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“Loss of blood-brain barrier integrity increases the risk of many neurodegenerative diseases, including dementia and Alzheimer's. A 2021 study found that having a higher omega-3 index preserves the blood-brain barrier and maintains cognitive function in older adults.”

“After their heart rate returned to nearly pre-exercise levels, the children completed cognitive control assessments and standardized tests in reading, spelling, and math. They completed similar assessments and tests on a different day but without having exercised beforehand.”

“Participants underwent detailed metabolic testing, including oral glucose tolerance tests (OGTT, which tracks blood sugar and insulin levels over two hours after consuming a glucose drink) and MRI scans to track fat distribution, and were followed for up to 10 years to monitor whether they developed type 2 diabetes.”

“Researchers have proposed very short activity breaks as a simple way to interrupt this sedentary time and improve health in a meaningful way. A new systematic review pooled randomized trials to test whether these brief movements improve blood glucose and insulin responses after a meal in adults with obesity.”

“CBT-I improves HbA1c, blood pressure, sleep quality, sleep duration, and insomnia symptoms in adults with cardiometabolic syndrome. It involves: Stimulus control: Associating the bedroom with sleep and avoiding non-sleep activities in bed.”

“Larger trials that test other biological pathways, more time points, and more diverse risk profiles will be needed to clarify who benefits most and through which physiological routes. In this clip, Dr. Axel Montagne highlights how 90% of our brain vasculature is tiny blood vessels - without exercise, they collapse, and neurons die.”

“A new study finds that exercise maintains critical connections in the brains of older adults while boosting fitness. Older adults who walked regularly performed better on tests of cognitive function and memory and had better cardiorespiratory fitness.”

“As plasma expansion diluted the blood, it likely signaled the need for additional red blood cell production. In the later weeks, red blood cell volume and haemoglobin mass rose, which increased the blood's oxygen-carrying capacity.”

“Findings from a new study suggest that changes in brain blood use contribute to sensory and motor deficits associated with type 2 diabetes. Poor blood glucose control and insulin resistance – the hallmarks of type 2 diabetes – contribute to micro- and macrovascular changes in blood vessels.”

“Researchers used electronic health records from 358,957 men aged 30 to 75 who had started testosterone therapy. Available diagnoses and testosterone test results were used as evidence of hypogonadism, the clinical condition of testosterone deficiency with compatible symptoms or signs.”