Blog posts of '2014' 'April'

This is the sixth installment of the ‘Help to Reduce Your Risk and Protect You Brain’ series. The sixth prevention pillar that I will be writing about is an active social life. Us as human beings are highly social creatures. We don’t thrive in isolation and neither do our brains. Studies show that the more connected we are, the better we fare on tests of memory and cognition. Staying socially active may even protect against Alzheimer’s disease and dementia, so make your social life priority.

This is the fifth installment of the ‘Help to Reduce Your Risk and Protect You Brain’ series. The fifth prevention pillar that I will be writing about is stress management. Chronic or severe stress takes a heavy toll on the brain which leads to shrinkage in key memory areas of the brain known as the hippocampus. This is a hampering nerve cell grow which will increase your risk of Alzheimer’s disease and dementia. You can add simple tools into your daily routine to minimize its harmful effects.