Medicinal Mushroom Restores Age-Related Physical Decline 

Italian researchers find that treating aged mice with Lion’s Mane (H. Erinaceus primordium) extract  boosts physical performance and improves neural oxidative stress.


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Immune Protein Improves Memory Deficits 

GM-CSF, a drug in clinical trials for treating Alzheimer’s shows potential for improving memory deficits associated with middle- to older age, as well as Down syndrome.


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USC Researchers Identify Genes Controlling Brain Aging

USC researchers gather longitudinal magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) data from over 15,000 subjects to examine the rates of change for the aging brain. 


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Compound from Common Foods has Anti-Aging Benefits

Chinese scientists show that the plant-derived antioxidant phlorizin reduces inflammation and brain cell death in association with changes in gut bacteria while also improving the memory and learning of aged mice.  


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Excessive Napping May Be a Sign of Alzheimer’s

Harvard and UCSF scientists found that older adults who nap for over an hour or more than once a day have an increased risk for mild cognitive impairment and Alzheimer’s disease. 


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Soil Bacteria Produce Anti-Alzheimer’s Compounds

Verrucarin A, a secondary metabolite produced by a fungus, reduces toxic protein aggregates in brain cells with Alzheimer’s.


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Increased Brain NAD+ Improves Parkinson’s

In clinical study, Norwegian researchers show that supplementation with NAD+ precursor NR (nicotinamide riboside) improves underlying defects of Parkinson’s disease.

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Even Light Drinking Shrinks Brain in Adults

University of Pennsylvania scientists find that even light alcohol consumption (~ 1 drink/day) is related to reduced brain size in middle-aged and older adults from the UK. 

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Absence of Transporter Protein Increases Lifespan and Improves Memory

Belgian scientists find that genetically deleting xCT – an amino acid transporter that brings cystine into and takes glutamate out of cells – in mice increases lifespan and improves memory.

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NAD+ Boosters Can Rescue Neurons in Alzheimer’s

Texas Tech University researchers reduce damaged nerve connections and improve cell survival in mouse cells modeling Alzheimer’s disease with several mitophagy enhancers, including NAD+ boosters nicotinamide riboside and urolithin A. 

Study Shows Lion’s Mane Restores Physical Performance in Aged Mice

Study Shows that GM-CSF Improves the Memory of Middle to Older Age and Down Syndrome Mice

USC Researchers Identify Genes Associated with Structural Changes to the Aging Brain

Phlorizin – a Compound Found in Common Foods – has Anti-Aging Benefits

Scientists Link Excessive Napping to Alzheimer’s

Japanese Researchers Identify Soil Bacteria Compounds That Improve Alzheimer’s

Trial Shows Increasing Brain NAD+ Improves Parkinson’s

Huge UK Study Shows Even Light Alcohol Consumption Can Still Cause Brain Shrinkage in Adults

Study Shows that Deleting the Protein-Building Block Transporter xCT Increases Lifespan and Improves Memory in Mice

Study Shows that NAD+ Boosters Can Rescue Neurons in Alzheimer’s