Marijuana and Sleep: Does Cannabis Actually Help You Sleep Better?
THC can make you feel sleepy, but that's not the same as sleeping well. Here's what the evidence shows about cannabis, CBD, and sleep quality.
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Evidence-based writing from our physicians on brain health, cancer screening, metabolic health, and living longer, better.
What Early Cognitive Decline Looks Like — and When to Pay Attention
Not every forgotten name is a warning sign. Learn how to tell normal aging from meaningful cognitive change — and when it's time to pay attention.
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How to Build a Brain Health Plan: The Ikigai Playbook
Learn the Ikigai Playbook — a 5-step framework to build, measure, and adapt your brain health plan.
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What Your Brain Is Really Doing While You Sleep
Sleep isn't the quiet part of the day. While you're unconscious, your brain is sorting memories, clearing toxic proteins, repairing tissue, and cycling through stages evolution has spent millions of years refining.
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Supplements for Brain Health: Promise, Hype, and Evidence
Separating promise from hype when it comes to fish oil, Lion’s Mane, creatine, and more. Learn why effective brain health starts with filling real gaps, not adding more capsules.
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Technology, Attention, and Brain Health: What the Science Really Says
Smartphones aren't rewiring your brain the way headlines claim. But how you use technology does influence attention — and attention is the gateway to memory, learning, and long-term cognitive health.
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Alcohol and Cognitive Decline: What the Data Actually Shows
The idea that moderate drinking protects the brain hasn't held up. Here's what large-scale analyses, brain imaging studies, and better statistical methods now tell us about alcohol and long-term cognitive health.
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Menopause and the Aging Brain: What the Science Is Revealing
Menopause is increasingly recognized as a neurologic transition, not just a reproductive one. Learn what estrogen does in the brain, what PET imaging reveals about perimenopause, and what this means for long-term cognitive health.
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Social Connection and Brain Health: Purpose, Engagement, and Cognitive Aging
Social isolation is a recognized dementia risk factor — but connection, purpose, and lifelong learning may do more than reduce risk. Here's what the research shows and what it means practically.
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Chronic Stress and Brain Health: How Stress Accelerates Cognitive Aging
Chronic stress doesn't just affect mood — it disrupts sleep, raises blood pressure, worsens metabolic health, and may accelerate cognitive decline. Here's what the research shows and what you can do about it.
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Nutrition and Brain Health: Beyond "Brain Foods"
Blueberries won't save your brain. Here's what nutrition actually does for your brain.
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Vascular Health and Brain Health: Why Healthy Blood Vessels Matter for Your Brain
High blood pressure, atherosclerosis, and insulin resistance don't just damage your heart — they accelerate cognitive decline and dementia.
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Sleep and Brain Health: What Happens to Your Brain While You Sleep?
Sleep is not passive downtime — it's when your brain consolidates memories, clears Alzheimer's-associated proteins, and performs the overnight maintenance that determines how well you age cognitively.
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Can Hearing Aids Reduce Dementia Risk? What the ACHIEVE Trial Found
Untreated hearing loss is the largest modifiable dementia risk factor.
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Exercise and Brain Health: How Movement Protects Cognitive Function
How aerobic training, strength training, and BDNF support cognitive resilience and dementia prevention.
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Insulin Resistance and Brain Aging: The Metabolic Link to Dementia
Is your brain starving? Even with "normal" blood sugar, insulin resistance can create a functional energy gap in your brain.
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Dementia Risk Factors: What You Can Control to Protect Your Brain
45% of dementia cases are linked to 14 modifiable risk factors. Learn how manage your risk.
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Brain Health Is Built, Not Found: A New Framework for Cognitive Longevity
Learn why brain health is a "long game" that starts decades before symptoms appear.
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