Parkinson’s riskA large Chinese cohort study in npj Parkinson's Disease links short sleep duration and poor sleep quality to higher risk of Parkinson's disease.News Medical Alzheimers Disease News FeedJul 6, 2026Prevention & LifestyleStudy explores the relationship between heart issues and cognitive functionA JNeurosci study of 73 heart patients found that even mild cardiac dysfunction predicted microscopic brain damage tied to poorer memory.News Medical Alzheimers Disease News FeedJul 1, 2026Prevention & LifestyleReal-time monitoring shows how daily habits influence cognitive performance in older adultsUC Davis researchers using smartwatches found older adults' in-the-moment ratings of their own thinking closely tracked their actual test performance.News Medical Alzheimers Disease News FeedJun 29, 2026Prevention & LifestyleBrighter daytime light is linked to a lower dementia riskA prospective study in General Psychiatry found people with more bright daytime light exposure were less likely to develop dementia over eight years.News Medical Alzheimers Disease News FeedJun 25, 2026Prevention & LifestyleHigh-dose DHA reaches the brain but fails to protect memoryA two-year trial in eBioMedicine found high-dose DHA raised brain DHA levels in older adults at risk of dementia but did not improve memoryNews Medical Alzheimers Disease News FeedJun 19, 2026Prevention & LifestylePoll reveals gaps in brain health awareness among older adultsA new Michigan poll finds almost all adults 50+ value brain health, but fewer than half know daily habits can lower dementia riskNews Medical Alzheimers Disease News FeedJun 15, 2026Prevention & LifestyleStudy investigates whether obesity accelerates brain agingVirginia Tech neuroscientist Timothy Jarome has won a $410,000 NIA grant to test whether obesity speeds up brain aging and earlier memory decline.News Medical Alzheimers Disease News FeedJun 10, 2026Prevention & LifestyleLow blood pressure shows strongest link to Alzheimer's diseaseA new Journal of the American Heart Association analysis links many forms of heart disease to Alzheimer's risk, with low blood pressure the strongest signalNews Medical Alzheimers Disease News Feed