AAN.com - A Mediterranean diet may help people avoid the small areas of brain damage that can lead to problems with thinking and memory, according to a recent study.
The NIH-funded study found that people who ate a Mediterranean-like diet were less likely to have brain infarcts, or small areas of dead tissue linked to thinking [...]

JAMA / Archives - Moderate or high physical activity appears to be associated with a lower the risk of developing age-related 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 cognitive function in 3,903 participants (older than [...]

JAMA / Archives - One year of once- or twice-weekly resistance training (weight training) appears to improve attention and conflict resolution skills among older women. Teresa Liu-Ambrose, Ph.D., P.T., of Vancouver Coastal Health Research Institute and University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada, and colleagues studied 155 women age 65 to 75. Participants were randomly assigned [...]

JAMA / Archives - Women who regularly participated in physical activity during middle age appear more likely to be in better overall health when they reach 70 years of age and older. Qi Sun, M.D., Sc.D., of the Harvard School of Public Health and Harvard Medical School and colleagues analyzed data from 13,535 participants in [...]

ACS.org - Scientists are reporting the first evidence from human research that blueberries - one of the richest sources of healthful antioxidants, polyphenols and other so-called phytochemicals - improve memory. They said the study establishes a basis for comprehensive human clinical trials to determine whether blueberries really deserve their growing reputation as a memory enhancer. [...]

JAMA - Patients with coronary heart disease who had higher omega-3 fatty acids blood levels had an associated lower rate of shortening of telomere length, a chromosome marker of biological aging, raising the possibility that these fatty acids may protect against cellular aging, according to a study in the January 20, 2010 issue of JAMA.
Several [...]