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      More Studies Link Low Fluoride Levels to Brain Damage

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      The Fluoride Action Network (FAN) has released a six-month investigation into fluoride’s effects on the brain. The results of the research add to the weight of research that cries for a halt to water fluoridation. FAN highlights a a July, study by a team of Harvard and Chinese scientists that...
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      Kangaroo Mother Care Good for Preemies’ Bains

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      No surprise that preemies’ benefit from more close skin-to-skin human contact. So hold on. Kangaroo Mother Care — a technique in which a breastfed premature infant remains in skin-to-skin contact with the parent’s chest rather than being placed in an incubator — has lasting positive impact on brain development. So...
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      Why are Fructose Sweeteners so Fattening?

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      Answer in the Brain Dr Jonathan Purnell For decades health advocates have been warning ofthe dangers of fructose sweeteners in processed foods. Many experts find a direct link between the explosion of these sweeteners in processed foods, and the consumption of processed foods, and the growing obesity epidemic. Research at...
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      High Dose Vitamin B Can Cut Brain Shrinkage by Half, May Slow Dementia

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      A two year study from Oxford University has found that certain B vitamins taken in large doses daily can halve the rate of brain shrinkage in elderly people who withr mild memory problems, and may slow their progression toward dementia. The randomised clinical trial is the largest to study to...
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      Exercise May Cut Risk of Cognitive Impairment in Elderly by Half

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      Moderate or high physical activity appears to be associated with a lower the risk of developing cognitive impairment in older adults after a two-year period. Thorleif Etgen, M.D., of Technische Universität München, Munich, and Klinikum Traunstein, Germany, and colleagues examined physical activity and function in 3,903 participants (older than 55)...
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      Researchers Identify Brain Protein for Synapse Development

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      Discovery could expand understanding of autism and schizophrenia A new study from UC Davis Health System identifies for the first time a brain protein called SynDIG1 that plays a critical role in creating and sustaining synapses, the complex chemical signaling system responsible for communication between neurons. The research, published journal...
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      Magnesium Supplement Gives Brainpower a Boost

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      In new research pubished in the journal Neuron, neuroscientists at MIT and Tsinghua University in Beijing show that increasing brain magnesium with a new compound enhanced learning abilities, working memory, and short- and long-term memory in rats. The dietary supplement also boosted older rats’ ability to perform a variety of...
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      Second-hand Smoke May Cause Dementia

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      Exposure to second-hand smoke could increase the risk of developing dementia and other forms of cognitive impairment, according to research published on British Medical Journal online. A possible link between active smoking and cognitive impairment has already been established and previous findings also suggest that second-hand smoke exposure could be...
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      Vitamin B12 VItal as Brain Ages

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      People with more B12 had six times less brain shrinkage Vitamin B12, a nutrient found in meat, fish and milk, may protect against brain volume loss in older people, according to a study published in the journal  Neurology®. For the study, 107 people between the ages of 61 and 87...
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      Two Studies: Fish Boosts Your Brain

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      Two studies published in the  American Journal of Clinical Nutrition add more evidence of the importance of omega-3 fatty acids in your diet. One study from Norway found that the more fish folks ate, the better they did on cognitive performance tests. This is called “dose-dependence” in the research jargon....
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      Food Can Make You Smarter

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      Researchers find wide array of brain food, smarter naturally. A good diet is known to be reduce the risk of all the big illnesses; cancer, heart disease, diabetes. New research from scientists at MIT provides evidence that getting smart about what we eat can improve brain function and intelligence. According...
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      Putting the Brakes on Alzheimer’s Disease

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      A loss of protein function in neurons may lead to Alzheimer’s Disease. Rutgers researcher Karl Herrup and colleagues at Case Western Reserve University have discovered that a protein that suppresses cell division in brain cells effectively “puts the brakes” on the dementia that comes with Alzheimer’s disease (AD). When the...
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      A Key to Alzheimer’s Isolated?

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      Scientists have long questioned whether the abundant amounts of amyloid plaques found in the brains of patients with Alzheimer’s actually caused the neurological disease or were a by-product of its progress. In a new study, using new research techniques, scientists have shown that a two-molecule aggregate (or dimer) of beta-amyloid...
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      Perscription Drugs and Marijuana May Harm Fetus Brain

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      Cannabis and certain prescribed drugs can harm the developing brain according to research from the University of Aberdeen in Scotland. show that the influence of this crucial signalling system in the developing brain is much more widespread than was originally thought. The research, published in the Proceedings of the National...
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