Jul 10, 2026Aging Biomarkers

Blood Biomarkers May Improve Cognitive-Decline Trial Enrollment

GFAP, NfL, p-tau, and amyloid blood tests may help enroll higher-risk cognitive-decline trial participants, but they cannot yet predict your future.

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Jul 4, 2026Cognitive Aging

Mediterranean Diet and Exercise for Brain Health: What Trials Show

Can a Mediterranean diet and exercise protect the aging brain? Evidence supports cognitive health, but trials have not proved dementia prevention.

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Jun 27, 2026Circadian Biology

Wearable Daylight Exposure and Dementia Risk: What It Means

A UK Biobank study links higher wearable-measured daytime light exposure to lower dementia risk. Learn what the signal means—and what it cannot prove.

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Jun 18, 2026Cognitive Aging

Gait Speed and Dementia Risk: An Early-Warning Signal

Can gait speed flag dementia risk early? Evidence on walking, balance, chair stands, brain changes, and why exercise has not proved prevention in older adults.

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Mar 25, 2026Physical Activity

Does Sitting Harm Brain Health Even If You Exercise?

Older adults who sit more often score worse on memory and executive function. Here's what brain-volume, activity, and wearable research can and cannot show.

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Mar 24, 2026Nutrition

Fish, Fish Oil, and Dementia Risk: Why the Evidence Splits

Fish intake is linked to lower dementia risk, but fish-oil trials keep coming up empty. What omega-3 evidence means for brain health.

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Mar 21, 2026Mental Health

Motoric Cognitive Risk: What Sleep and Purpose May Signal

Motoric cognitive risk links slow walking and memory complaints. Research ties it to purpose, social frailty, sleep, stress—and vascular brain disease.

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Mar 21, 2026Cognitive Aging

Slow Walking and Memory Complaints: A Dementia Risk Signal

Motoric cognitive risk combines slow gait and memory complaints. Learn what it predicts for dementia and mortality—and what the evidence cannot prove.

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