How to Improve Brain Health in Aging

Leslie Kernisan, MD MPH, explains the best ways to improve brain health in aging, to help memory and thinking, as well as to prevent cognitive decline. Learn which approaches geriatricians find most effective, plus which vitamins and supplements are likely to help. Dr. K also covers emotional well-being in aging, and how this affects cognitive health.
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Video Chapters:
0:00 Helping older adults to impove brain health and memory
1:24 Why promote your brain health
3:21 The difference between normal and abnormal brain changes with aging
7:52 FAQ: How to know what's happening in your brain
10:54 Why emotional well-being matters
12:45 3 key ways to boost brain health
13:20 How to be positive
19:48 What’s good for brain health
26:46 Exercise and brain health
30:47 Reducing cardiovascular risks for brain health
33:03 Diet and brain health
41:18 Hearing and brain health
44:30 What’s bad for brain health
47:45 Sleep and brain health
51:01 Medications that affect brain health
53:49 Alcohol, cannabis and brain health
58:39 Brain games and challenges
1:02:54 Vitamins and supplements for brain health
1:10:12 Summary: what’s good and bad for brain health
1:11:30 If you’re worried about someone else’s brain

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Leslie Kernisan, MD MPH, is a practicing geriatrician and the founder of the popular aging health website and podcast BetterHealthWhileAging.net, which she created to help families and older adults learn better ways to manage aging health challenges. Additionally, she is a Clinical Instructor in the Division of Geriatrics at UCSF.

Dr. K and her team of expert geriatric care managers currently provide ongoing support and guidance to families dealing with memory loss and Alzheimer’s through her latest online course, Helping Older Parents with Memory Loss.

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