“MIND” stands for “Mediterranean-DASH Intervention for Neurodegenerative Delay.” It is a combination diet that is designed to reduce the risk of dementia and loss of brain function as you age. This ...

It's estimated that 5.8 million Americans are living with Alzheimer’s disease — that's one out of 10 Americans over the age of 65. Five years ago, researchers from Rush University in Chicago developed ...

New evidence finds that the MIND diet lives up to its name, even when it is started later in life. Middle-aged and older participants in a large, long-term study were less likely to develop ...

If you've ever wondered whether the food on your plate could shape your brain's future, the science is starting to say: yes, it might. While healthy eating has long been linked to better brain health, ...

A new study suggests that following the MIND diet may reduce your dementia risk by as much as 25%. Varying risk reductions were seen even for people who started the diet relatively late in life. The ...

The Mediterranean diet and others like it have been extensively linked to reducing the risk of disease, cognitive decline, and premature death. Now a new study provides more evidence that this choice ...

Carol A. Cates, MSN, MBA, RN, NEA-BC, is the chief nursing officer at Odessa Regional Medical Center. You can reach her via e-mail at [email protected] I think I have told you all, that my mom died of ...

Dementia and Alzheimer's often get used interchangeably, but Alzheimer's is actually the most common form of dementia. Symptoms of both may include cognitive difficulties with memory, reasoning, and ...

As of 2021, about 57 million people around the world were living with dementia, with 60–70% of those cases being Alzheimer’s disease. In 2015, researchers at Rush University Medical Center developed ...

The impact of nutrition on memory functioning can be surprisingly rapid. Memory can improve as quickly as one hour after consuming a protein drink, and decline one hour after consuming a glucose drink ...

You are what you eat. Remember that phrase? Basically, it refers to the deep relationship between our physical health and what we put on our plates. Well, that goes for your brain too. Everything you ...

A diet created, studied and reported on by researchers at Rush University Medical Center has been ranked the easiest diet to follow and the second best overall diet (tying in both categories) for 2016 ...