Links to Articles

After reading dementia related articles for the past 6 months or so, I’m seeing one Key Point…

Pay attention to your overall health!

There’s more than one contributor to mental decline. Thus, there are many ways you can work to Protect Your Brain!

The newest articles are at the top.

  • Bad Habits That Can Hurt Your Brain WebMD

  • Having a ‘Life Purpose’ Is Linked with Better Brain Health, Study Shows PsychCentral

  • Oral health and Alzheimer’s: how flossing protects the brain The Brain Docs

  • Your Brain's Potential Has No Limit Center for Brain Health UT-Dallas

  • New research shows 'profound' link between dietary choices and brain health Science Daily

  • The Brain Health Wake-Up Call Psychology Today

  • AHA Reframes Brain Health as a Lifelong Process Medscape

  • Brain Foods That May Help Prevent Dementia WebMD

  • Normal Aging or Dementia? How to Tell the Difference Being Patient

  • Air Pollution and Your Health NIH

  • 25 Ways Meditation Can Boost Health Fast Psychology Today

  • Weight-Loss Drugs May Reduce Buildup of Alzheimer's Proteins, Major Review Finds Science Alert

  • Eight vaccines linked to a lower risk of dementia GAVI

  • 4 Drugs That May Increase Your Dementia Risk NY Times (Paywall)

  • Midlife Hobbies Outperform Genetic Alzheimer’s Risk Neuroscience News

  • People who survive cancers are less likely to develop Alzheimer’s – this might be why The Conversation

  • Things That Raise Your Chances of Dementia WebMD

  • Air Pollution and Your Health NIH

  • Air Pollution And Climate Stress Emerge As Hidden Triggers Of Alzheimer’s Science Blog

  • The NEURO framework: Alzheimer’s prevention via lifestyle The Brain Docs

  • The Two-Finger Test That Could Identify Dementia Discern

  • Women's immune systems show bigger age-related changes than men's, study reveals Medical X Press

  • Exploring GLP-1 drugs for Alzheimer’s prevention, UC study uses anonymous real-world patient data to rate safety, effectiveness, affordability University of Cincinnati

  • Why Writing by Hand Is Better for Your Brain Psychology Today

  • Do Vitamins and Supplements Help With Alzheimer's? WebMD

  • Largest clinical trial using brain training to reduce dementia receives $2.8 million in federal funding University of South Florida S. Petersburg

  • New FDA-Approved Alzheimer’s Test: What Does It Mean? Web MD

  • Miller School of Medicine Researchers Build Real‑World Model of Alzheimer’s Risk Miller School of Medicine

  • Women’s midlife: the front line of Alzheimer prevention Journal of Clinical Investigation

  • Could a nasal swab help detect Alzheimer’s earlier? Duke researchers think so WRAL News

  • The Brain Health Wake-Up Call Psychology Today

  • Continuous inhalation of essential oil increases gray matter volume NIH

  • Microplastics in the Brain: What Evidence Shows (and What It Doesn’t) Brain & Life

  • Blood Test Predicts Dementia in Women as Many as 25 Years Before Symptoms Begin UC San Diego

  • Brain Blood Flow May Predict Alzheimer’s Risk Before Memory Loss SciTech Daily

  • 25 Ways Meditation Can Boost Health Fast Psychology Today

  • Scientists Find Specific Brain Training Game That Cuts Alzheimer’s Risk by 25% Prevention

  • Strong association shown between being sedentary and dementia risk NIH

  • Does cancer reduce Alzheimer's risk? New study explores the connection AOL

  • Lessons from brain science — and history's peacemakers — for resolving conflicts NPR

  • Scientists Discover Natural Longevity Molecule That Restores Memory in Alzheimer’s Models SciTech Daily

  • 7 Ways to Boost Your Gut Health New York Times

  • Poor sleep and cognitive decline related to chronic inflammation Baltimore Sun

  • Hopkins finds hydrogen sulfide found in garlic, broccoli could ease Alzheimer’s Baltimore Sun

  • NU-9 halts Alzheimer’s disease in animal model before symptoms begin Northwestern Now

  • Brain scans reveal 'dial' that helps keep us from getting lostLife Science

  • 12 Things We Learned About Brain Health and Alzheimer’s Last Year Flow Space

  • This Common Breakfast Food May Lower Alzheimer's Risk, Study Finds MindbodyGeen

