Sleep Laterally Each Day to Keep Dementia Away?

Neuroradiological study links sleep position with waste removal from the brain, including amyloid beta (implicated in dementia).

Lee, H., Xie, L., Kang, H., Feng, T., Deane, R., Logan, J., Nedergaard, M. & Benveniste, H. (2015). The effect of body posture on brain glymphatic transport. The Journal of Neuroscience, 35(31), 11034-11044.

Social Engagement and Dementia

Johns Hopkins researchers show social engagement may stave off brain-based cognitive decline.

Carlson, M.C., Kuo, J.H., Chuang, Y.F., Varma, V., Harris, G., Albert, M.,  Erickson, K.I., Kramer, A.F., Parisi, J.M., Xue, Q.L., Tan, E., Tanner, E.K., Gross, A., Seeman, T.E., Gruenewald, T., McGill, S., Rebok, G.W. & Fried, L.P. (2015). Impact of the Baltimore Experience Corps Trial on cortical and hippocampal volumes. Alzheimer's & Dementia. doi: 10.1016/j.jalz.2014.12.005