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Surprising Ways Your Gut Influences Your Brain Health

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Dr. Dan Angerbauer emphasizes the groundbreaking research revealing how gut health intricately shapes brain function, showcasing the profound connection between our digestive and central nervous systems.

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Is Your Gut in Balance? Simply Ways to Support a Healthy Microbiome

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Dr. Dan Angerbauer emphasizes that a balanced microbiome—a diverse community of bacteria, yeasts, and even viruses living in your gut—plays a critical role in your digestion, immunity, and brain health.

A Beginner's Guide to Probiotics: Types, Benefits, and Best Sources

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Dr. Dan Angerbauer highlights three main types of probiotics: Lactobacillus and Bifidobacterium species, soil-based and spore-forming varieties, and Saccharomyces probiotic yeast, each providing distinct advantages for gut health.

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Choosing the Right Diet for Your Brain: Mediterranean, MIND, and Keto Explained

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Dr. Dan Angerbauer explores how different diets impact brain health, highlighting that the Mediterranean diet supports overall cognitive function, the MIND diet focuses on preventing neurodegenerative decline by blending Mediterranean and DASH principles, and the ketogenic diet offers potential benefits for neurological conditions but requires more research for long-term safety and efficacy.

Unlocking Processing Speed and Attention Through Exercise & Movement Training

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Dr. Kellyann Niotis and movement specialist, Beth Lewis, discuss how specific exercises can enhance cognitive functions like processing speed and attention, which naturally decline with age.

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Strength from the Ground Up: How Your Feet and Hands Shape Brain Health

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Dr. Kellyann Niotis and movement specialist, Beth Lewis, emphasize that actively engaging and strengthening your hands and feet can enhance mobility, overall strength, and brain health.

The Intersection of Muscle, Fat, and Cognitive Decline: What You Need to Know

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Dr. Kellyann Niotis and movement specialist, Beth Lewis, emphasize that enhancing muscle quality through strength training, high-intensity interval training (HIIT), and proper nutrition is crucial for maintaining both physical strength and brain health as we age.

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Why Your Brain Loves New Challenges: Fitness, Pain, and Cognitive Gains

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Dr. Kellyann Niotis and movement specialist, Beth Lewis, highlight how incorporating new physical activities into your fitness routine boosts both physical health and cognitive function, as the brain thrives on novelty.

The Power of Social Interaction in Preventing Cognitive Decline

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We dive into the striking impact of social isolation on brain health with Dr. Kellyann Niotis. Discover how loneliness can accelerate cognitive decline and explore innovative ways to stay mentally engaged through modern technology and virtual connections.

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The Sleep-Brain Connection: What's Keeping You Up at Night?

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Dr. Kellyann Niotis reveals the surprising truths about what’s keeping you up at night. Discover how nighttime habits and sleep quality affect your brain health. Achieve the restful, restorative sleep your brain needs!

Fueling the Brain: The Impact of Glucose on Neurodegeneration

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Discover how glucose metabolism impacts neurodegenerative diseases and learn why diet and exercise are vital for protecting your brain and boosting cognitive function. Dr. Kellyann Niotis discusses the relationship between insulin resistance and brain health.

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Unraveling the Link Between Heart Health and Dementia

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We discuss the connection between cardiovascular disease and dementia with Dr. Kellyann Niotis. She explains how APOE and cholesterol impact your brain health, and the importance of monitoring blood pressure for optimal brain function.

A Cholesterol Test for the Brain

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We're diving into the future of brain health with Dr. Richard Isaacson. He chats about biomarkers, a “cholesterol test for the brain,” and how new blood-based tests are revolutionizing early detection and treatment for conditions like Alzheimer's disease.

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Advancing Blood Testing for Alzheimer's

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From the complexities of blood-based tests to the challenge of determining the most relevant proteins, Dr. Richard Isaacson breaks down how biomarkers are shaping the future of neurodegenerative disease detection and prevention.

The Benefits of Individualized
Care Interventions

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Dr. Richard Isaacson and his team at IND are uncovering remarkable insights from personalized treatment plans leading to improvements in amyloid, tau, and brain volumes. 

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The Biorepository Study for Neurodegenerative Diseases

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Dr. Richard Isaacson delves into IND's ongoing Biorepository Study. Participants are tracked over time to understand disease progression and the benefits of a variety of therapeutic interventions. This vital research, largely funded by philanthropy, urgently needs more support to continue its impact.

Sharing Our Alzheimer's
Journey on TikTok

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Jacquelyn Revere sheds light on the challenges faced by young dementia caregivers through her incredibly popular TikTok account @MomOfMyMom.

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Alzheimer's Drugs Worth
Repurposing?

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If an experimental drug is only effective for a small percentage of clinical trial participants, should the therapy be abandoned for all?

Amylyx "Bulletproof Vest
for Neurons" Tested as
Potential Alzheimer's Therapy

 Being Patient

Amylyx Pharmaceuticals' neurodegeneration drug, AMX0035, has been studied in volunteers with MCI or Alzheimer's in a Phase 2 clinical trial.

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Now Recruiting: U.S. Trials
for Alzheimer's "Seaweed Drug" Oligomannate

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The Alzheimer's Drug, Oligomannate, approved in China and derived from seaweed, is now being studied in the U.S. in a Phase 3, multi-center clinical trial that is actively recruiting participants.

Essential Caregiver Program
Aims to Reunite Families
With Loved Ones in Long-
Term Care

 Being Patient

Essential Caregiver Programs have allowed some people to reunite with loved ones in American long-term care facilities after months of pandemic isolation, but for most, the painful separation continues.

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TikTok Sisters Share Early-
Onset Alzheimer's Story

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The Sisters behind "The Kathy Project" use TikTok to share their journey with early onset Alzheimer's.

Let my grandmother see her family: Her memories are fading day by day

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Stringent regulations amid the COVID-19 pandemic are keeping individuals in long-term care facilities isolated from their loved ones as their cognitive function continues to decline.

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