Two things happen when you get old: one… your memory goes, two… can’t remember This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science. Imagine your aging brain as a vintage sports car: engine’s fine, but not very fast. Why? The protein HDAC3 is an emergency brake pruning memory
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Something smells … overcooked. Is it your brain?! This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science. As we age, brain inflammation drives diseases like Alzheimer’s, burning a hole in our memory. But could the cure be right under our noses? Leelavathi Madhu and team at Texas A&M
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Think vitamin D is only for bones? THINK again. This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science. Could low vitamin D levels in older adults be an early predictor for dementia, later in life? Enter Martin Mulligan and team from the University of Galway. They measured vitamin
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Scientists praise vitamin B-twelve. But what about B-one through eleven?! This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science. B-twelve helps lower stroke risk. What do the other B vitamins do? Enter Xinge Zhang and team from the University of California, Irvine. They studied B-vitamins in the blood of
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