Summary

The same lifestyle choices that reduce your risk of heart disease, diabetes and cancer can also reduce your risk of cognitive decline. Bryan Woodruff, M.D., a cognitive neurologist at Mayo Clinic in Arizona, explains the brain-body connection, lifestyle changes to foster brain health, and why work to make earlier detection of Alzheimer's disease and other dementias is important. "What's good for your overall health is good for your brain too," Woodruff says.

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