  • 2025 Breakthroughs in Alzheimer’s Disease Med Central

  • There's a way to get healthier without even going to a gym. It's called NEAT NPR

  • Want a Healthier Brain in 2026? Sign Up for Well’s 5-Day Challenge. New York Times (Paywall)

  • 3 simple habits that can protect your brain from cognitive decline Fast Company

  • Stop Reading like a Robot: the Two-minute Brain Upgrade That Doubles Your Retention Kwik Brain

  • The Science Behind How to Lower Your Dementia Risk at Every Age Being Patient

  • Organ-specific proteomic aging clocks predict disease and longevity across diverse populations Nature Aging

  • Brain Longevity® Program Prevents Alzheimer’s Caused by Air PollutionARPF or click here for a link to the Journal Article

  • Researchers find shingles vaccine may slow progression of dementia, building on an earlier study that linked the vaccine to a lower risk of developing dementia. Medical X Press

  • Shingles Vaccine Linked to 20% Lower Dementia Risk Neuroscience News

  • New tool predicts future Alzheimer’s-related memory risk based on 3 factors Medical News Today

  • Cognitive Challenges Have Risen Sharply Among Younger AmericansMercola - Take Control of your Health

  • Walking a Little Each Day Can Slow Down Alzheimer’s Disease Time Magazine

  • Listening to or playing music over 75 linked to up to 39% reduction in dementia risk, study finds, Medical X Press

  • Shingles vaccine may offer protection against vascular dementia, heart disease, Medical News Today

  • Inside the U.S. POINTER Study: How Lifestyle Changes Improved Memory Being Patient

  • Earlier menopause and reduced cardiac function may negatively affect brain health, News Medical Life Sciences

  • Boosting Daily Step Count Could Reduce Risk of Cognitive Decline and Chronic Disease, Neurology Today

  • Up to one third of Alzheimer’s cases may be preventable. Neurologist Donald Weaver explains how SHIELD — Sleep, Head injury prevention, Exercise, Learning, Diet — turns complex risk science into simple steps to protect brain health. Being Patient.com

  • The Simple Steps That Can Prevent Dementia: My grandmother was terrified of losing her memory, but in the end she did. Here’s what could have helped her—and can help you. Wall Street Journal October 10, 2025

  • Is Your Brain Aging Faster Than You? New Science Offers Clues - Wall Street Journal July 3, 2025

  • Signs and Symptoms of Alzheimer's Disease - From the CDC.

  • Study explains how a rare gene variant contributes to Alzheimer’s disease Lipid metabolism and cell membrane function can be disrupted in the neurons of people who carry rare variants of ABCA7. -MIT Study 2025.

  • Dementia might begin in your legs, not your brain: AIIMS neurosurgeon reveals how to tell if something’s wrong -Economic Times.

  • Alzheimer's Association US POINTER Study - Alzheimer’s Association

  • Scrap Ultra-processed Foods for Healthier Options - Brain & Life August 2025

  • 10 Healthy Habits for Your Brain - Alzheimer’s Association Handout

  • Air pollution can drive devastating forms of dementia, research suggests. Brain & Life August 2025

  • Airborne particles cause toxic clumps of proteins in brain that are hallmarks of Lewy body dementia, study indicates. The Guardian.

  • 10 Early Signs and Symptoms of Alzheimer's and Dementia - Alzheimer’s Association Website

  • Childhood Maltreatment Confers Long-term Risk for Cognitive Impairment Journal of Prevention of Alzheimer’s Disease (JPAD) 2025

  • Scientists Pinpoint the Age When Your Brain Declines the Fastest Proceedings of the National Academy Of Science

  • It's Not Too Late. You Can Boost Your Brainpower at Any Age. Consumer Reports 2022 Thanks Kathy!

  • The DASH Diet

  • The MIND Diet

    These Articles are in the April 26 edition of The Economist. They are behind a paywall. If you can gain access to this magazine, it’s worth reading!

  • A drug for Alzheimer’s disease that seems to work. It is not perfect. And it has side-effects. But it may be the real deal.

  • Do viruses trigger Alzheimer’s? A growing group of scientists think so, and are asking whether antivirals could treat the disease.

  • Have doctors been wrong about how to treat Alzheimer’s disease? A new book argues that dogma and bad science led Alzheimer’s research astray.

  • How to reduce the risk of developing dementia. A healthy lifestyle can prevent or delay almost half of cases.