“Alzheimer’s starts in your brain decades before you have any symptoms,” he said. “So, a 59-year-old woman I diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease likely had negative changes in her brain ...

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Different diseases were associated with different patterns of aging across organs, researchers report in Nature Medicine. In particular, “brain-specific aging is not what you see in Parkinson’s.

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"Exercise's brain health benefits are particularly important for those who have liver conditions like MASLD (metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease)," Rector added.

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