You can read more at “Your Daily Coffee May Be Protecting Your Brain, 43-Year Study Finds” (Mass General, 2026).
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Reference
Mass General Brigham. (2026, March 18). Your Daily Coffee May Be Protecting Your Brain, 43-Year Study Finds. ScienceDaily. Retrieved March 22, 2026, From www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2026/03/260318033138.htm
A Healthy Brain Begins With A Healthy Heart
The American Brain Foundation (2025) indicated the many benefits of incorporating healthy nutrition and physical activities in one’s lifestyle in lowering the risks of the numerous cognitive issues (i.e., dementia, stress, anxiety, stroke, etc) and heart disease.
The National Heart, Lung, And Blood Institute (2026) offers the following fact sheet for our perusal:
Finally, the American Heart Association (2026) provides the correct terminology regarding the symptoms a person may experience in a heart emergency:
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References
American Brain Foundation. (2025). Heart Health Is Brain Health. Retrieved From https://www.americanbrainfoundation.org/heart-health-brain-health/
American Heart Association. (2026). CPR & First Aid Emergency Cardiovascular Care. Cardiac Arrest vs Heart Attack. Retrieved From https://cpr.heart.org/en/resources/cardiac-arrest-vs-heart-attack
National Heart, Lung, And Blood Institute. (2026). Take Action for Your Heart: Get Started! Fact Sheet. Retrieved From https://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/resources/take-action-your-heart-get-started-fact-sheet
The results are stunning and tragic in, “Risk Of Suicide Attempt In Patients With Recent Diagnosis Of Mild Cognitive Impairment Or Dementia” (Jama Psychiatry, 2021).
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Reference
Jama Psychiatry. (2021, March 24). Risk Of Suicide Attempt In Patients With Recent Diagnosis Of Mild Cognitive Impairment Or Dementia. Jama Psychiatry. Retrieved March 24, 2021 From doi:10.1001/jamapsychiatry.2021.0150
Since the January 10, 2014 posting, Psych Central: “Antibodies in GI Tract Linked to Greater Risk for Bipolar Illness”, research on gut bacteria has increased exponentially regarding how good bacteria plays a positive role for the mind and body, and in particular cognitive difficulties that can manifest from unhealthy bacteria. The following are links for additional literature concerning both kinds of bacteria:
Microbes Help Produce Serotonin in Gut (California Institute of Technology (Caltech.edu), April 9, 2015)
Immune system uses gut bacteria to control glucose metabolism (Science Daily, November 14, 2016)
Gut microbiome contributes to Parkinson’s, study suggests (MedicalNewsToday.com, December 2, 2016)
Likely Connection Between Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder and the Gut Microbiome (Psychiatry Advisor, May 17, 2016)
The Gastrointestinal Tract Microbiome and Potential Link to Alzheimer’s Disease (US National Library of Medicine, National Institutes of Health – Frontiers in Neurology, April 4, 2014)
The tantalizing links between gut microbes and the brain (Nature, International Weekly Journal of Science, October 16, 2015)
The following resource is a brief presentation by Dr. Samuel Hunter:
[VIDEO] “Gut Bacteria and Multiple Sclerosis”
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