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Keep Your Brain Healthy

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Know what dementia is and isn't, the risks you can change, what trials found for blood pressure, hearing, exercise and combined habits, what brain games don't do, and how to support a caregiver, from the WHO, the US National Institute on Aging and the research. General education, not medical advice.

2h 52m5 constellations
AT THE SUMMIT, YOU WILL BE ABLE TO

01Know how common dementia is, and which risks you can change

02Read the trials on blood pressure, hearing, exercise and combined habits accurately

03Skip the brain-game hype and spot the early signs worth a doctor

04Build regular checks and a brain-healthy week into your life

Every lesson of Keep Your Brain Healthy

15 lessons in 5 levels, about 3 hours. Level 1 is free.

Level 1What We Know About DementiaFree · 3 lessons
  1. Dementia, in numbersKnow how common dementia is, and that it isn't an inevitable part of aging.11 min
  2. The risks you can changeKnow the modifiable risk factors the WHO lists: health, lifestyle and environment.11 min
  3. Checkpoint: forgetting or a warning sign?Tell ordinary lapses from early symptoms worth discussing with a doctor.12 min
Level 2Heart, Hearing and SleepMembership · 3 lessons
  1. Blood pressure and the brainSee what lowering blood pressure did for thinking problems in a large trial.11 min
  2. Hearing and thinkingUnderstand what the evidence says about hearing loss, hearing aids and dementia risk.12 min
  3. Checkpoint: sleep in midlifeKnow what a 25-year study found about sleep and dementia, and the limits of it.12 min
Level 3Move, Play, CombineMembership · 3 lessons
  1. Exercise and the memory centerSee what a year of walking did to the hippocampus in a randomized trial.11 min
  2. What brain games really trainKnow what brain-training games improve, and what they don't.11 min
  3. Checkpoint: the multidomain approachSee what combining diet, exercise, cognitive training and health checks did in the FINGER trial.12 min
Level 4Everyday ProtectionMembership · 3 lessons
  1. People are brain foodMake staying socially and mentally active a weekly habit.11 min
  2. Smoke, drink, heads and airCover the remaining WHO risk factors: smoking, alcohol, head injury and air pollution.11 min
  3. Checkpoint: supporting someone with dementiaUnderstand the load on family caregivers, and how to support someone well.12 min
Level 5Your Brain PlanMembership · 3 lessons
  1. Your brain-health checksTurn the evidence into a regular set of checks.11 min
  2. A brain-healthy weekDesign a week that combines movement, people, learning, sleep and good food.11 min
  3. Capstone: your brain planPut checks, habits, myths and support into one plan.13 min
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AFTER THE CORE

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