Doctors often advise exercising your brain to stay sharp but stretching your brain might be the better description.

Like other organs, your brain too needs extra care and pampering from time to time. According to studies, there are many ways you can hone your mental sharpness and keep the brain healthy – at any age ...

The Conversation reports that the brain can be trained like muscles; new challenges and rest help boost brain health and ...

While scientists already knew that exercise is good for the brain, they were uncertain about its effects on the specific ...

Exercise has long been linked with stronger brains and reduced risk of dementia and other cognitive diseases. But new research suggests that older adults can significantly improve brain health with ...

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“One of the best ways to enhance brain function is aerobic exercise,” says neurologist David Perlmutter, MD. Just a little bit of mild exercise a day—from walking to yoga—triggers activity in the ...

To keep brain health in check, an individual has to adopt certain good habits. With every passing decade, one has to be more ...

Certain types of brain-training exercises could lower the risk of dementia by about 25%, according to new research. Researchers found the biggest benefit came from exercises focused on speed and ...

A decade ago, I first wrote about the power of aerobic exercise to improve neuronal plasticity and produce brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF)—which stimulates neurogenesis (the birth of new ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. (Photo illustration by Jim Cooke / photos by Getty Images) Exercise has long been linked with stronger brains and reduced risk of ...