Vaccination may reduce memory loss from COVID-19 infections. Study in mice pinpoints a specific protein that appears to be driving memory loss associated with COVID-19. Since the pandemic, 10 to 30% of population experienced some form of virus-induced concentration issues, brain fog or memory loss.

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A new study involving almost 5,500 people suggests that long-term benzodiazepine use may shrink parts of the brain involved in memory and mood regulation.

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Loneliness increases risk of age-related memory loss | Study shows loneliness has a greater negative impact on memory than even social isolation, though both present a significant risk to the aging population.

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Falling for financial scams may be a sign of early Alzheimer’s disease, suggests a new brain imaging study of older adults. Older adults with thinner brain regions linked to memory and decision-making — areas often affected early in Alzheimer’s — were more likely to be vulnerable to financial scams.

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Alzheimer's timeline shows changes start as trickle, become torrent

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Sleep apnea linked to brain changes: Individuals with breathing issues during sleep may have an enlarged hippocampus, responsible for memory and thinking, and alterations in the brain's white matter, a common sign of reduced brain health associated with aging

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Your Mouth Bacteria May Predict Your Dementia Risk. Researchers found that higher levels of bacteria called Neisseria and Haemophilus were associated with better performance on cognitive tests measuring memory, executive function, and visual attention in people with MCI

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Air pollution and wildfire smoke may contribute to memory loss in Alzheimer’s disease. Blocking a chemical change in a key brain protein partially reversed signs of memory loss in Alzheimer’s mouse models and in nerve cells produced from human stem cells.

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Just a few days of eating a diet high in saturated fat could be enough to cause memory problems and related brain inflammation in older adults, a new study in rats suggests. The results dispel the idea that diet-related inflammation in the aging brain is driven by obesity, researchers say.

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Researchers have discovered that increased blood flow leads to stiffness in the hippocampus, a region of the brain that plays important roles in learning and memory, opening new potential ways to diagnose Alzheimer’s before memory loss occurs

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Sitting for hours daily shrinks your brain 🧠, even if you exercise 🏋️‍♂️. Research showed that even older adults who exercised for 150 minutes a week still experienced brain shrinkage if they sat for long hours. Memory declined 📉, and the hippocampus lost volume.

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[Study] Scientists reverse age-related memory loss in mice 🐭 by reactivating dormant genes 🧬 using epigenetic reprogramming 🔬 (Cell, 2023)

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People who consumed higher amounts of artificial sweeteners (aspartame, saccharin, erythritol, xylitol, sorbitol) showed steeper drops in verbal fluency, memory, and cognitive function over 8 years. This link was stronger in people with diabetes but also observed with people without it. 🧠📉✨

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Scientists developed novel tool that can boost energy production in brain cells ⚡🧠 and reverse memory loss in mouse models of dementia 🐭. The study suggests low mitochondrial activity may be a direct cause of cognitive decline in neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer’s and frontotemporal dementia.

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Natural molecule (NAD⁺) reverses memory loss seen in Alzheimer's disease in animal models 🧠🐾. In human brain samples from AD patients, EVA1C protein levels were significantly reduced, which undermined the ability of NAD⁺ to improve memory/behavior in the hippocampus and entorhinal cortex.

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Alzheimer's disease more prevalent in older people than previously thought 🧠👵👴

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🧠 Aging Brains Shift Memory Processing: As we age, our brains may transition from accurately recalling specific past events to blending them into broader, less precise categories, potentially explaining common memory errors in older adults.

📊 Hippocampal Activity Declines with Age: A study using fMRI found that younger adults (18-30) were 36% accurate in memory tasks, middle-aged adults (50-60) were 24% accurate, and older adults (61-74) were 20% accurate. This decline is linked to less stable hippocampal activity patterns.

💡 "Helpful" Patterns Become "Harmful": Brain patterns that lead to accurate memory recall in young adults were associated with memory confusion and category-level errors in older adults, indicating a functional shift rather than just a reduction in brain activity.

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