Sometimes, managing your risk of dementia feels like a full-time job. You have to overhaul your diet, exercise daily, play brain games, learn new skills — all in the hopes you’ll dodge dementia in your senior years. Frankly, it can get exhausting. But this, I could do…

If better fuel helps your body burn fat more efficiently, could it be that better fuel also helps your body’s most fuel-hungry organ—the brain—operate better? It definitely appears so, but that’s not all…

Most people consider it lucky if someone lives a good long life and is “with it” right until the end. But it may be that people live longer because they have a healthy brain and good cognitive function.

There are four tasty seasonings that if you are not using regularly, you might want to start. Because not only will they add some flavor to your favorite foods, science shows they may help your brain grow stronger connections to help it work better.

There are the usual Alzheimer’s warning signs, and then there are the unusual ones… like falling a lot, losing your ability to detect sarcasm, picking up risky habits. But a lot of people don’t know about the the first sense that goes when you’re in a downward spiral of cognitive decline.

Keep your body healthy with a good diet and plenty of exercise and you should live a good long life. But that should be just a part of your plan… There’s something else you can do to ensure quality of life well into your golden years—and you have everything you need to start right now.

Chronic stress isn’t difficult to recognize: we feel overwhelmed and anxious; wired and exhausted at the same time, and our brain just doesn’t seem to function as well. Each additional task weighs on us. No wonder it’s called “Holiday Madness.”

Conditions like Parkinson’s that hamper the brain can have devastating consequences. But there are nutrients and other natural substances that often may help alleviate some of these difficulties. Here are the most valuable substances and how to use them to nurture your brain.

If you’ve ever been scared you were going crazy — thought you saw or heard something that really wasn’t there — don’t worry too much. You’re probably one of the 5 percent of people who, like me, experience hallucination at some point in life.

If you give in to fast food cravings for those oh-so-good, but oh-so-bad for you burgers, fries and thighs you could be putting your brain at perilous risk of memory-destroying inflammation. And if you’re male, you’re most at risk. Does that mean women can jump to the front of the fried chicken buffet?

Negatives thoughts and feelings can be paralyzing. In fact, psychological distress can increase your odds of death from heart disease. But you can learn to turn off those negative feelings with a simple technique…

If you forget to take care of yourself and make time for the things you love in life, it won’t take long before you’re feeling listless and depressed. But there’s a simple tactic you can try to quickly transform your downward spiral into the exact opposite…