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Search Is On For Safer Helmet
The crack of helmets hitting might be a signature sound of a football game, but many researchers also hear it as a warning for potential danger to the brains of players. The hard plastic helmet has been standard equipment for football players since it was introduced...Cleveland Clinic Doctor Studying Football Players’ Brain Health
While inescapable hoopla surrounds the upcoming Super Bowl between the Carolina Panthers and the Denver Broncos, some work quietly to find ways to make football safer. One of those is Dr. Charles Bernick, Associate Medical Director for the Cleveland Clinic Lou Ruvo...Working to Make Boxing, MMA Safer
The Cleveland Clinic Lou Ruvo Center for Brain Health is working to lower the risk of head injuries to boxers and mixed martial arts fighters. Dr. Charles Bernick has been studying 600 active and retired fighters to assess long-term effects of blows to the head. The...Sound Sleep Habits A Key to Good Health
If people had an option to lower the risk of obesity, depression, hypertension, accidental death, and memory loss disorders without having to pop a pill, hit the gym or eat a leaf of kale, would they take it? Unfortunately, for far too many, the answer is no. Between...Fit Legs Associated With Slower Mental Decline
To say someone or something “has legs” means they have staying power. Now scientists are finding that fit legs might provide the mind with more staying power. Researchers at King’s College London studied sets of female twins with the average age of 55 and...Sound Dietary Decisions Possible Despite Meat-Cancer Wrangling
Perhaps lost amid the loud argument sparked by a recent report saying processed meats cause cancer is the quiet truth that most of us would benefit from eating better. Experts convened by the World Health Organization reviewed more than 800 epidemiological studies and...Study Shows Naps Help Retain New Learning
A Swiss memory study discovered that people who napped retained recently learned information better than those whose heads did not hit the pillow. Researchers from the University of Geneva offered rewards to subjects who could remember sets of pictures they were...MIND Diet Offers Food for Thought
If life is a highway, then food is the fuel. Eating right can not only take you further down that long one-way road, but it may help you better remember the milestones along the way, according to new research. “DIET MAY HELP PREVENT ALZHEIMER’S,” declares a...Pumpkin Lentil Soup
Halloween and the Fall chill are almost here. Keep your body warm and your brain healthy with this delicious pumpkin-lentil soup.
Spinach Stuffed Portobello Mushrooms with Parmesan and Thyme Recipe
Spinach. This dark-green leaf is packed with antioxidants, flavonols and folic acid, which is a win-win food when it comes to brain health.
