12 Ways Yoga Meditation Helps Nourish The Body, Brain and Mind

By Dr. Dharma Singh Khalsa @ Alzheimer's Research & Prevention Foundation | October 25, 2013 |

An easy, low cost, nat­ur­al prac­tice can help us boost our brain pow­er, be health­i­er and more spir­i­tu­al­ly attuned as we age, and improve our qual­i­ty of life and hap­pi­ness. It could also reduce some of the stag­ger­ing health care costs seen today. Curi­ous about what that prac­tice is? Recent­ly The Alzheimer’s Research and Pre­ven­tion Foun­da­tion (ARPF),…

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No effects of omega‑3 supplements on Alzheimer’s symptoms

By Dr. Pascale Michelon | November 2, 2010 |

The L.A. Times reports today the neg­a­tive results of the lat­est ran­dom­ized tri­al test­ing the effects of DHA sup­ple­ments on Alzheimer’s symp­toms (DHA is an omega‑3 fat­ty acid). The study … exam­ined 402 peo­ple with mild to mod­er­ate Alzheimer’s. They were ran­dom­ly assigned to take 2 grams a day of omega‑3 cap­sules con­tain­ing docosa­hexaenoic acid…

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Can We Pick Your Brain re. Cognitive Assessments?

By Dr. Joshua Steinerman | November 14, 2008 |

If you could, you would. You can, but pre­fer not to know it? More than any oth­er organ, your brain is up to you. You are what you think, not just what you eat. Here’s some food for thought: Design your Mind Set­ting cog­ni­tive and behav­ioral goals rais­es chal­leng­ing and wor­thy ques­tions: What do you want from…

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Your comments on cognitive training, Posit Science, Alzheimer’s Australia, gerontology, games

By Alvaro Fernandez | October 3, 2008 |

I have fall­en behind on answer­ing a few excel­lent recent com­ments ‑on cog­ni­tive train­ing over­all, Posit Sci­ence and Alzheimer’s Aus­tralia, geron­tol­ogy and the brain, the val­ue of videogames‑, so let me address them here: 1) Nicks says (Brain Fit­ness Pro­grams For Seniors Hous­ing, Health­care and Insur­ance Providers: Eval­u­a­tion Check­list) “This report is inter­est­ing and it addresses…

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