Healthy Lifestyle Didn't Change Brain Scans, But Still Helped At-Risk Seniors
This study suggests structured lifestyle programs may especially help those already showing early brain aging.
In older adults at risk for cognitive decline, a two-year program of exercise, better diet, and social engagement didn't visibly change brain biomarkers like amyloid or shrinkage. But people who started with smaller hippocampi (the brain's memory hub) got more cognitive benefit from the structured version. So the lifestyle changes may help thinking even without obviously reshaping the brain.
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